Stars and Stripes

Navy sees largest number of sailors graduating from boot camp in a decade

With sailors from Training Group 52 formally graduating from boot camp, the service reached a milestone of 42,000 sailors ...
Panola Watchman

Carthage native graduates Naval boot camp, begins chaplaincy training

Panola County is cheering on one of its own as Alina Reed of Carthage recently graduated from Naval Recruit Command Boot Camp ...
Seapower

Recruit Training Command Graduates Final Class of FY 2025, Achieves Highest Production in a Decade

With the graduation of Training Group 52, more than 42,000 Sailors completed initial training during Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), ...
Chicago Tribune

Column: Navy sails 250 years on the high seas

Those around when the then-Great Lakes Naval Training Center was dedicated on Oct. 28, 1911, by President William Howard Taft surely didn’t see the future growth that would occur at the North Chicago ...
Stars and Stripes

Navy recruit dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound at Naval Station Great Lakes

WASHINGTON — A recruit assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., died Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Lake County Coroner’s Office said Friday. Kayshawn Wilkerson, an 18-year-old ...