The Navy 's boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, says it will start letting recruits have some access to cell phones while they are in training. "Over the next few weeks," recruits in two divisions ...

Cheeseman is optimistic as he looks ahead, saying the Navy has increased its staffing at boot camp so that it will be able to handle the full mission over the next year.

As a result, he said, boot camp is operating at capacity, and he’ll only be able to get about 35,500 through by the end of September. One of the key recruiting changes was the Navy’s decision ...