1. No boot camp for me, but I always thought the challenge of it sounded interesting even if military service never did.

2. I don't think the boot camp model works for DBA's. The reason is that boot camp is also known as Basic Training. They take in a crowd of people and train them on the basics they need to know. You're not going to get an expert out of basic training, and a DBA should be an expert (IMHO).

A DBA boot camp would put out entry level database workers, not DBA's. Most employers (maybe all?) aren't going to be to keen on sending their entry level database workers out on 12 weeks training.

As a tool to make sure experienced DBA's know everything they should, it might have some merit, but I would imagine by that point most DBA's would be sitting through a lot of classes covering stuff they already know in order to learn a few things they didn't.

With that in mind I think having individuals seek out the training that they need is probably the better route.