Talk:Naval Station Great Lakes

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Since when have the BM's had a A school? When I was in back in the 90's they were the only rateing that didn't. Herogamer (talk) 19:45, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Huh. Well it's been nearly a good ten or so years since you've been here, then. The BMs have an "A" school now. 74.93.93.102 (talk) 15:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Tower height
2009 NY Times says 150 ft clocktower, but it reads like more of an estimate. National Geodedic Survey lists it as having a total height of 125 ft as described in 1935 by the Coast and Geodedic Survey: "The tower is a red brick structure about 80 feet high with gables at the top. On this sets a smaller tower about 20 feet high with clocks on each side. Above this there is still a smaller tower about 10 feet high.  The black dome-shaped roof is about 5 feet high and has a 10-foot flagstaff at its apex. The total height is about 125 feet. They are also clearly estimating when they say "about" but these two sources eliminate 300 ft as a possible height as listed in the article for the last few years. --Dual Freq (talk) 23:01, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

missing information
An omission of the OM - Opticalman & IM - Instrumentman schools is in your section of training commands.

In March 1954, 500 officers, enlisted personnel, and guests were in attendance as the new Gunner’s Mate School and the combined facilities of the Fire Control Technician, Opticalman, and Instrumentman schools were dedicated. The contract for construction was dizzyingly high for the era—$2.2 million. When the Gunnery School opened, it was the largest all-glass structure in the world, which trained the best gunners in the world. http://www.mybaseguide.com/navy/21-584/ns_great_lakes_history 2602:30A:2E3F:85E0:18FE:C67F:BE5E:CE4C (talk) 18:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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Information about Capitan Robert D. Colvin
I am one of Captain Robert D. Colvin's 6 children. He died on Thursday, April 19th, 2018, one week short of his 90 birthday.

One thing is never mentioned, when my father is described as being removed of his command of Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He wasn't even in Great Lakes at the time of the riots, his second on command was. He was with the Admiral above him in the change in command, requesting more instructors, and more money to keep his sailors in classes. He was asking his superior officer to tell the Joint Chiefs there would be problems, and likely riots, because he didn't have the resources to keep the men on base and working, instead of hanging out in town and getting in trouble. But, as always, scape goats are needed, and he was scheduled to retire in September of 1979 already. His exceptional career as a Holloway Midshipman, Air Craft Carrier Pilot, CAG V-56, Commander of Naval Air Station, Corpus Christie, and various other commands will be forever tarnished by going to fight for his sailors to do what was right. He never complained, and never blamed the Navy, understanding that that is how things are done. He retired and had a second carrier, with Coring Corporation and then Trak International, he didn't quit working until his mid 70's.

In writing his obituary today, I felt someone, somewhere should know the truth.

Daulphin (talk) 18:43, 24 April 2018 (UTC)