Longer IE Training

I heard that the army was switching to a 13 week Entry training to account for urban combat training. Is this true are they lengthening the armys training?

[Ram0528]

Aren't they in a testing phase to decide between less downtime & keeping BCT 9 weeks, vs extending it?

i know i graduated in december and all of my DI's were mad about having to stay longer the following year. I dont' know if it ever happened or not but thanks for the input.

[MACTANK]

Originally Posted by AntiArmorGrunt

As it stands the Marine Corps is the only one with a 13 week basic training. The Army had discussed the possibility of extending theirs to 11 weeks or something like that but it did not get approved.

The Armor Armor training consists of combined Basic Training and AIT, which lasts 13 weeks. It is called One Stop Unit Training or OSUT.

[333MP]

mactank they are talking about Basic being longer than 9 weeks. I know that the idea has been tossed around. I'll see what I can find out.