The Liberty Call Brass Band performs throughout the Twin Ports, uniting and energizing the Navy crew with the local community ...

Henry Brown went to Naval Station Great Lakes (Chicago), while his son went to the Naval Training Center Orlando (Florida). Basic training took eight weeks. After that, Henry Brown stayed at Great ...

The main gate at Naval Station Great Lakes in Great Lakes, Ill., on Thursday. ... The attack plot targeting Great Lakes, the Navy’s main boot camp training facility, was from the inside.

That Rose Bowl featured the football team of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station north of Chicago, a collection that included some of the greatest names in gridiron history, including George Halas, ...

Recruits stand at attention during the Centennial celebration at Naval Station Great Lakes in 2011. (Public domain photo/U.S. Navy) Through the decades, Illinois has been home to several military ...

Located about 10 miles north of Halas Hall, Naval Station Great Lakes is the Navy's largest training installation and home of the Navy's only boot camp. It's located on 1,600 acres adjacent to Lake ...

NADWC provides over 146,000 acres of developed training areas, 337 km2 of restricted airspace, access to the Great Lakes, and a railhead adjacent to Grayling Army Airfield for realistic training.

Two years after the incident, the Eastland was sold to the U.S. Navy and converted into a gunboat. The USS W i lmette never saw any combat but was used as a training vessel until 1945 when it was ...

GREAT LAKES, IL – Outgoing NMRTC Great Lakes Commanding Officer Capt. Chad E. McKenzie, left, Lovell FHCC Director Dr. Robert Buckley, center, and incoming NMRTC Great Lakes Commanding Officer Navy ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy offshore sailing team hosted eight teams from around the country this past weekend in Annapolis for the U.S. Offshore Championship, as the Midshipmen pulled out a fifth-place ...