(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 US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (WGN) — Federal immigration agents have left Naval Station Great Lakes, according to North Chicago officials. The city says the Department of Homeland Security packed up and moved ...

Forecast maps shared with Newsweek by AccuWeather highlight which areas around the Great Lakes can expect the heaviest snowfall early this week as "an intrusion of Arctic air is igniting the first ...

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 ...

Many federal workers are struggling to make ends meet amid the ongoing government shutdown, including firefighters at the Great Lakes Fire Department at Naval Station Great Lakes. One lieutenant said ...

A Navy sailor died on Oct. 10 in an apparent homicide, the Lake County, Ill., Coroner’s Office told USNI News. The preliminary investigation by the North Chicago Police Department indicates John ...