For those who have not passed through the gates of the installation, Great Lakes plays a key role in the 250-year-old United States Navy. It is its only “boot camp,” which is where new recruits from ...

A Colorado native was recently honored as the top graduate of her class at Navy basic training, according to a news release. Airman Apprentice Bailey Burke, a 2025 graduate of Columbine High School, ...

Those around when the then-Great Lakes Naval Training Center was dedicated on Oct. 28, 1911, by President William Howard Taft surely didn’t see the future growth that would occur at the North Chicago ...

SCHERERVILLE | Navy Fireman Michael L Huizenga, recently completed his U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, IL. Huizenga is the son of Robert and Laura Huizenga of ...

Navy Seaman Recruit Joseph L. Horn, a 2010 graduate of Ocean Springs High School, Ocean Springs, Miss., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Navy ...