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Navy
Navy Housing Referral Office (HRO)
1710 Cavin Drive
Building 8100
Great Lakes, IL 60088-3402
847-688-3440
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Contact information for key programs and services at this installation.
When you arrive at your new installation, you’ll need to follow installation-specific procedures. Each installation and service handles in-processing differently. Here, you can find installation-specific guidelines and a list of documents to bring with you when checking- in. Reach out to the contacts provided if you have specific questions.
If checking in during normal working hours (Monday–Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m.), report to the Administrative Department in Building 1, Quarterdeck. If checking in after hours, contact the Naval Station Great Lakes Command Duty Office at 847-561-6492.
Personnel reporting to Naval Station Great Lakes may contact the Command Duty Officer (CDO) at 847-561-6492 and the CPPA for Building 1 at 847-688-2702 (staff only). To obtain sponsorship information, including a Welcome Aboard packet, please contact the Fleet and Family Support Center Bldg. 26 Relocation Assistance Program to provide general information about the base and the surrounding area.
Sailors should arrange their own transportation from the airport to NAVSTA Great Lakes. Upon arrival, service members need to have their orders stamped at NAVSTA Great Lakes in building 3 and obtain a check-in sheet before going to the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters in building 380 for room assignment. Depending on when they arrive, sailors will continue with the check-in process and report to school as directed by their orders.
Fleet returnee's and returning students reporting to Naval Station Great Lakes may check in at the Quarter deck of your school house with the officer of the deck (OOD).
- Reporting to Surface Combat System Training Command (SCSTC) arrive at Bldg. 621 Quarter deck to obtain your check in information and bring a copy of your orders to recieve endorsment stamp.
-Reporting to Surface Warfare System Engineering Command (SWESC) arrive at Bldg. 236 Quarter deck to obtain your check in information and bring a copy of your orders. To recevie endorsment Fleet returnee's and retrning students going to SWESC will need to stop at Boorda Hall Bldg. 30 for stamp.
Information regarding (Pay, Page 2 updates and BAH information) Please stop by your CPPA office Command Pay and Personnel Administrative at your assigned school.
Information regarding Public Travel Accommodations, Registering vehicles and Housing Accommodation. Please refer to the Tranportation and Housing section in this booklet.
Keep copies of all important papers. These should include orders, passports, birth certificates, marriage certificates, ID cards, insurance cards, etc. Keep your sponsor, quarterdeck, and command ombudsman phone numbers with you at all times.
Make lodging reservations in advance and make kennel arrangements for pets if you will be staying in the military lodge system or hotel/motels that are not pet friendly. Keep important travel numbers with you such as Red Cross, Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, Fleet and Family Support Centers and remember to have a safe and fun trip.
Service members are strongly encouraged to ask their detaching or gaining command about Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) or Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA) which can off-set the cost of temporary housing at the losing or gaining duty station. This financial entitlement is obtained at the command and should be applied for before expecting reimbursement for lodging costs.
If you get married, have a newborn child, or adopt a child before you complete your PCS move, you must inform your chain of command and follow the procedures exactly as you are given them. The military will not pay for the travel and housing of your family members if you do not follow proper procedures or if your spouse and dependent are not on orders. Your service record must have all family members recorded prior to executing your PCS orders. Make sure to update your PG 2 on NSIPS and update DEERS.
Once you have arrived at your new command, you may come by or contact the Fleet and Family Support Center Relocation Office at Bldg. 26 Rm. 233, 847-688-3603, ext. 100, for assistance. Walk-ins are available for assistance with updating your PG 2.
To enroll in DEERS and get your ID, you will need to contact the RAIPD ID Office located at the Visited Center at Gate Bldg. 6130, 847-688-3928. Please make sure to make an appointment on the ID Office website.
To make an appointment and see the most up-to-date hours of operation, please visit: https://idco.dmdc.osd.mil/idco/
Same day walk-in appointments
To schedule multiple ID Cards or transactions, please make back-to-back appointments for each transaction/ID needed
Please arrive on time. Appointments will not be honored more than 5 minutes past the scheduled time.
ALL Sponsors, Spouses, and Dependent Children 18 and older must have two UNEXPIRED forms of ID to receive a new ID card
One must be state/government issued photo ID
Lost or stolen CACs must have a police report in hand printed out for replacement
Documents no longer accepted:
Student IDs
Expired IDs
FOID cards
Acceptable documents (all unexpired):
Military ID
Driver’s License
Passport
Social Security Card
Voter Registration Card
Birth Certificate
Veteran’s Health Identification Card
All documents must be in original form or a certified copy
When adding a spouse to DEERS, please provide a certified copy of the Marriage Certificate along with two forms of ID
SAILOR CHANGE IN DEPENDENCY STATUS
Sailors who have a change in dependency status (i.e., marriage, divorce, birth, adoption, death, etc.) must visit the command’s Pay and Personnel Administration Office immediately thereafter to update page 2. Sailors are to bring with them the appropriate supporting document(s) (i.e., marriage certificate, divorce decree, birth certificate, death certificate, etc.) to be scanned into NSIPS abd updated your RED/DA.
SAILOR NAME CHANGE
Sailors who legally change their name will need to Log into my Navy Portal, under My Records the member will find a box that says "Name Change" and then will be redirected to BOL, where you will select name change and make the following updates and submit the supporting documentation.
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