On July 14, the U.S. Navy celebrated the end of a 12-year construction program that built 22 new buildings for its recruit-training center at Naval Station Great Lakes just north of Chicago.
The 14 new barracks, three drill halls and five other administrative and training buildings serve what is the Navy’s only recruit training center. Every new seaman recruit entering the Navy spends eight weeks in the facility learning the basic skills and attitudes needed for Navy life.