basic training noun2 •The standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.Next thing I know, they were drafting me and sending me off to Fort Sill for basic training. Talk about whiplash. •(figurative) A more or less analogous (albeit nonmartial) experience in the civilian world.There's no such thing as formal apprenticeship in this industry. The only preparation you get is some basic training where you sink or swim while trying to look alive.
