Marine Corps training indoctrinates and trains midshipmen in the operations and the fundamentals of amphibious warfare. Surface Warfare and Subsurface Warfare orientation give a more complete picture of the different warfare specialties within the Navy. Two days aboard a nuclear submarine and two days aboard a surface warship are programmed into these two weeks. Nurse scholarship midshipmen are assigned to either a ship with a medical department or to a naval hospital. Scholarship midshipmen attend this training period aboard fleet ships, normally made during the midshipman's second and third school year.
Midshipmen assume the duties of enlisted personnel regularly assigned to the ship.
Nurse scholarship midshipmen are exempt due to required nursing summer school course requirements. To familiarize midshipmen with life at sea aboard a U.S. naval vessel. To familiarize midshipmen with shipboard organization and administration, ship systems, evolutions, and standard naval safety precautions at sea and in port. To develop an appreciation for the duties and responsibilities of enlisted personnel, as well as living and working conditions of enlisted personnel on board ship. To emphasize, the importance of military courtesies, bearing, and discipline.