Naval Station Great Lakes
Naval Station Great Lakes is the home of the United States Navy's only current boot camp, located near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois, along Lake Michigan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: naval training base for the United States Navy, outside of Chicago, Illinois
- Also known as: “Great Mistakes”, “Naval Training Center Great Lakes”, “NAVSTA Great Lakes”, “NSGL”, “NTC Great Lakes”, “Training Support Center Great Lakes”, and “TSC Great Lakes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Lakes station and Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Great Lakes station
Railway station
The Great Lakes station is one of two commuter railroad stations in North Chicago, Illinois, served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. The station is 32.2 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line, and also serves commuters who travel north to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Great Lakes station is situated 980 feet northeast of Naval Station Great Lakes.
Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois
Office
The Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, is a command unit within the United States Navy primarily responsible for conducting the initial orientation of incoming recruits, also known as boot camp and recruit training, or RTC. Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois is situated 750 feet south of Naval Station Great Lakes.
National Museum of the American Sailor
Museum
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The National Museum of the American Sailor is one of 10 Navy Museums that are operated by the Naval History & Heritage Command. As an official Department of the Navy Museum, the National Museum of the American Sailor's mission is to select, collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the United States Navy with particular emphasis on the Navy's enlisted Sailor. National Museum of the American Sailor is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Naval Station Great Lakes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Chicago and Lake Bluff.
North Chicago
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North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and Mundelein.
Lake Bluff
Village
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Lake Bluff is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,616. Lake Bluff is situated 2 miles south of Naval Station Great Lakes.
Naval Station Great Lakes
- Categories: historic district and military school
- Location: Shields Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Naval Station Great Lakes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Estació Naval Great Lakes”
- Chinese: “五大湖海军基地”
- Chinese: “大湖海军基地”
- Chinese: “大湖海軍基地”
- Czech: “Námořní základna Velká jezera”
- Czech: “Naval Station Great Lakes”
- French: “Naval Station Great Lakes”
- Hebrew: “בסיס צי האגמים הגדולים”
- Japanese: “グレートレイクス海軍基地”
- Portuguese: “Naval Station Great Lakes”
- Swedish: “Naval Station Great Lakes”
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