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Let s understand the base, then we ll give you directions.
RTC Great Lakes Boot Camp Properties The recruit training base in Great Lakes consist of 3 separate properties: Camp Moffett - the main in-processing area. This is where the recruits will arrive. Camp Porter - the main recruit training area where most of the training is taken place, and where some recruits are housed. Camp John Paul Jones - mainly used for housing of the recruits. Railroad tracks separates Camp John Paul Jones from Camp Porter here
The 3 Properties that make up RTC Great Lakes Camp Moffett, Camp Porter, Camp John Paul Jones Camp Moffett Camp John Paul Jones Camp Porter Navy Lodge
RTC Great Lakes is a combination of three (3) properties: - Camp Moffett (Yellow) - Camp Porter (Green) - Camp John Paul Jones (Blue) Yellow = Camp Moffett Blue = Camp John Paul Jones Green = Camp Porter
RTC Great Lakes = 3 separate bases Camp Porter, Camp Moffett, & Camp John Paul Jones Camp Porter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U Navy Exchange (NEX) - Bldg 1326 Photo Lab Bldg 7626 Administrative Office Bldg 1313 Chapel Bldg 1301 USS Missouri- Bldg 7325 Simulated Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer (SAMT) Midway Ceremonial Drill hall Bldg 7220 PIR (Graduation) Visitor Control Center (VIP) Bldg 7330 Parking Garage Bldg 7401 USS Iowa Bldg 7260 CO office front part, USS Trayer BST-21 (Battle Stations 21) USS Wisconsin Bldg 7315 Live Fire Range Freedom Hall - Bldg 7250 Physical Fitness (PFA) USS Osborne - Bldg 1017 Dental USS Tranquillity- Bldg 1007 Medical USS Constitution Ship 6 Bldg 7101 USS Reuben James ship 2 Bldg 7105 Performance Division (Sticks, Staff, Triple Threat (Choir, Band, Drill) USS Marlinspike - Bldg 930 Line Handling Training USS Theodore Roosevelt ship 5 - Bldg 7102 Separations USS Arleigh Burke ship 4 - Bldg 7103 SEALS Candidates, Swim, PRT, Medical holds. USS Hopper ship 3 - Bldg 7104 Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) - Bldg 933 Plumbing, HVAC Pacific Fleet Drill Hall - Bldg 7210 Camp Moffett A B C D E F G H USS Chief Bldg 1410 Fire Fighting / Gas Chamber USS Indianapolis Bldg 1415 Combat Training Pool Golden 13 Bldg 1405 Recruit-In-Processing Bldg 1532 Uniform Issue/Tailor/NEX USS Pearl Harbor ship 1 - Bldg 7122 Chow Hall USS Mason ship 17 Bldg 7121 NAVET/OSVET Barracks USS Red Rover Bldg 1523 Medical & Dental In-processing only USS Pearl Harbor ship 1 - Bldg 7122 Barracks (1 st day of sleep) Camp John Paul Jones A B C D E F G H USS Chicago ship 7 - Bldg 7117 USS John F. Kennedy ship 9 - Bldg 7116 USS Enterprise ship 10 - Bldg 7115 USS Kearsarge ship 11 Bldg 7114 USS Triton ship 12 - Bldg 7113 USS Arizona ship 14 Bldg 7111 USS Marvin Shields ship 13-7112 Atlantic Fleet Drill hall - Bldg 7117
CAMP MOFFETT, PORTER, & JOHN PAUL JONES The Canadian National railroad tracks separates Camp Porter from Camp John Paul Jones Camp John Paul Jones When coming from O Hare airport to RTC Great Lakes just head north on I-94, which will turn into I-294. Turn right on Buckley Road (IL-137), go for 8 miles. You will see Camp Moffett on the left, and Camp Porter on the right. Camp Moffett Camp Porter BEQ = Bachelor Enlisted Quarters ie the Ship (Barracks) Keep on this road to go to the main Navy base NTC Great Lakes. Note: Buckley Road divides Camp Porter (Left) and Camp Moffett (Right). There is a tunnel under the road that connects them together. The sailors will sing as they pass through the tunnel.
RTC Great Lakes ~ Ships Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall USS Constitution Ship 6 USS Theodore Roosevelt Ship 5 USS Arleign Burke Ship 4 USS Triton Ship 12 USS Kearsarge Ship 11 USS Enterprise Ship 10 USS Marvin Shields Ship 13 USS John F. Kennedy Ship 9 USS Chicago Ship 7 USS Arizona Ship 14 Parking lot (After PIR dropoff) Chapel Photo Lab USS MASON Ship 17 for Navet/Osvet In processing Barracks Medical/Dental NEX Recruit In-processing (Where Hell Begins) Golden 13 Combat Training Pool USS Chief & Gas Chamber Uniform Issue/Tailor Pacific Fleet Drill Hall USS Hopper Ship 3 Courtesy of www.navydep.com USS Marlinspike Medical USS Freedom Hall Reuben James PFA Ship 2 Dental Small Arm (SAM-T) USS Iowa / Battle Stations 21 Visitor Control Center (VIP) Graduation (PIR) Entrance Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall (Graduation) Buckley Road (IL-137) USS Pearl Harbor Ship 1 In processing Barracks Lake Front Hwy/ Amstutz Expy
LAYOUT OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES Camp John Paul Jones
Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall Enterprise Marvin Shields Arizona Chicago J.F. Kennedy LAYOUT OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES Canadian National railroad tracks Main entrance to Camp John Paul Jones Kearsarge Triton
Camp John Paul Jones Camp John Paul Jones A B C D E USS Chicago ship 7 - Bldg 7117 USS John F. Kennedy ship 9 - Bldg 7116 USS Enterprise ship 10 - Bldg 7115 USS Kearsarge ship 11 Bldg 7114 USS Triton ship 12 - Bldg 7113 F USS Arizona ship 14 Bldg 7111 G USS Marvin Shields ship 13-7112 H Atlantic Fleet Drill hall - Bldg 7117
TYPICAL SHIP (BARRACK) LAYOUT 1 - USS Marvin Shields 2 - USS Arizona 3 - Division muster (meeting) point & Entrance with more than 8 recruits 4 - Entrance for staff & less than 8 recruits 5 Galley (cafeteria) (1 st Floor) & Training rooms (2 nd floor) 6 - Main point of entry into Camp John Paul Jones (Railroad underpass) 7 Canadian National railroad tracks 3 5 5 1 2 3 4 4 6 7
COOL PICTURE OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES Notice that the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall & USS Chicago (ship 7) are not built yet.
Enterprise (ship-10) Kearsarge (ship-11) COOL PICTURE OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES J.F. Kennedy (ship-9) Chicago (ship-7) Triton (ship-12) Arizona (ship-14) Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall Marvin Shields (ship-13) Notice that the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall & USS Chicago (ship 7) are not built yet. Can you see it?.
COOL PICTURE OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES Notice that the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall is not built yet.
USS Marvin Shields (ship-13) USS Kearsarge (ship-11) COOL PICTURE OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES USS Enterprise (ship-10) USS John F. Kennedy (ship-9) USS Triton (ship-12) USS Chicago (ship-7) Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall (future) USS Arizona (ship-14) USS Constitution (ship-6) USS Tranquillity (Medical) USS Wisconsin (Live Fire Range) USS Missouri (Simulated Small Arm) building not shown
LAYOUT OF CAMP PORTER Camp Porter
COOL PICTURE OF CAMP PORTER USS Marlinspike USS Hopper (ship-3) Pacific Fleet Drill Hall USS Reuben James (ship-2) USS Constitution (ship-6) USS Arleigh Burke (ship-4) USS Roosevelt (ship-5) (Separations) USS Osborne (Dental) USS Trayer (BST-21) Battle Stations Tranquillity (Medical) Not Shown Freedom Hall (PFA) USS Iowa (CO Office)
A different angle showing a different angle of Camp Porter USS Iowa CO Headquarters & Battle Stations USS Osborne (Dental) Freedom Hall (PFA) USS Tranquillity (Medical) Parking Lot Base Chapel USS Missouri (Simulated Small Arm) building not shown USS Wisconsin (Live Fire Range)
USS Wisconsin (Live Fire Range) Yet, another angle showing a different angle of Camp Porter Base Chapel USS Iowa (CO Headquarters) & Battle Stations Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall (PIR = Graduation) Parking for PIR Navy Exchange (Graduation) Freedom Hall (PFA) USS Osborne (Dental) Parking Lot Visitor Control Center (VIP)
Camp Porter A B Camp Porter C A Navy Exchange (NEX) - Bldg 1326 F B Photo Lab Bldg 7626 C D Administrative Office Bldg 1313 Chapel Bldg 1301 G E F USS Missouri- Bldg 7325 Simulated Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer (SAMT) Midway Ceremonial Drill hall Bldg 7220 PIR (Graduation) D I H G Visitor Control Center (VIP) Bldg 7330 H I J K Parking Garage Bldg 7401 USS Iowa Bldg 7260 CO office front part, USS Trayer BST-21 (Battle Stations 21) USS Wisconsin Bldg 7315 Live Fire Range Freedom Hall - Bldg 7250 Physical Fitness (PFA) E J M L L USS Osborne - Bldg 1017 Dental K M USS Tranquillity- Bldg 1007 Medical N O USS Constitution Ship 6 Bldg 7101 USS Reuben James ship 2 Bldg 7105 Performance Division (Sticks, Staff, Triple Threat (Choir, Band, Drill) N O P USS Marlinspike - Bldg 930 Line Handling Training P Q R S USS Theodore Roosevelt ship 5 - Bldg 7102 Separations USS Arleigh Burke ship 4 - Bldg 7103 SEALS Candidates, Swim, PRT, Medical holds. USS Hopper ship 3 - Bldg 7104 Q R S T T Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) - Bldg 933 Plumbing, HVAC U Pacific Fleet Drill Hall - Bldg 7210 U
LAYOUT OF CAMP PORTER Camp Moffett
Camp Moffett Camp Moffett A B C D E F G H USS Chief Bldg 1410 Fire Fighting / Gas Chamber USS Indianapolis Bldg 1415 Combat Training Pool Golden 13 Bldg 1405 Recruit-In-Processing Bldg 1532 Uniform Issue/Tailor/NEX USS Pearl Harbor ship 1 - Bldg 7122 Chow Hall USS Mason ship 17 Bldg 7121 NAVET/OSVET Barracks USS Red Rover Bldg 1523 Medical & Dental In-processing only USS Pearl Harbor ship 1 - Bldg 7122 Barracks (1 st day of sleep)
USS Chief- Bldg 1410 Firefighting Note: Bldg 1410 is actually a two floor building. On the bottom, the left hand side is the Gas Chamber, the right hand side is the fire fighter simulator. The second floor of this building is the training room for trainers on the bottom. Golden 13 Bldg 1405 Recruit In-processing Center 1 st Hair Cut, the 15 second phone call, the box, ID card issue, etc Uniform Shop USS Indianapolis Bldg 1425 - Pool USS Mason (Ship-17) (Prior Vets) Public Road Buckley Rd Public Road Lewis Ave Public Road: Spaulding St USS Pearl Harbor Ship-1 Barracks USS Pearl Harbor Ship-1 Chow hall Under road walk way for sailors. From Camp Moffett to Camp Porter
The USS Indianapolis This is where your sailors did their swim
The USS Pearl Harbor This is where your sailors slept during P-days
The Golden Thirteen Where the yelling begins Woo-hoo!!!
USS Red Rover Medical & Dental
Now lets go for a road trip. The Ships What do they look like close up?
Close up of a ship Find the flat topped water tower -You will be able to spot this flat topped water tower miles from RTC Great Lakes. This is your landmark! If you make it here, you d be parking directly in front of ship USS Chicago (ship-7), to the left you ll see the USS Arizona (ship-14)
How to get there: 1. From the Navy Lodge, turn at the NEX which is Cavin Drive. 2. Go to the main road Ill 131 (aka Green Bay Road). 3. Turn Left at the entrance of the Rosalind Franklin University & Science Medicine. 4. The road will end at a parking lot. Straight in front of you is the USS Enterprise (ship-6) 5. If you turn Left and follow the road around you ll end up at the parking lot in front of USS Chicago ship 7. 6. When facing the USS Chicago, look to the Left, you ll see the USS Arizona ship 14. Flat top Water Tower NEX /Gas Chicago Arizona JFK Navy Lodge Rosalind Franklin University & Science Medicine Enterprise Kearsarge Shields Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall Triton Walk through park to see the USS Triton ship-12
Berthing (sleeping compartment) The USS Chicago Quarterdeck (main entrance) Galley (Chow hall) 1 st floor Training rooms 2 nd floor ~ Understanding the Ships ~ A "ship" at boot camp is truly just a building. They call it a ship just to get the newbies to start using that word. - Each ship (building) has their own name. For example, this ship is the USS Chicago (ship-7). You have others like the USS Reuben James (ship-2), or maybe the USS Kearsarge (ship-11), or the USS Arizona (ship-14). - Each ship berthing has 3 floors. - On each floor they have 4 divisions. Two on one side, two on the other. So you have 3 floors x 4 divisions = 12 divisions per ship. - Each division has ~88 recruits, so you have 88 recruits x 12 division = 1056 recruits per ship. However, during the surge months, they can easily move walls and have ~84 recruits x 18 division = 1512 recruits per ship. - What people get messed up on is they think each ship graduates (PIR) on the same date. It doesn't. One a few divisions will graduate. You can a couple divisions from USS Triton Ship-12, a couple from USS Arizona Ship 14, maybe 4 divisions the USS Kearsarge Ship 11, and maybe one division from the USS Chicago Ship 7. So at PIR (graduation) many ships are represented. All the ship basically look exactly the same since they were constructed by the same construction company. You will also see: The Galley (chow hall) and Training rooms are in the Right building, the center is the Quarter Deck (main entrance), and the right is the sleeping Compartments.
USS Arizona Ship-14 USS Chicago Ship-7
USS Chicago Ship-7
Sailors normally enter the ship by this door.
The USS Arizona Rear entrance, which is how your sailors normally enters the ship.
Short cut to PIR: Take MLK to 137 to bypass the traffic Gateway Inn Take Green Bay Road to see the ships Take Spaulding Street to see Camp Moffett Navy Lodge PIR Parking Take Sheridan Road to see Camp Porter
Short Cut to PIR FROM THE NORTH Take either Green Bay Road, or Hwy 41(Skokie Blvd), or Hwy 43 (Waukegan road) SOUTH to 22 nd street (Martin Luther King Blvd), turn LEFT heading east for about 1 mile. Once you pass Commonwealth Ave, turn right at the next intersection (Hwy 137 Bobby E. Thompson expressway). Stay in left lane and continue about ¾ of a mile and you will see the train station (OHIO STREET). REMEMBER stay in the left lane and cross the intersection and head into the gate. Have gate passes and I.D.s ready. FROM THE SOUTH Take either Green Bay Road, or Hwy 41(Skokie Blvd), or Hwy 43 (Waukegan road) NORTH to 22 nd street (Martin Luther King Blvd), turn right heading east for about 1 mile. Once you pass Commonwealth Ave, turn right at the next intersection (Hwy 137 Bobby E. Thompson expressway). Stay in left lane and continue about ¾ of a mile and you will see the train station. REMEMBER stay in the left lane and cross the intersection and head into the gate. Have gate passes and I.D.s ready. FROM THE WEST Take Buckley Road (RT 137) to Hwy 41. Turn Left onto Hwy 41 and go one light to 22 nd street (Martin Luther King Drive) and turn right and head east until HWY 137 Bobby E. Thompson Expressway, turn right and head straight into Ohio Street (REMEMBER STAY IN LEFT LANE)
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God bless all sailors May they sleep good tonight! Oct 28, 1940