Students aren't allowed to leave the Naval Station Great Lakes for months, as part of the drill to keep the coronavirus at bay. As many as 25,000 people are on base at a time.

The head of the Navy’s boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes has been relieved of his command after his superiors lost confidence in his ability to handle the job, officials said. Capt. Jeffry ...

At Great Lakes - the Navy's only boot camp - some 40,000 recruits train annually in a 10-week program that covers physical fitness, seamanship, firearms, firefighting and shipboard damage control ...

The mother of a Navy recruit who died after a boot camp run at the Great Lakes base earlier this year said she will seek a second autopsy after a blood disorder was determined to have played a ...

Navy fires head of Great Lakes boot camp. By Geoff Ziezulewicz Jun 13, 2022. Capt. Jeffry Sandin, saluting at right, was relieved as commander of the Navy's boot camp Saturday.

The Navy will not receive any new recruits at its boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, after one recruit tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), said Cmdr. David Hecht, a spokesman ...

The Navy has extended its pause in sending recruits to its boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, until April 19. The service is working to make sure recruits stay healthy during training ...

NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (CBS)-- A 19-year-old U.S. Navy recruit has died during boot camp training at the Great Lakes Naval base. Seaman Recruit Christopher Walker, 19, of Kittaning, Pa ...

Recruits stand in formation on July 10, 2024, at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp.

More than 39,000 recruits probably reach the same conclusion annually at Great Lakes, the only enlisted boot camp left in the Navy. And that’s by design. RELATED ...

Recruits at the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, ... The Navy will shorten its boot camp from 10 weeks to nine beginning with the class entering in January.

The Navy will not receive any new recruits at its boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, after one recruit tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), said Cmdr. David Hecht, a spokesman ...