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Great Lakes Naval Training Center

American  

noun

  1. a U.S. Navy training center in NE Illinois, S of Waukegan.


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The last time I saw it in tact, about 500 of us, reporting to the Great Lakes naval training center, marched down a platform to a Pennsy train heading for Chicago.

From New York Times

The 21-year-old sailor was working in the dental clinic at Chicago’s Great Lakes Naval Training Center when a beautiful woman walked in to get her teeth cleaned.

From Slate

Chicago Correspondent Patricia Delaney, who as a child visited uncles who were resident officers at Fort Sheridan and the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, returned to both bases and found that for today's officers the quality of life has "deteriorated sharply."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Navy gets tough Their cadence may still not be perfect, but Navy trainees are once again marching to classes and meals at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides the Little Creek center, which opened last January, the Navy has maintained a rehabilitation center at Long Beach, Calif., since 1967 and is opening a third at Great Lakes Naval Training Center this week.

From Time Magazine Archive