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Suggest a Feature →Annual BASOPS for Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois — "The Home of the Navy" and the Navy's sole enlisted recruit training command. Every Navy enlisted sailor passes through Great Lakes for 8 weeks of basic training. The installation trains approximately 40,000 recruits per year. The Navy also conducts advanced technical training at several schoolhouses on the installation. O&M covers massive training infrastructure and approximately 20,000 military and civilian personnel.
FY2025 MILCON for Naval Station Great Lakes. Recruit training complex modernization ($34M) and technical training school expansion ($24M).
Base-level spending data from Military Construction (MILCON) appropriation requests, installation status reports, and Army/Navy/Air Force installation management budget justification documents.