Even so, 5 weeks is only training cannon fodder.
Is anyone really contesting or arguing otherwise, really?
It all depends on what they are going to be doing in the military and how much follow-up training they receive when integrated into the army.
As post 15 pointed out we were taking trainees with 8 weeks of basic and then integrating them into our combat-ready division by giving them OJT (on the job training).