Army boot camp is the training area and training procedure cadets submit themselves to in the hope of getting enlisted in the regular army force once the cadet has successfully hurdled the entire boot camp with passing marks in every aspect of the training.

The usual length of an army boot camp takes nine full weeks. During this entire nine weeks a recruit or cadet will be heavily educated in the basic and advanced skills a soldier should know and be indoctrinated with the values and characteristics expected of a soldier.

The first week of boot camp gives the cadet a chance to learn about some of the basic tenets of soldiering, like shooting with a basic weapon and guard duty. Most importantly, the first week in an army boot camp is the time wherein the body and the mind adjusts itself to the change in environment and responds to the new needs.

The second week of the army training will subject the cadets to a more intensive physical training regimen. The number of repetitions will increase while some will be more difficult to execute. Exercises requiring movement will have longer distance coverage and longer time of execution. Troop formation during inspection will also be taught at this stage of the training as well as other advanced arms skills like proper firing positions and procedures in shooting ranges.

Week three focuses more on detailed marksmanship teaching and hand to hand combat training while the fourth week will have the cadet experience tactical daylight marches as well as other follow up sessions to previous trainings. This is also the time when cadets are submitted to a test to qualify in the M-16A2. The fifth week will focus on topics such as basic first-aid, camouflage, night firing, use of bayonet, how to take cover and set up defensive positions while weeks six and seven serves as a preparation for the final proficiency testing.

The eight and the ninth weeks of the army boot camp training will prove to be both the most difficult and most relaxing part of the entire training, since it is during this time of the training that the major physical and mental examinations take place, and the result of your output at this stage may mean a successful graduation from the boot camp or more than a month's worth of training going down the drain if you fail during this crucial stage.

This is also the time when drill officers relax a bit since most of the things the cadet needs to know has been taught already, all it just needs is a little harnessing which can be acquired once the cadet is inserted in the regular army.