Officials are investigating the death of a sailor at the Naval Station Great Lakes on Wednesday. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch There was a large police response on Wednesday ...

Sailors who complete boot camp and are heading to advanced training school are now eligible for overnight liberty, a ...

The US Navy has met its active-duty recruiting goal for fiscal year 2025 more than three months ahead of schedule, ...

The policy comes after a trial run that started in December. Late that month the Navy Recruit Training Command announced that 60-80 sailors would be allowed to use cell phones to call home.

Recruits call home during their scheduled divisional phone calls at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, Dec. 9, 2023. (Mass Communication 2nd Class Stuart Posada/U.S. Navy photo) ...

Baltimore native recognized as Naval Education and Training Command’s 2024 Military Instructor of the Year by Special to the AFRO February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 ...

Area man completes Navy training Seaman recruit Trevor C. Milam recently completed his Navy basic training and graduated from the Navy Recruit Training Command Center in Great Lakes, Ill. He will ...

Recruits march in formation at Recruit Training Command in 2019, wearing the Navy Working Uniform Type III. (U.S. Navy) Sailors may have a hard time getting a hold of the Navy Working Uniform Type ...

Navy basic military training website. The Navy added the two-week “Sailor for Life” curriculum to Basic Military Training in 2022, increasing the length of boot camp from 8 weeks to 10.

This engraved plaque was presented to Dr. Charles Stark Draper when he was the guest of honor at the Great Lakes Recruit Training Command in Illinois on November 21, 1975. Draper, the founder of the ...