boot camp

noun3

1. •
   (US, Canada) A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
2. •
   Any short, often intensive course of training.

   • We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.
3. •
   (US, informal) An initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (army, Air Force, navy and Marine Corps).