Great Lakes Naval Station
Naval Station Great Lakes
Naval Station Great Lakes is the United States Navy's Headquarters Command for training, located in North Chicago, Illinois. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Center (boot camp), Training Support Center and Naval Recruiting District Chicago.
designed by Jarvis Hunt
The original 39 buildings built between 1903 and 1927 were designed by Jarvis
Hunt.
former barracks
RTC Great Lakes is the Navy's only basic training facility.
TSC Great Lakes is the Navy's premier technical training command. It has an
annual throughput of 16,000 sailors a year. TSC supports the following five
learning sites:
* Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS)
* Center for Naval Engineering (CNE)
* Center for EOD and Dive (CNEODD)
* Center for Naval Leadership (CNL)
* Center for Personal Development (CPD)
* Center for Service Support (CSS)
The following rate training class A-schools are located at NTC Great Lakes:
* Electronics Technician (ET)
* Fire Control Technician (FC)
* Gunners Mate (GM)
* Interior Communications Technician (IC)
* Boatswain's Mate (BM)
* Hospital Corpsman (HM)
* Electrician's Mate (EM)
* Culinary Specialist (CS)
In addition, all Navy rates that require basic electrical knowledge and
troubleshooting training complete Apprentice Technical Training (ATT) school.
This includes some aviation rates prior to detachment to their respective school
locations. Some surface rates complete Surface Common Core (SCC) Basic
Maintenance Training.
Great Lakes NTC (Naval Training Command) and RTC (Recruit Training Command - the
Boot Camp portion) are not in danger of closing. Several hundred million dollars
have been invested in building new barracks ("ships"), a $72,000,000 training
facility, as well as numerous upgrades around the base. It is the United States
Navy's only boot camp facility. Great Lakes Naval Recruit Training Command (RTC)
in Illinois is the central processing location for Naval recruits. Approximately
50,000 recruits pass through Great Lakes RTC annually with up to 25,000 recruits
onboard the installation at any time.
postcard from 1912
Geographically, the station separates the affluent North Shore from the more industrial Waukegan/North Chicago area, the latter now announcing numerous redevelopments across their span for strip malls and New Urban residency communities.
first graduating class
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Great Lakes Naval Training Station historic district in 1986 covering 1,932 acres (7.8 kmē), 43 buildings, 14 structures, 6 objects.
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Naval Hospital
former Home of the Navy Band
Great Lakes Naval Museum
the Museum
Dog Tags
for sleeping on board
Naval Nurse
W.A.V.E.S
McDonnell/Douglas A-4D "Skyhawk"
like that flown by John S. McCain
Museum building
keep up the Morale, Welfare and Recreation