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 ...

U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command’s Pass-in-Review in Great Lakes, Illinois, Feb., 1, 2024. US Navy Photo This story has been corrected to reflect that the Navy grew its delayed entry program pool.

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 ...

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 ...

Seaman Apprentice Jason Lorentz received the Military Excellence Award after completing the Future Sailor Prep Course and basic training. (U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command) A sailor who once doubted ...

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to include the recruit’s identity and a release from the Lake County Coroner’s Office. A recruit assigned to Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, ...

The coroner has released the identity of an 18-year-old U.S. Navy recruit who died after being shot at a gun range at Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County Wednesday afternoon. The Great Lakes Fire ...