Since its opening, Naval Station Great Lakes has gone on to become the Navy’s largest training installation and the home of ...

The Navy has identified a sailor who died last week from a gunshot wound at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Seaman Recruit Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, died Wednesday following an incident at the base ...

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to include the recruit’s identity and a release from the Lake County Coroner’s Office. A recruit assigned to Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, ...

U.S. officials have confirmed that a Navy recruit was the victim who died after being shot at a gun range at Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County Wednesday afternoon. The Great Lakes Fire ...

The Navy recruited sailors at levels not seen since the early 2000s, surpassing its goal for the second year in a row. The ...

For those who have not passed through the gates of the installation, Great Lakes plays a key role in the 250-year-old United States Navy. It is its only “boot camp,” which is where new recruits from ...

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 ...

A West Virginia native earned the Military Excellence Award at Recruit Training Command. According to a press release, on Thursday, September 18, 2025, 18-year-old Seaman Cadence Clackler, of Beckley, ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A former U.S. Navy sailor faces two decades in prison after pleading guilty to plotting to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, allegedly on behalf of Iran’s Islamic ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A former U.S. Navy sailor faces two decades in prison after pleading guilty to plotting to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, allegedly on behalf of Iran’s Islamic ...