Despite a historic recruiting year, the Navy will need to continue to bring in more junior sailors to fully man at-sea billets, a problem that will likely continue into the next two to three years and ...

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

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

Jack Fox served his country as a boatswain’s mate 1st class in the US Navy from 1969 to 1971, during the Vietnam War. He grew ...

Veterans and volunteers at the American Legion Post 208 in suburban Arlington Heights hosted a Thanksgiving meal for Navy recruits who spent the last eight weeks in basic training. It's a tradition ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (WGN) — Federal immigration agents have left Naval Station Great Lakes, according to North Chicago officials. The city says the Department of Homeland Security packed up and moved ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has left its "Operation Midway Blitz" command center at Naval Station Great Lakes, city officials confirmed to ABC7 Chicago Sunday. The video in the player ...

Four Bears players spent their day off Oct. 21 at Naval Station Great Lakes, touring the facility and meeting military personnel. Offensive tackle Theo Benedet, running back Travis Homer, defensive ...

A Navy sailor died on Oct. 10 in an apparent homicide, the Lake County, Ill., Coroner’s Office told USNI News. The preliminary investigation by the North Chicago Police Department indicates John ...

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, ...

Interfaith leaders from the suburbs and Chicago marched to Naval Station Great Lakes Saturday to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. The naval station in North Chicago has been a ...