Major tenant commands Naval Station Great Lakes

in 1996, rtc great lakes became navy s basic training facility. base realignment , closure commission of 1993 resulted in closure of naval training center san diego, california , naval training center orlando, florida, associated recruit training commands, , consolidation of navy enlisted recruit training great lakes. approximately 40,000 recruits pass through recruit training command annually estimated 7,000 recruits on board installation @ time. rtc great lakes has been active on 100 years.

training support center

tsc great lakes navy s premier technical training command. has annual throughput of 16,000 sailors year. tsc supports following 6 learning sites:

center surface combat systems (cscs)
surface warfare officers school command unit (swosu)
center eod , dive (cneodd)
center naval leadership (cnl)
center personal development (cpd)
center service support (css)


navy junior rotc cadets hamilton high school, ohio, practice marksmanship @ fire arms training simulator (fats)

the following rating training class a-schools located @ naval station great lakes:

electrician s mate (em)
electronics technician (et)
fire controlman (fc)
gunner s mate (gm)
interior communications electrician (ic)
boatswain s mate (bm)
operations specialist (os)
hull maintenance technician (ht)
damage controlman (dc)
engineman (en)
gas turbine system technician (electrical) (gse)
gas turbine system technician (mechanical) (gsm)
machinery repairman (mr)
quartermaster (qm)
machinist mate (mm)

culinary specialist (cs) a-school taught @ tsc great lakes until december 10, 2010, when school graduated final class. course has been consolidated army s parallel program , relocated fort lee, virginia.

hospital corpsman (hm) school has been moved out of great lakes. last class graduated on july 27, 2011. last class class 11-125. school has relocated medical education , training campus @ fort sam houston, joint base san antonio, texas. change has merged air force, army, , navy medical staff centralized location.

in addition, navy rates require basic electrical knowledge , troubleshooting training complete apprentice technical training (att) school. includes mineman (mn) , sonar technician (surface) (stg) rates, aviation rates prior detachment respective school locations in san diego, ca , pensacola, florida. boatswain s mates complete surface common core (scc) basic maintenance training , engineering rates complete basic engineering common core (becc)