Naval Station Great Lakes
Naval Station Great Lakes is the United States Navy's Headquarters Command for training issues, located in North Chicago, Illinois. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Center (Basic Training), Training Support Center and Naval Recruiting District Chicago.
Major Tenant Commands
Recruit Training Command
RTC Great Lakes is the Navy's only basic training facility.
Training Support Center
TSC Great Lakes is the Navy's premier technical training command. It has an annual throughput of 16,000 sailors a year. TSC supports the following five learning sites:
- Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS)
- Center for Naval Engineering (CNE)
- Center for EOD and Dive (CNEODD)
- Center for Naval Leadership (CNL)
- Center for Personal Development (CPD)
- Center for Service Support (CSS)
BRAC 2005
Great Lakes NTC (Naval Training Command) and RTC (Recruit Training Command - the Boot Camp portion) are not in danger of closing. Several hundred million dollars have been invested in building new barracks ("ships"), a $72,000,000 training facility, as well as numerous upgrades around the base. It is the United States Navy's only boot camp facility. Great Lakes Naval Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Illinois is the central processing location for Naval recruits. Approximately 50,000 recruits pass through Great Lakes RTC annually with up to 25,000 recruits onboard the installation at any time.
Geographically, the station separates the affluent North Shore from the more industrial Waukegan/North Chicago area, the latter now announcing numerous redevelopments across their span for strip malls and New Urban residency communities.
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Great Lakes Naval Training Station historic district in 1986 covering 1,932 acres (7.8 km2), 43 buildings, 14 structures, 6 objects.
Law Enforcement Law enforcement is provided by the Great Lakes Police Department, a civilian agency with dozens of officers. Great Lakes police officers are fully recognized by the state of Illinois and have full arrest powers over all personnel, military and civilian.
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