Editing Sea Org (section)

===Estates Project Force===
All new recruits are required to complete compulsory [[novitiate]] before they are allowed to join the Sea Org, which has been described as a [[Recruit training|boot camp]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/06/scientology-s-sea-org-an-escape-story-for-katie-holmes-and-suri-cruise.html |title=Scientology's Sea Org: A Story of Escape for Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise |first=Abigail |last=Pesta |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=6 July 2012 |publisher=Newsweek/The Daily Beast LLC}}</ref> During this phase, known as the Estates Project Force (EPF), recruits are not considered full Sea Org members. They are required to address all members as "sir", regardless of rank, and must run everywhere instead of walking.<ref name="kent-brainwashing"/> Married couples are separated for the duration of the EPF and not allowed to have private or intimate contact with each other.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

While on the EPF, recruits are assigned an intensive daily regimen divided between five hours of [[Manual labour|manual labor]] and five hours of study and indoctrination known as "Product Zero". Scientology courses required to complete the EPF include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/ottmann19960419.html#Brief_Description_Of_My_Scientology_Career_In_The_Sea_Org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113150644/http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/ottmann19960419.html#Brief_Description_Of_My_Scientology_Career_In_The_Sea_Org |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |title=Affidavit of Martin Ottmann (19 April 1996)|date=19 April 1996|author=Ottman, Martin|url-status=usurped |access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://escapingscientology.com/bonus-material/joining-the-sea-org/|title=Joining the Sea Org|author=Schless Pressley, Karen|access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref>
*''Basic Study Manual'', an introductory course in [[Study Tech]]nology, a simplified version of the ''Student Hat'' course.
*''Introduction to Scientology Ethics'', a basic course in [[Scientology ethics and justice]].
*''Basic Sea Org Member Hat'', a course on the basics of membership in the Sea Org and what is expected.
*''Welcome to the Sea Org'', a series of taped lectures Hubbard originally gave new recruits in October 1969.
*''Personal Grooming Course'', a course on personal hygiene.
The EPF has no definite schedule. Recruits graduate from the EPF when all required courses have been completed and upon successfully undergoing a mandatory "7A Security Check" and approval by a "Fitness Board".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-05-10 |title=Immigrant Petition for Special Immigrant Religious Worker Pursuant to Section 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. 5 1153(b)(4), as described at Section lOl(a)(27)(C) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 5 1101(a)(27) |url=https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/C1%20-%20Immigrant%20Religious%20Workers/Decisions_Issued_in_2006/May102006_03C1101.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612194125/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/C1%20-%20Immigrant%20Religious%20Workers/Decisions_Issued_in_2006/May102006_03C1101.pdf |archive-date=2017-06-12 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services |language=en}}</ref> They may then join the Sea Org as full members.<ref name="kent-brainwashing">{{multiref2 |1={{Cite web |title=Brainwashing in Scientology's Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) |first=Stephen A. |last=Kent |author-link=Stephen A. Kent |date=September 13, 2000 |orig-date=November 7, 1997 |url=https://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/109286/412b6fd56956a72b3b19eca2ec65beba/data/brainwashing.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825022035/https://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/109286/412b6fd56956a72b3b19eca2ec65beba/data/brainwashing.pdf |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |website=[[Government of Hamburg]]}} |2={{cite journal|last=Kent|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen A. Kent|date=September 2003|title=Scientology and the European Human Rights Debate: A Reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force Study |journal=[[Marburg Journal of Religion]]|publisher=[[University of Marburg]]|volume=8|issue=1 |doi=10.17192/mjr.2003.8.3725}} }}</ref>