On a not-so-white Christmas Day, 50 recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes walked into a roaring welcome at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights, a tradition embraced by the community for ...

The Navy’s record-breaking recruiting numbers translated to the service’s highest production of basic training graduates in a decade with the graduation of sailors from Training Group 52, the Navy ...

(Nov. 20, 2025) Rear Adm. Matthew Pottenburgh, commander, Naval Service Training Command (center), Capt. Kenneth Froberg, commanding officer, Recruit Training Command (RTC) (right) and Navy Club of ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The U.S. Navy Band Great Lakes wind ensemble will give a free, public performance on Monday, Dec. 8, in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium. The holiday ...

Faith Bottum’s “Life Lessons From the Cutting Edge” (op-ed, Nov. 24) reminded me of a similarly mundane awakening. It was 1972 at Navy boot camp, where we were taught the proper way to fold our ...

The Great Lakes have the potential to generate three times more electricity than all eight surrounding states currently use. Unlike oceans, Great Lakes states, not the federal government, have ...

Panola County is cheering on one of its own as Alina Reed of Carthage recently graduated from Naval Recruit Command Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Reed, the daughter of Angela and Morgan Rabon of ...

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 fresh out of boot camp rushed to save the occupant of a burning car, but the flames engulfed his mother’s vehicle during the rescue. Both the sailor and his mother were unhurt. Fireman ...

Bears players Travis Homer, Josh Blackwell, Tory Taylor and Theo Benedet visited Naval Station Great Lakes as part of the team's partnership with USAA ahead of their Salute to Service game Nov. 9 ...