Naval Station Great Lakes

As the large number of tenant agencies indicates, the base is a perennial candidate for closure, due to its high land value on the Chicagoland Lakeshore.

The Navy's basic training is not called basic training, but Boot Camp, as is the Marine Corps (due to the Marine Corps' use of much more Naval Jargon). Only the Air Force and Army refer to it as basic training.

Also, 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 just been invested in building new barracks, a $72,000,000 training facility, as well as numerous upgrades around the base.

Geographically, the station separates the affluent North Shore from the more industrial Waukegan / North Chicago area.

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