With sailors from Training Group 52 formally graduating from boot camp, the service reached a milestone of 42,000 sailors ...

With the graduation of Training Group 52, more than 42,000 Sailors completed initial training during Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), ...

Veterans and volunteers at the American Legion Post 208 in suburban Arlington Heights hosted a Thanksgiving meal for Navy ...

Navy recruits enjoyed a Thanksgiving break with food and calls home, thanks to community and veterans' efforts.

Chris Rice, 38, of Smithville, Mo., graduated from basic training at the Recruit Training Command center, Great Lakes, Ill. in February. He is the son of Rodger and Jean Rice of Cape Girardeau and a ...

Jonathan Doberenz, formerly of Jackson, has graduated from basic Navy recruit training at Great Lakes, Ill. He is attending training to be an operation specialist and quartermaster. Doberenz is the ...

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, ...

For 10 weeks of training, navy recruits from the Great Lakes Navy are not able to leave their post. Thursday was a welcomed exception for the sailors, who got to leave the post to enjoy a Thanksgiving ...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. -- An 18-year-old Navy recruit died during boot camp in Illinois this past week. Spokesman Lt. Joseph W. Pfaff said Kelsey Nobles of Mobile, Alabama, died Tuesday after collapsing ...

Navy Seaman Recruit Crystal M. Carter, daughter of Carolyn S. and John J. Carter of Goochland, Va., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, and Ill.