North Chicago, Illinois

North Chicago is a city located in Lake County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 35,918.

North Chicago has the manufacturing headquarters of Abbott Laboratories, EMCO Chemicals and is the location of the Naval Station Great Lakes. In addition, Jelly Belly has a production factory in North Chicago at 1501 Morrow Avenue.

Naval Station Great Lakes is the United States Navy's Headquarters Command for training issues, located in North Chicago, Illinois. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Center (Basic Training), the Naval Hospital, and the Naval District Headquarters.

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'. 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.