Improvements Can Be Made in the Management of Naval Recruit Training

The Navy Recruit Training program is the largest single-purpose training program in the Navy, costing an estimated $150 million in fiscal year 1979, with approximately 80,000 individuals receiving basic introductory and indoctrination training. GAO reviewed the program at the Naval Recruit Training Center in San Diego, California, and the centers at Great Lakes, Illinois, and Orlando, Florida, were also visited. Studies were examined and recruits were observed during the training cycle from inprocessing through graduation. Discussions were held with officials at the recruit centers; the skill training schools in San Diego; the Naval Technical Training Command in Millington, Tennessee; and the Naval Training and Education Command at Pensacola, Florida.