boot camp

noun

Etymology: From boot (“US military slang sense of “new recruit””) + camp.

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

   “We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.”