Stars and Stripes

Navy sees largest number of sailors graduating from boot camp in a decade

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

Recruit Training Command Graduates Final Class of FY 2025, Achieves Highest Production in a Decade

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

Navy trims recruit training by 1 week, streamlining boot camp to move sailors to the fleet faster

WASHINGTON — The Navy will trim one week off its Basic Military Training program, shortening the boot camp from 10 weeks to nine, beginning next month. The change will take effect in January. It is ...
Chicago Tribune

Column: Navy sails 250 years on the high seas

Those around when the then-Great Lakes Naval Training Center was dedicated on Oct. 28, 1911, by President William Howard Taft surely didn’t see the future growth that would occur at the North Chicago ...
NBC News

Former Navy sailor admits plotting terror attack against Naval Station Great Lakes

A U.S. sailor plotted to attack Naval Station Great Lakes with bombs and guns and also targeted tourist locations in Chicago including the Magnificent Mile and the famous Bean statue in Millennium ...