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 Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes Naval Training Station, located in North Chicago, formally opened in 1911 on land donated by the Merchants Club of Chicago.
During the course of World War II, Great Lakes supplied about a million men, just over a third of all personnel who served in the U.S. Navy.
Ideally located at the nation's rail hub and near its population center, the camp gained great significance during World War I, but reached its nadir when it was closed to new trainees between 1933 and 1935.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/543.html   (418 words)

  
 Naval Station Great Lakes
Great Lakes Naval Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Illinois is the central processing location for Naval recruits.
Great Lakes Service School Command (SSC) is the central training location for Naval enlisted students.
NAVSTA Great Lakes is staffed with 403 civilian positions and 198 military billets (10 officer/188 enlisted).
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/great-lakes.htm   (1369 words)

  
 Great Lakes Naval Museum Association - Home Page
The Naval Training Center Great Lakes Museum Exhibit is a government-owned and operated museum dedicated to telling the story "boot camp" training in the United States Navy, and in particular, the Naval Training Station/Center Great Lakes, Illinois.
The Great Lakes Naval Museum Association, Inc. ("Association") is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation exempt from income taxation as a Section 501(c)(3) organization.
At the same time, the Association desires the museum to provide the greater community with a valuable resource to both entertain and educate the public generally on the evolution and significance of Naval recruit training and particularly on the role of the Great Lakes Naval base in recruit training through the years.
www.greatlakesnavalmuseum.org   (286 words)

  
 Naval Station Great Lakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naval Station Great Lakes is the United States Navy's Headquarters Command for training issues, located in North Chicago, Illinois.
Also, Great Lakes NTC(Naval Training Command) and RTC(Recruit Training Command - the Boot Camp portion) are not in danger of closing.
As the large number of tenant agencies indicates, the base is a perennial candidate for closure, due to its high land value on the Chicagoland Lakeshore.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes   (213 words)

  
 NSTC, Naval Service Training Command
As with other recent Great Lakes projects, Battle Stations 21 is being built according to the principles of sustainable design, in which a building is designed to minimize waste and environmental impact, conserve natural resources, and promote residents’ health and comfort.
With Battle Stations, the Navy is rising to the challenge of a tough audience: it will be using the best in 21st century technology to educate recruits who grew up in the multimedia age.
It is the culminating event for Naval recruits, a grueling 12-hour test of their skills that marks the final rite of passage.
www.nstc.navy.mil /battle_stations_21Project.htm   (1015 words)

  
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By direction of the Chief of Naval Operations, a new naval education and training architecture was developed to include the restructuring of NTC Great Lakes.
The command is comprised of 71 Naval ROTC programs at colleges and universities around the nation; 621 Navy JROTC programs at high schools around the world; Officer Training Command Newport, R.I., Officer Training Command Pensacola, Fla., and the Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Ill., the Navy's only bootcamp.
"Great Lakes is the starting point for the enlisted Navy, and Naval Service Training Command is the starting point for nearly all enlisted and officer Sailors in our Navy," said Harms.
www.navy.mil /search/display_word.asp?story_id=15668   (505 words)

  
 Federal Energy Management Program: FEMP Focus - Naval Station Great Lakes Uses UESC to Complete Base-Wide Upgrades
Naval Station Great Lakes (NSGL) relies on its utility energy services contract (UESC) program to upgrade infrastructure and meet energy conservation mandates.
NSGL has standardized systems with increased reliability; optimized training; a simplified spare parts inventory; capability to operate all critical functions if outside power is disrupted; improved quality of life for sailors, educators, support personnel and their families; and reduction in harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
Supported by a strong relationship with their serving utility, Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), NSGL took advantage of the ease of using the contract vehicle and developed a Master Plan—a strategic roadmap outlining three key steps to base-wide energy savings to be accomplished in ten phases.
www.eere.energy.gov /femp/newsevents/fempfocus_article.cfm/news_id=9354   (600 words)

  
 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL): Family escapes house fire at Great Lakes Naval Station.(News)@ HighBeam Research
Three children and their mother escaped unharmed Wednesday after fire erupted in a mobile home at Great Lakes Naval Station.
Family escapes house fire at Great Lakes Naval Station.(News)
Great Lakes spokesman Bill Dermody said the woman summoned firefighters to the North Chicago-area home at 10:36 a.m.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:112739889&refid=ink_tptd_np   (211 words)

  
 US Navy Press Releases: Naval Station Great Lakes Established to Improve Training Efficiency, Effectiveness
Naval Station is a shore activity reporting to commander, Naval Training Center (NTC) Great Lakes.
The official mission of the commanding officer of NAVSTA Great Lakes, who reports to commander, NTC Great Lakes, will be to maintain and operate facilities, provide administrative and logistic support to tenant organizations and perform such other functions and tasks as directed by higher authority.
NAVSTA Great Lakes will be staffed with 403 civilian positions and 198 military billets, which includes 10 officers and 188 enlisted Sailors.
newssearch.looksmart.com /p/articles/mi_pnav/is_200110/ai_4270394337   (507 words)

  
 Goodwill Chicago - Goodwill Great Lakes - Navy/Goodwill
In February 1998, Goodwill Great Lakes was awarded the largest food service project under the JWOD Program.
Since October 2001, Goodwill Great Lakes has been providing a complete range of administrative support services for the staff and students at the Navy’s Service School Command, a teaching facility that offers training in military engineering systems and combat systems.
Goodwill Great Lakes will continue to provide excellent customer service through ongoing customer service events, expanded workforce development workshops and placement and career assistance services for program participants.
www.goodwillsew.com /text.asp?dbID=131   (491 words)

  
 Training Station Letter
Apprentice Seamen are assigned to Naval Training Stations for a period of training and instruction in the fundamentals of the Naval Service.
It gives me pleasure to inform you that your son has reported on this Station and is under-going training and instruction in the duties of the Naval Service.
A large, well equipped, comfortable Hostess House on the station provides a social center where enlisted men may receive their relatives and friends during visiting hours after the twenty-one day quarantine period has been completed.
www.cv6.org /company/accounts/jshepherd/train19410811.htm   (496 words)

  
 Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk does not use persistent cookies, i.e., tokens that pass information back and forth from your machine to the server and remain after you close your browser.
New sailors reporting to Naval Station Norfolk need to know what to do during the first 72 hours of reporting for duty;
If you choose to send e-mail to the site webmaster or submit an online feedback form, any contact information that you provide will be solely used to respond to your request and not stored.
www.navstanorva.navy.mil   (108 words)

  
 Naval Station Great Lakes Naval Bases Installations Navy Military Government United States North America Regional English España
Naval Station Great Lakes Naval Bases Installations Navy Military Government United States North America Regional English España
Buscador: Regional: North America: United States: Government: Military: Navy: Installations: Naval Bases: Naval Station Great Lakes:
Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Vern Clark, believes that Naval Training Center Great Lakes is crucial to the future of the Navy.
www.amigar.com /buscador/Top/1010772148-10000001   (384 words)

  
 Housing - Naval Station Great Lakes
Naval Station Great Lakes Family Housing has provided links to non-government web sites that may be of interest to our viewers.
DOD sponsored schools are not present at Naval Station Great Lakes, Fort Sheridan or Glenview.
However, Naval Station Great Lakes does not endorse the facts presented or the products advertised by these web sites.
www.nsgreatlakes.navy.mil /housing/schools.htm   (208 words)

  
 Cogeneration Plant Powers Up Savings at Boot Camp
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- The utility service and capacity at Naval Station Great Lakes — home of the U.S. Navy’s only recruit training facility — are being enhanced with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Midwest’s construction of a 10-megawatt cogeneration plant.
“The foresight and long-term commitment displayed by our utilities product line team will financially benefit the Navy, and operationally serve Great Lakes, for decades to come,” said NAVFAC Midwest’s Commanding Officer, Capt. H.
For related news, visit the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/navfachq.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=17064   (394 words)

  
 Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois IL - Hotels, Lodging - A Helpful Guide
Great Lakes Naval Station is located approximately 31 miles from O'Hare Airport on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
The closest hotels are in Lake Bluff, which is just south of Great Lakes Naval Station.
You can use this guide to learn about hotels near Great Lakes Naval Station...
www.military-hotels.com /illinois/ns-great-lakes-il.html   (419 words)

  
 Naval Station Great Lakes: 3D View of the Web
Naval Station Great Lakes - Naval Station Great Lakes Shore activity reporting to Commander Naval Training Center Great Lakes (CNTC) and handles the day-to-day...
Home: Regional: North America: United States: Government: Military: Navy: Installations: Naval Bases: Naval Station Great Lakes
Naval Reserve Fleet Hospital Great Lakes - Naval Reserve Fleet Hospital Great Lakes An Echelon IV command consisting of 25 medical detachments located throughout the Midwest with a Headquarters Detachment co-located with Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region Midwest, Great Lakes, Illinois.
www.resolve3d.com /Regional/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Government/Military/Navy/Installations/NavalBases/NavalStationGreatLakes   (1365 words)

  
 Naval Reserve Fleet Hospital Great Lakes
Naval Reserve trained personnel also provide high-level care to service personnel and their families under the supervision of Naval Reserve physicians and nurses.
Assignment in the Naval Reserve Nurse Corps spans the complete range of nursing practice including general nursing, clinical areas such as medical, surgical, cardiac, operating room and patient care management.
NAVAL RESERVE Fleet Hospital Symposium 2002 was held in Cleveland in July.
www.nrfh9.navy.mil   (344 words)

  
 Naval Hospital Great Lakes Sailors Deploy to 'Iraqi Freedom'
NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- In spite of its location, roughly 1,000 miles from salt water, Naval Hospital Great Lakes (NHGL) is supporting the fleet with well-trained medical professionals who have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Naval Hospital Great Lakes Sailors Deploy to 'Iraqi Freedom'
Currently, NHGL Sailors are deployed to ships and stations in the Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility and Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (GITMO).
globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/04/mil-030404-nns01.htm   (469 words)

  
 Boot Camp - Great Lakes Navel Station. World War II
World War II The great lakes Navel Station is situated on the banks of Lake Michigan in Illinois.
For the two months we were at great Lakes our barracks flew the "A" flag over our barracks every week.
It was a short ride on the North Shore Transit line from Milwaukee Wisconsin to Great Lakes Illinois.
www.rfischer.us /ww2/boot_camp/index.htm   (577 words)

  
 AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE U.S. NAVY, WORLD WAR II-- GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION, Graduation Ceremonies
George Clinton Fields, former Valet to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, holds his certificate of graduation, upon completion of his training at NTS Great Lakes.
This page features views of the graduation ceremonies of African-Americans from recruit training and the service schools at Great Lakes.
Members of the eighth class to graduate from the Station's Negro Service School pose with a small girl, at graduation ceremonies, 22 July 1943.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/prs-tpic/af-amer/gtlk-grd.htm   (722 words)

  
 PERSONNEL SUPPORT ACTIVITY
Enter Naval Station Main Gate on Farragut AV, turn left on Rodgers ST then turn right on Bronson AV.
Personnel Support Activity Detachment, Great Lakes, Illinois provides pay, personnel, and administrative services to NTC Great Lakes, supporting commands, and outlying commands.
To provide pay, personnel, administrative and transportation services to over 35,000 officer and enlisted personnel at over 470 commands within a 12 state area.
www.psalant.navy.mil /dets/ntcgreatlakes.htm   (119 words)

  
 Environmental Assessment Central Utility Plant, Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects, Public Works Center - Utilities, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois - Storming Media
Abstract: Naval Station, Great Lakes (NAVSTA Great Lakes) is located in Lake County, Illinois, in the northeastern portion of the state.
The purpose of the proposed action is to improve the efficiency and reliability of this plant, which would include installing electricity-producing equipment that would provide NAVSTA Great Lakes with a significant percentage of its electricity needs.
NAVSTA Great Lakes is the only basic training location for the Navy.
www.stormingmedia.us /87/8737/A873714.html   (356 words)

  
 Hotels near Great Lakes Naval Station for Navy Boot Camp Graduations
The listings on the right are the closest hotels to Great Lakes Naval Station.
Great Lakes Naval Station in Waukegan- Chicago, IL Book online or call toll free 1-888-254-0637 promo code 12385
Due to tight schedules for your sailor, we recommend staying as close as possible to the base during graduation weekend.
www.bootcampgraduations.com /hotelsGL.html   (85 words)

  
 Corpsmen Awarded Bronze Star Medal for Actions in Iraq
Dementer, a native of Gladstone, Mich., who has been in the Navy 12 years, is currently assigned to the Naval Hospital Corps School at Naval Station Great Lakes, where he provides computer support and instructs students in field medical practices.
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (FMF) Alan P. Dementer and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kenneth W. Ball were both awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for heroic action during Operation Iraqi Freedom, in a ceremony Feb. 23 at Naval Hospital Corps School at Naval Station Great Lakes.
He was able to stabilize the Marine and prepare him for evacuation to the Battalion Aid Station and ultimately prevented the need to amputate the Marine's foot.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1086658/posts   (1793 words)

  
 Elroy Hirsch
His nickname, "Crazy Legs" was permanently affixed to him by Chicago Daily News sportswriter Francis Powers who, upon witnessing him play for the Badgers against the Great Lakes Naval Station in 1942, wrote "His crazy legs were gyrating in six different directions, all at the same time; he looked like a demented duck."
His commitment to the United States Navy V-12 program in United States Marine Corps required him to transfer to the University of Michigan.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/el/elroy_hirsch.html   (436 words)

  
 MayportMirror.com: Mayport Is 2005 CNO Award Winner 01/19/06
Naval Station Mayport is among 30 winners selected in the 2005 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmen-tal Awards competition, sponsored by the CNO Environ-mental Readiness Division.
Rear Adm. James A. Symonds, director of the CNO Environmental Readiness Division which administers the environmental awards program, congratulated the winners in a naval message saying, ''I am proud that you are working hard to achieve superior environmental stewardship while executing our primary mission of national defense.
The awards will be presented May 3 at the U.S. Navy Mem-orial and Naval Heritage Center in Washington.
www.mayportmirror.com /stories/011906/may_cnoaward001.shtml   (456 words)

  
 Navy Lodge Great Lakes
Great America Theme Park is five miles away.
Car Wash, Mini-mart and gas station only two blocks north of the Lodge.
An eighteen-hole golf course on base, bowling center and other extensive support facilities are available on base.
www.navy-lodge.com /united_states/illinois/great_lakes.html   (153 words)

  
 2005 - 08/25/2005 - Job Safety Partnership for Battle Station 21 at Great Lakes Naval Facility
The partnership is aimed at eliminating serious hazards and reaching a high level of worker safety and health protection for Battle Station 21, a unique, $80 million construction project at the Great Lakes, Ill., facility.
The Battle Station 21 project will consist of constructing a one square block, box-shaped building that will also contain the construction of a replica of the USS Taft battleship.
The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to providing America's employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations.
www.osha-slc.gov /pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=11551   (377 words)

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