A Navy sailor died on Oct. 10 in an apparent homicide, the Lake County, Ill., Coroner’s Office told USNI News. The ...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. — Petty Officer 1st Class John Suits, a native of New Palestine, is stationed at the Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., a boot camp to train sailors with the U.S. Navy. Suits, a 2003 ...

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

The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known as boot camp -- from 10 to nine weeks. Navy officials said in a news ...

NORTH CHICAGO (WGN) — Naval Station Great Lakes has confirmed the death of a recruit assigned to its training command, otherwise known as Navy boot camp, according to a statement Thursday. The death ...

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 ...

New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday. The service said its Basic Military Training program at Recruit ...

The Navy is cutting seven days out of its Basic Military Training program, from 10 weeks to nine, as improved recruiting numbers mean the sea service needs to push more sailors through boot camp at ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs, but the crush of last-minute enlistments means it won't be able ...