Navy Region MidwestCommander, Navy Region Midwest (CNRMW) was assigned its own flag officer in October 2006—a change from the previous arrangement which had Commander, Naval Service Training Command (CNSTC) serving as the Zag for both organizations. The establishment of Navy Region Midwest represents the most significant alignment of Naval shore activities under a commander at Naval Station Great Lakes in more than two decades. NRMW was provisionally established in October 2003 as part of the Navy's restructuring of shore-based installations under Commander, Naval Installations Command. It encompasses Navy organizations in a 16- state region.
NRMW provides coordination of base operating support functions, which includes providing expertise in areas such as facilities and land space management, exercise coordination, housing, environmental, security, family services, bachelor quarters, disaster relief coordination and logistical concerns. NRMW is also regional environmental coordinator, working in concert with the EPA's regional planning agent.
The 16-state area of responsibility includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Navy Region Midwest includes two other Navy installations; Naval Support Activity, Crane, Ind. and Naval Support Activity, Mid-South, Millington, Tenn. NAS Crane, Ind. is home to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, which carries out Research and Development, munitions support for the Army and Navy and a variety of other technical mission and mission support tasks. Naval Support Activity Millington, Tenn. is home to the headquarters for Commander Navy Personnel Command, Commander Navy Recruiting Command and more than two dozen other commands and activities.
The alignment of shore operations under Commander Naval Installations Command is helping the Navy focus on issues most critical to sustained success. It is being accomplished by implementing best business practices and processes to ensure the Navy is operating as efficiently as possible while improving current and future fleet readiness.
Marine Air Control Group 48(MACG-48)Marine Air Control Group 48 (MACG-48) Headquarters, along with two of its subordinate Squadrons (MTACS-48 & MWCS-48), is located aboard Naval Station Great Lakes.
Comprised of five units located at sites in seven states across the United States and totaling over 1,200 Marines, MACG-48 belongs to the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve.
MACG-48's mission is to coordinate all aspects of air command and control and air defense within the Marine Aircraft Wing. Additionally, MACG-48 provides the command and staff functions for the MACG Commander when deployed as part of the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF).
MACG-48 was activated on Sept. 1, 1967 at Glenview, Ill. From the late 1960s through the 1980s, MACG-48 participated in many training exercises, honing their combat skills, refining their tactics, techniques and procedures in order to keep abreast of the ever changing C3 community.
From August 1990 to April 1991, MACG-48 Marines deployed in support of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, augmenting the active duty component. In August 1995, MACG-48 relocated to Fort Sheridan in Highwood, Il. After five years in Highwood, the Group Headquarters moved again to its current location aboard Naval Station Great Lakes.
MACG-48 has mobilized over 1,400 Marines in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom to support the Global War on Terror. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast of the United States. Once again, Marines from MACG-48 were called upon to provide command and control expertise and long haul communication support in support of disaster relief efforts. Today, MACG-48, along with its subordinate units, stands ready to mobilize in support of any contingency.
Federal Health Care CenterNorth Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center signed an agreement with the Navy to integrate Naval Health Clinic Great Lakes (NHCGL) and the North Chicago VA Medical Center into a Federal Healthcare Facility opening in fiscal year 2010.
In October 2003, the first phase of VA and DoD resource-sharing relocated inpatient mental health services from (then) Naval Hospital Great Lakes to the North Chicago VA Medical Center. In June 2006, renovations to expand the Medical Center's Operating Room and Emergency departments were complete. Upon completion, all of the Naval Health Clinic's inpatient care, including pediatrics, emergency services and operative services shifted to the VA Medical Center.
The last phase of the partnership is a $130 million DoD construction project to build a new Federal Ambulatory Care Center (FACC). In October 2010, the merged facilities will become the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.
3001 Green Bay Road
North Chicago, IL 60064
Phone: (847) 688-1900 or (800) 393-0865Naval Facilities Engineering
Command (NAVFAC) MidwestNaval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest was established in 2004 as the Navy's service provider for planning, designing, constructing and sustaining infrastructure to support Navy, Marine Corps and other DoD activities throughout Navy Region Midwest. NAVFAC Midwest has more than 800 active duty Civil Engineer Corps officers, Seabees, and civilian employees including engineers, architects, environmental specialists, contracting personnel and dedicated tradespeople supporting the missions of three Navy installations and more than 30 Reserve support centers from North Dakota to Tennessee.
NAVFAC Midwest's Public Works Department Great Lakes provides facilities engineering support and services to the naval station commanding officer and all base tenants. Such facility support includes planning, design, maintenance, repair and minor construction of buildings, structures, grounds and streets. Facility services such as janitorial, grounds keeping and snow removal are also provided. The PWD leases and maintains all types of automotive and heavy construction equipment for use by installation tenant commands. PWD facilities produce essential utilities including steam, water and electricity for the base.
One of PWD Great Lakes' most visible ongoing efforts is the 12-year, $800-million construction program to recapitalize Recruit Training Command. This multi-year undertaking has dramatically improved berthing, training and administrative facilities for the Navy's newest Sailors, including the award-winning, cutting edge Battle Stations 21 trainer. The next phase of the base recapitalization will be to modernize living and training spaces for Sailors in follow-on technical training on the main side of Naval Station Great Lakes.
NAVFAC Midwest is a mission-driven, integrated, diverse organization that exists to help our supported commands in Navy Region Midwest succeed. We are focused on delivering quality products and services on time and within budget while safeguarding the environment and managing risk appropriately.
Personnel Support Activity,
Great LakesPersonnel Support Activity, Great Lakes, reports to Personnel Support Activity Atlantic and consists of six component units designated as Personnel Support Activity Detachments (PERSUPP DETs) at the following locations: Naval Station Great Lakes; Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes; Corpus Christi, Texas; Millington, Tenn.; Ingleside, Texas; and New Orleans, La. These detachments serve 18,500 active duty, 17,330 students, 4,800 reservists and over 77,000 civilian employees, dependents and retired members throughout the central part of the United States. These support detachments provide consolidated pay and personnel services as well as passenger transportation services to all Navy sponsored travelers, active, reserve and civilian in a 22-State region. Personnel Support Activity, Great Lakes serves all staff reporting to commands at Naval Station Great Lakes. It is located in Building 2C.
Defense Reutilization &
Marketing Office (DRMO)Outboard motors to furniture, computer equipment to clothing, refrigerators to construction materials—all these and more are available from the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO) at Great Lakes. Information on dates and times of upcoming sales and lists of items for sale can be obtained from a catalog at the DRMO office, or DRMS (Defense Reutilization and Marketing Services) on www.drms.com or www.drms.dla.mil. For further information, call DRMO's sales desk at (847) 688-3655, ext. 10.
U.S. Military Entrance Processing
Command Headquarters
(USMEPCOM)The United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) directs the activities of 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. USMEPCOM provides aptitude testing, physical examinations and background screenings in order to determine the eligibility of recruits for service in the U.S. Armed Forces. USMEPCOM is staffed by members of all of the military services, including the Coast Guard, and works closely with the recruiting services and training and reception stations in providing quality applicants for the all-volunteer force.
Navy Band Great LakesFrom the first bugler in 1911, to leadership under the baton of "The March King" Lieutenant Commander John Philip Sousa in 1917, to today, Navy Band Great Lakes continues to build its rich heritage as the U.S. Navy's "Ambassadors in the Midwest." In its 96th year of continuous service, the band is the face of Navy professionalism, inspiring pride and confidence in our war fighters and the citizens they protect. The band's 45 Sailors, each an outstanding professional musician, travel an 11-state area, stretching from Michigan to North Dakota, entertaining millions every year. In addition to its premier ceremonial unit, the band forms a variety of exciting groups from a 40-piece Wind Ensemble to a seven-piece Jazz Combo, performing styles that range from classical to current Top-40 hits. For more information, call (847) 688-4760.
Navy Drug Screening LaboratoryThe Navy Drug Screening Laboratory (NDSL), Great Lakes is one of three Navy laboratories testing active duty Navy and Marine Corps member specimens. This laboratory tests about 560,000 specimens each year. Our customers include Training Support Center, Recruit Training Command, and many Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centers and Recruiting Districts throughout the country. Additionally, NDSL Great Lakes has the unique distinction of testing each military applicant that passes through each Military Entrance Processing Station in the United States. In fact, 75 percent of our specimen workload (420,000 specimens) comes from the Military Entrance Processing Stations. NDSL Great Lakes, as well as all other Department of Defense Drug Testing Laboratories, have played a critical role in maintaining military readiness through deterring drug use.
Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research (NIDBR)The Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research conducts dental and biomedical research focused on the systematic, scientific investigation of problems related to oral health, wellness, disease and injury of Navy and Marine Corps personnel. The goal of research conducted at the institute is to increase operational readiness, address emergent dental problems of Navy and Marine Corps personnel, enhance the health care delivery system, and provide data to improve management of the Navy Dental Corp. During its 59-year history, the institute has made innumerable scientific advances that have enhanced the dental readiness of Sailors and Marines. Now collocated with the U.S. Army Dental and Trauma Research Detachment and the U.S. Air Force Dental Evaluation and Consultation Service, Great Lakes is the primary site for all Department of Defense sponsored dental research.
United States Air Force Dental
Evaluation and Consultation
Service (DECS)The mission of the USAF Dental Evaluation and Consultation Service is to provide solutions to operational problems of the USAF Dental NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES • 2010 Base Guide 31 Service and other federal dental services, which promote and enhance the effectiveness of the military medical mission.
Navy Absentee Collection &
Information Center (NACIC)The primary mission of NACIC is to provide information on the status of Navy deserters to law enforcement agencies and fleet activities. NACIC administers the Navy deserter apprehension program by coordinating the apprehension and return to military control of Navy deserters. Additionally, NACIC provides escorts for the purpose of transporting Navy deserters and prisoners as directed by the Chief of Naval Personnel. If you know of the whereabouts or need information concerning a Navy deserter, call (800) 423-7633.
Navy Legal Service Office
North Central Detachment,
Great Lakes (NLSO)Navy Legal Service Office North Central Detachment, Great Lakes' mission is to provide quality legal services in support of the operational readiness of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard commands and eligible individuals in the NLSO's area of responsibility in a prompt, courteous and professional manner. The types of services available from the NLSO in Building 2 fall into two major categories:
1. Defense. In court-martial proceedings, defense counsel is furnished. In administrative discharge matters, personnel being considered for discharge are provided counsel to advise and represent them. Personnel facing either disciplinary or administrative separation processing who desire consultation should seek assistance from NLSO through their chain of command or by calling the number below. Also, walk-in hours are provided Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Telephone: (847) 688-4753, ext. 115, or fax: (847) 688-7467.
2. Legal Assistance. The NLSO provides advice to active duty personnel, retired members and their dependents on such matters as family law, taxes, estate planning, consumer issues, immigration and landlord/tenant problems. Powers of attorney are provided on a walk-in basis. Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Telephone: (847) 688-4753, ext. 111, or fax: (847) 688-2564.
Region Legal Service Office Midwest (RLSO)
RLSO includes the legal offices of Naval Station Great Lakes, Transient Personnel Unit, Naval Service Training Command, Recruit Training Command and Training Support Center. RLSO provides legal advice to Great Lakes commands. The types of services available from the RLSO in Building 2 fall into two major categories:
1. Military Justice. In court-martial proceedings, trial counsel and court reporters are furnished.
2. Command Advice. The RLSO provides command advice to Great Lakes area naval commands without a regularly assigned judge advocate on a broad spectrum of legal matters including, but not limited to, military criminal and administrative law, administrative fact-finding bodies, and other legal matters of concern to commands.
Assistance can be obtained by calling (847) 688-4753, ext. 130 or 131, or fax (847) 688-5475. Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service Resident Agency
Great LakesThe Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is a worldwide federal law enforcement agency responsible for conducting criminal, counter terrorism and counterintelligence investigations for the Department of the Navy with a mission to prevent and solve crimes threatening the personnel, families, assets and war fighting capability of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The local office is staffed by Special Agents who provide major criminal, counter terrorism and counterintelligence investigative support throughout the upper Midwest.
Military Medical Support OfficeThe Military Medical Support Office was established to serve as the centralized tri-service point of contact for customer service and medical/ dental case management and to coordinate civilian health care services outside of the cognizance of a Military Treatment Facility for active duty military and reserve components.
Navy Reserve
Readiness Command MidwestNavy Reserve Readiness Command Midwest (REDCOM Midwest) is an Echelon IV Command responsible for the mobilization readiness of Navy Reserve Sailors throughout the 16 state Midwest Region. 44 Navy Operational Support Centers throughout Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Arkansas are utilized to accomplish this critical mission.
Naval Reserve Recruiting Command Detachment 2Naval Reserve Recruiting Command, Detachment 2 manages reserve recruiting throughout an eight-state area in the upper Midwest. In addition, the detachment provides liaison between Recruit Training Command and the entire Naval Reserve force.
Defense Automated Printing
Service Detachment OfficeDefense Automated Printing Service (DAPS) is a major force for technical innovation as well as practical, base level implementation in the rapidly growing field of automated document management (ADM). ADM includes the digital conversion, storage, output and distribution of documents, in any format or medium customers require, whether on-line, compact disk, cassette or printed page.
Navy Recruiting Region CentralThe Commander, Navy Recruiting Region Central oversees the recruiting efforts of eight Navy Recruiting Districts covering a 19-state territory from the Canadian to the Mexican border, and from the Dakotas to as far east as Indiana. This responsibility includes recruiting of qualified men and women for all active duty Navy enlisted and officer programs.
Navy Operational
Support Center, ChicagoOne of the largest reserve activities in the nation, Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Chicago provides fleet-quality training to Navy Reservists in the Midwest. NOSC Chicago provides support to the fleet, ready and fully integrated to over 40 active duty commands.
Selective Service SystemThe mission of the Selective Service System is to provide manpower to the armed forces in an emergency, and to run an Alternative Service Program for men classified as conscientious objectors during a draft. Selective Service would provide manpower to the military by conducting a draft using a list of young men's names gathered through the Selective Service registration process. Virtually all men ages 18 through 25 must register.
Defense Commissary ActivityThe Great Lakes commissary is located in Burkey Mall. Commissary patrons include members of the military services, the Reserve and National Guard, military retirees and members of their immediate families. Commissary savings rank, along with medical care, at the top of military members' most valued items of nonpay compensation. It is also a key part of military retiree compensation.
