Sewell's Point
Naval Station Norfolk currently occupies Sewells Point. The base is approximately and is the largest naval base in the world.
Stop Our Ship (SOS)
The Navy’s sudden need for additional personnel greatly intensified the pressure for new recruits and training. The Great Lakes Naval Station, located north of Chicago, IL, is the largest U.S. Navy training base and the only boot camp for naval enlistees. On May 20, 1972, the Movement for a Democratic Military (MDM) and the "Chicago Area Military Project" organized an Armed Forces Day demonstration with 400 GIs joining a crowd of over 2,000. Soon a petition was being circulated on the base opposing the increased speed-up in training that gathered more than 600 signatures.