Naval Station Great Lakes Military Defense Lawyers
Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC provides civilian military defense counsel for service members associated with Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois. Michael Waddington and Alexandra González-Waddington represent military clients worldwide in UCMJ investigations, court-martial defense, and administrative matters such as separation proceedings, boards, and written responses to adverse actions. For Sailors, recruits, students, staff, and tenant-command personnel connected to Great Lakes, the firm can evaluate allegations, advise on rights, and coordinate defense strategy as civilian counsel serving military clients worldwide.
Military Defense Counsel for the Great Lakes Training Environment
Naval Station Great Lakes is an official U.S. Navy installation in Illinois and is commonly abbreviated NAVSTA Great Lakes by Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic. Official Navy materials describe it as the Navy’s largest training installation, the largest military installation in Illinois, and a base that supports more than 55 tenant commands. Those facts matter for military defense because a service member’s case may be shaped by assignment status, training command procedures, witnesses from more than one command, and records maintained within a large Navy training community.
The installation’s stated mission is base operating support: enabling and sustaining Fleet, Fighter and Family through integrated support to tenant commands. Naval Station Great Lakes is also closely associated with Recruit Training Command, which official Navy materials identify as the Navy’s only boot camp. In addition, Naval Service Training Command is headquartered at Great Lakes in historic Building 1, and official NSTC information reports that more than 25,000 military and civilian personnel work, train, and live there.
Local Context in Great Lakes and North Chicago, Illinois
The supported geographic focus for this page is the installation and the surrounding Great Lakes and North Chicago area of Lake County, Illinois. Recruit Training Command lists its address in Great Lakes, Illinois 60088, while official visitor information identifies an off-base Navy Exchange Burkey Mall welcome center address on Green Bay Road in North Chicago. For a service member facing a UCMJ investigation or administrative action, this local context can affect where witnesses, command records, training records, and off-installation documents may be located, but it should not be stretched into unsupported claims about case frequency or local investigative patterns.
Because Great Lakes is a training-centered Navy installation, military defense planning should begin with careful attention to the actual command, status, and allegation involved. A recruit-related matter, a student training concern, a tenant-command issue, or an allegation involving personnel assigned to support functions may require different factual development. The key is not to assume that a command inquiry, preliminary report, or early accusation tells the full story. Civilian military defense counsel can help identify what information is relevant, what should be preserved, and how a service member should respond before making statements or submitting written materials.
UCMJ Investigations, Court-Martial Defense, and Administrative Representation
Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC represents service members in serious military justice matters worldwide, including UCMJ investigations, court-martial defense, and administrative representation. For personnel associated with Naval Station Great Lakes, representation may involve evaluating the allegation, advising before interviews or written responses, reviewing the available evidence, and preparing for command or military justice decisions. This opening section does not claim a local office at Great Lakes, does not claim verified prior local case results, and does not rely on unsupported statements about which agency investigates particular allegations at the installation.
Early legal guidance can be important because military investigations and administrative actions may move quickly in a command environment. A service member may be concerned about a court-martial, adverse paperwork, separation processing, a board matter, or other career-impacting action. Civilian defense counsel can work with the service member to understand the accusation, assess the available records, and coordinate a defense approach that accounts for both military law and the realities of a major Navy training installation.
Request a Consultation
If you are a service member, family member, or command-connected professional seeking civilian military defense counsel for a matter associated with Naval Station Great Lakes, contact Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC to discuss representation. To request a consultation with Michael Waddington or Alexandra González-Waddington, call 1-800-921-8607.
Naval Station Great Lakes Illinois | Military Legal Guide
Naval Station Great Lakes is the Navy’s largest training installation and the home of Recruit Training Command, the Navy’s only enlisted boot camp. It is located in Great Lakes, Illinois near North Chicago, Waukegan, Lake Bluff, Gurnee, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Lake Forest, Lake County, Chicago, Milwaukee, I-94, U.S. Route 41, and the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Service members assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes may face UCMJ investigations arising from:
- Recruit Training Command and boot camp environments
- Training Support Center Great Lakes
- Naval Service Training Command
- Instructor, recruit, student, staff, and tenant command allegations
- Barracks, housing, liberty, graduation-weekend, and training-command incidents
- Off-base incidents in North Chicago, Waukegan, Gurnee, Libertyville, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Lake County
- DUI stops, domestic calls, hotel allegations, dating-app encounters, civilian arrests, and digital evidence
- NCIS investigations, command inquiries, phone extractions, social media, and witness statements
Civilian Court-Martial Attorneys for Naval Station Great Lakes Sailors
Gonzalez & Waddington defends service members stationed at Naval Station Great Lakes in serious UCMJ matters. We handle courts-martial, Article 15/NJP actions, letters of reprimand rebuttals, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, and security clearance matters.
An allegation can threaten your career before charges are preferred. This applies to recruits, students, instructors, RDCs, staff members, Sailors, Marines, officers, chiefs, NCOs, enlisted members, medical personnel, security personnel, administrative personnel, and service members assigned to tenant commands across Great Lakes.
Naval Station Great Lakes is different from a routine Navy installation. It is a massive training environment. Cases may involve young recruits, student Sailors, instructors, barracks witnesses, training records, class schedules, graduation travel, liberty restrictions, command pressure, digital evidence, Lake County police reports, hotel records, rideshare records, and civilian witnesses from the Chicago or Milwaukee corridor.
If you are accused of Article 120 sexual assault or any other UCMJ offense at or near Naval Station Great Lakes, do not wait for the command’s theory to harden. This includes abusive sexual contact, domestic violence, assault, DUI, drug misconduct, fraud, larceny, false official statement, orders violations, harassment, stalking, threats, training misconduct, fraternization, hazing, online misconduct, and digital-evidence cases.
Call Gonzalez & Waddington at 1-800-921-8607 or text 954-799-4019 to request a confidential consultation with civilian military defense lawyers who defend service members worldwide.
Civilian Military Defense for Service Members at Naval Station Great Lakes
The official Naval Station Great Lakes website states that the installation is located on more than 1,600 acres overlooking Lake Michigan, includes 1,153 buildings, supports more than 50 tenant commands and elements, and supports more than 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and civilians who live and work there. See the Naval Station Great Lakes official website.
Naval Service Training Command is headquartered at Naval Station Great Lakes. The official NSTC page describes Great Lakes as the Navy’s largest training installation, where more than 25,000 military and civilian personnel work, train, and live, and where schools and training commands graduate thousands of recruits and Sailors each year. See Naval Service Training Command Great Lakes.
That mission matters in defense cases. A case that begins as a recruit complaint, barracks allegation, instructor-student issue, liberty incident, domestic call, DUI stop, hotel allegation, phone message, social media issue, or command inquiry can quickly become a career-threatening matter involving NCIS, command leadership, training supervisors, legal offices, and administrative decision-makers.
A Naval Station Great Lakes military defense lawyer must understand more than the basic court-martial process. The defense must account for training-command culture, recruit and student witnesses, instructor dynamics, barracks records, class schedules, local Illinois evidence, digital records, command pressure, and the speed with which command investigations can turn into NJP, letters of reprimand, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, or courts-martial.
Recruit Training Command, Training Support Center & Training-Command Evidence
Recruit Training Command is the Navy’s boot camp. The official Recruit Training Command website identifies Naval Service Training Command as its parent command and places RTC at Great Lakes, Illinois. See Recruit Training Command.
Training-command cases can be uniquely dangerous. The accused may be a recruit, student, instructor, RDC, staff member, or Sailor in a controlled environment where witnesses live together, talk to one another, and remain under close command supervision. A minor misunderstanding can become a major career event when command views it through discipline, safety, good order, professionalism, or training-integrity concerns.
Cases may involve:
- Recruit divisions, student classes, training schedules, and watch bills
- Barracks logs, duty rosters, quarterdeck records, and access records
- Instructor notes, counseling records, and command emails
- Graduation-weekend travel, family visits, hotel stays, and off-base liberty
- Texts, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Signal, WhatsApp, phone extractions, and deleted messages
- Recruit, student, instructor, staff, civilian, contractor, and medical witnesses
- Allegations involving fraternization, harassment, hazing, assault, sexual misconduct, alcohol, drugs, false statements, or orders violations
The defense must identify which records exist, who controls them, and whether witness statements were contaminated by rumor, rank pressure, training stress, or command assumptions.
North Chicago, Waukegan, Gurnee, Chicago & the Local Illinois Setting
Naval Station Great Lakes sits near North Chicago and Waukegan in Lake County. Service members may live, travel, or socialize in Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Gurnee, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Kenosha, Chicago, Milwaukee, and surrounding communities. The area includes hotels, restaurants, bars, shopping centers, rail routes, commuter highways, and graduation-weekend traffic.
Local allegations may arise from:
- DUI stops in North Chicago, Waukegan, Gurnee, Lake Bluff, Chicago, Milwaukee, or along I-94 and U.S. Route 41
- Domestic calls in off-base housing
- Hotel, barracks, apartment, graduation-weekend, or dating-app allegations
- Bar, restaurant, parking lot, shopping center, train station, or nightlife incidents
- Traffic accidents involving personal vehicles, rental cars, rideshares, or family visitors
- Drug, prescription, urinalysis, or vehicle-search issues
- Texts, social media, phone extractions, and digital evidence
- Recruit, student, instructor, or staff misconduct allegations
For defense purposes, local evidence matters. Body-camera footage, 911 calls, dash-camera video, booking records, hotel records, restaurant receipts, bar tabs, phone location data, texts, rideshare records, photographs, medical records, and civilian police reports may tell a different story from the first version given to command.
Illinois Civilian Courts, Federal Court & Military Consequences Near Great Lakes
A service member at Naval Station Great Lakes does not need to be convicted in civilian court before military consequences begin. A single incident may trigger a civilian police report, NCIS investigation, command-directed inquiry, no-contact order, duty restriction, removal from training duties, student hold, letter of reprimand, NJP, administrative separation board, Board of Inquiry, clearance review, or court-martial referral.
Off-base cases near Great Lakes may involve Lake County Circuit Court, local municipal courts, Chicago-area courts, or Wisconsin courts depending on where the incident occurred. The Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court is the official keeper of records for judicial matters brought into the Circuit Court of Lake County. See the Lake County Circuit Clerk. The Lake County Circuit Clerk’s criminal division maintains records of criminal, traffic, and civil actions in Lake County. See Lake County Criminal Division.
Federal jurisdiction may also matter in some Great Lakes-related cases. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois handles federal matters in northern Illinois. See the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Most Great Lakes discipline still moves through the UCMJ and the chain of command, but some cases may involve federal property, firearms, fraud allegations, cyber evidence, child exploitation allegations, controlled substances, classified information, or overlapping civilian and military exposure.
The key point is practical: civilian and military consequences are separate. A local dismissal does not automatically stop a reprimand. A reduced civilian charge does not automatically prevent NJP. A weak civilian case can still become a career-threatening military case if the defense fails to address both the civilian record and the military command structure.
How Local Naval Station Great Lakes Incidents Become Military Legal Problems
The following examples are hypothetical. They are not claims about any actual case, unit, command, business, service member, recruit, student, instructor, civilian, contractor, or witness. They show how local facts can matter when a service member at Naval Station Great Lakes is accused of misconduct.
- North Chicago or Waukegan DUI: A Sailor leaves a restaurant, hotel, graduation event, barracks gathering, or unit function and is stopped by civilian police. The civilian case may trigger NJP, a letter of reprimand, driving restrictions, clearance review, training hold, instructor removal, or separation processing.
- Hotel or graduation-weekend allegation: A hotel stay, family visit, dating-app encounter, off-base liberty event, or graduation-weekend gathering leads to an Article 120 sexual assault or abusive sexual contact allegation involving texts, phone location data, hotel records, rideshare data, and competing accounts.
- Barracks or training-command allegation: A recruit, student, or staff member reports misconduct in a barracks, classroom, training area, duty section, or watch environment. The case may involve duty logs, watch bills, class rosters, witness contamination, and command pressure.
- Instructor or RDC misconduct allegation: An instructor or recruit division commander is accused of fraternization, harassment, hazing, assault, sexual misconduct, unprofessional conduct, false statements, or misuse of authority.
- Off-base domestic call: A family argument in North Chicago, Waukegan, Gurnee, Lake Bluff, or Libertyville leads to a 911 call, police report, protective order issue, no-contact order, Family Advocacy involvement, and possible Article 128b or administrative action.
- Drug or urinalysis case: A member faces a positive urinalysis, prescription issue, suspected distribution allegation, vehicle search, barracks search, or phone messages suggesting drug use.
- False statement or orders violation: A service member is accused of lying during a command inquiry, violating liberty rules, ignoring a no-contact order, breaching training restrictions, or failing to follow command-specific directives.
- Digital evidence case: Investigators rely on texts, deleted messages, screenshots, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, photos, videos, metadata, or a limited phone extraction. Early defense work can preserve context and expose incomplete evidence.
Military Law Issues for Service Members at Naval Station Great Lakes
Great Lakes service members may face courts-martial, Article 32 preliminary hearings, NJP, letters of reprimand, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, command investigations, clearance reviews, training holds, instructor removals, unfavorable information files, adverse evaluations, and other career-impacting actions.
Article 120 Sexual Assault & Abusive Sexual Contact
Article 120 cases may involve barracks rooms, hotels, off-base apartments, graduation weekends, liberty events, parties, alcohol, dating apps, delayed reports, text messages, social media, phone extractions, rideshare records, hotel security records, or civilian witnesses from North Chicago, Waukegan, Gurnee, Chicago, Milwaukee, or Lake County. These cases often turn on consent, credibility, intoxication, timing, witness contamination, digital evidence, and command assumptions.
Training-Command Misconduct, Fraternization & Hazing
Great Lakes cases may involve recruits, students, instructors, RDCs, staff members, or tenant commands. Allegations may include fraternization, hazing, harassment, abuse of authority, inappropriate messages, improper relationships, orders violations, or false statements. The defense must examine training records, witness bias, command pressure, and whether allegations were shaped by rumor or group discussion.
Domestic Violence & Assault
These cases may involve Illinois police reports, 911 calls, body-camera footage, photographs, medical records, protective order filings, Family Advocacy records, text messages, no-contact orders, and firearms restrictions. Even if a civilian case is reduced or dismissed, the command may still pursue NJP, adverse paperwork, separation, Board of Inquiry, or clearance action.
Drug, Alcohol & Urinalysis Cases
A positive urinalysis, prescription issue, suspected drug allegation, DUI, drunk-and-disorderly allegation, or alcohol-related barracks, hotel, or liberty incident may lead to investigation, adverse paperwork, or separation. In a training environment, consequences can move quickly.
Fraud, Larceny, False Statements & Orders Violations
These allegations may involve official forms, travel claims, government cards, housing records, duty records, liberty policies, no-contact orders, recruit rules, training restrictions, or command-directed inquiries. The defense must evaluate intent, records, witness reliability, and whether an administrative issue is being treated as a crime.
If You're Investigated at Great Lakes: What to Know First
Before you answer NCIS's questions. Under Article 31(b) of the UCMJ, agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) must advise you of the suspected offense and of your right to remain silent before questioning you as a suspect. You can decline the interview and ask for counsel, and your silence cannot be used as evidence of guilt. Statements made to "explain your side" are one of the most common reasons service members at Great Lakes end up charged.
Being titled is not the same as being charged. Investigators can title a service member and index the name in the Defense Central Index of Investigations on only "credible information." The case may go nowhere, yet the entry can resurface years later in background investigations and clearance reviews, so how the investigation is handled from the start matters.
Your commander may not be the one deciding. Covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, kidnapping, murder, child pornography and (since 2025) sexual harassment are now controlled by an independent Office of Special Trial Counsel, which decides whether charges are preferred and referred. Other allegations at Great Lakes still go through the chain of command.
Domestic violence allegations. Article 128b covers violence against a spouse, intimate partner or family member, and an allegation of strangulation or suffocation can be charged as aggravated assault even without a visible injury. A qualifying conviction can also trigger the federal firearms ban under the Lautenberg Amendment, which can end a career that requires carrying a weapon.
Drug allegations. Marijuana may be legal for adults under Illinois law, but it remains prohibited for service members under Article 112a of the UCMJ, on post and off. A positive urinalysis is serious but contestable: the chain of custody, the testing process and innocent ingestion can all be challenged, and the government must prove the use was knowing and wrongful.
Pay and allowance allegations. BAH and other allowance cases are usually charged as larceny under Article 121 or as frauds against the United States under Article 124. An overpayment by itself is not a crime: the government must prove you intended to steal or defraud, and many of these cases begin as paperwork errors.
If you are under investigation at Great Lakes, talk to a military defense lawyer before you make any statement. Call Gonzalez & Waddington at 1-800-921-8607.
Working Alongside Detailed Military Defense Counsel
A service member facing court-martial generally has the right to detailed military defense counsel. Civilian counsel does not replace that lawyer. Civilian counsel works alongside them.
At Naval Station Great Lakes, civilian counsel may need to review evidence from many sources, including NCIS reports, command emails, Security Forces records, North Chicago police reports, Waukegan police reports, Lake County filings, body-camera footage, 911 calls, phone extractions, barracks witness statements, training records, class rosters, watch bills, duty logs, hotel records, rideshare data, medical records, social media, protective order filings, urinalysis documents, weapons records, clearance paperwork, and adverse administrative files.
Gonzalez & Waddington is a civilian military defense firm focused on military criminal defense and UCMJ litigation. We represent members of every branch — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, Reserve, and National Guard. The firm defends courts-martial, Article 120/120b/120c cases, Article 128 and 128b assault and domestic violence cases, CSAM and online sting cases, investigations, Article 15/NJP actions, Boards of Inquiry, administrative separations, GOMOR and letter of reprimand rebuttals, clearance matters, fraud cases, violent offenses, digital evidence cases, and serious felony-level military cases.
Quick Answer: Military Defense Lawyers for Naval Station Great Lakes
Service members assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes can face military consequences from recruit training allegations, student misconduct claims, instructor or RDC allegations, barracks incidents, off-base incidents in North Chicago, Waukegan, Gurnee, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Lake County, Illinois civilian court matters, digital evidence, domestic calls, DUI arrests, hotel allegations, and NCIS investigations. A civilian military defense lawyer can work alongside detailed military counsel in courts-martial, Article 120 cases, NJP, letters of reprimand, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, clearance issues, and command investigations. Because Great Lakes is the Navy’s largest training installation and home to Recruit Training Command, defense strategy should account for training records, recruit and student witnesses, instructor dynamics, barracks logs, command pressure, local civilian evidence, digital records, and long-term military career consequences.
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Transcript of the video “Naval Station Great Lakes Court-Martial & Article 120 Defense,” with Michael Waddington of Gonzalez & Waddington.
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My name is Michael Waddington, and I’m a criminal defense attorney. I have been aggressively defending military service members for over 20 years. If you or a loved one are stationed in Illinois, and you’re suspected or accused of any crime under the UCMJ, such as an Article 120 sexual assault or sexual harassment, then reach out and speak with one of our experienced military lawyers today.
If you are accused of any serious offense under the UCMJ, such as a UCMJ Article 120 sexual assault, then you should be concerned. Right now, the military is waging a war on sexual assault. You can expect a zealous and determined prosecution team coming after you and trying to win their case. These elite military prosecution teams are well funded, well trained, and bound and determined to win convictions. They are on a mission to prove to Congress that the military does not tolerate any form of sexual assault, domestic violence, or sexual harassment. Military prosecutors will be relentless in seeking a conviction and serious jail time once they have you in their sights.
To make matters worse, under new laws that went into effect in December of 2023, the new military justice system is victim-centered. What that means to you, if you’re accused, is that if a person makes an allegation against you, they are believed from the start. They won’t probe the credibility of a person making an allegation. They won’t look for any evidence that could disprove the allegation. They’re taking anyone who claims to be a victim, and they’re taking their word for it.
That also means that people who have made false or exaggerated allegations will not be punished, even if their allegation is proven to be false. If anything, they may be allowed to retire and get military benefits for military sexual trauma, even if the allegation is proven false in court. You could expect to encounter law enforcement trained to start by believing. Therefore, you’re presumed to be guilty once the investigation has started, and the law enforcement and prosecutors will act accordingly. Yes, that cuts against your constitutional rights, and that cuts against what our country was founded upon and what we stand for, but that’s what you can expect in the military justice system in this new victim-centered approach.
The victim, even if the victim is a lying victim, plays a key role in determining what happens to you. What could end up happening is, in a case where there’s no evidence, or if you’re in fact innocent, the victim may still insist that you get some sort of punishment. Even if you’re innocent and there is no evidence, do not be surprised that you end up at a court-martial, an administrative separation board, or receiving some sort of negative paperwork, such as a letter of reprimand.
If you are under investigation for any crime under the UCMJ, then you need to stand up and take responsibility for your defense. Don’t become another statistic. Don’t play the victim. Don’t sit back hoping that someone comes to the rescue or that things are going to work out. It’s time to stand up, fight for your freedom, fight for your career, and fight for your reputation.
My husband was falsely accused, and it was an incredibly long and difficult process for our family. Throughout everything, Michael was supportive, compassionate, and always available to answer any questions or concerns we had.
Prior results and client testimonials do not guarantee a similar outcome, and you may not obtain the same or similar results. Every case is different. No client was paid for a review.
Naval Station Great Lakes Military Defense FAQ
Can service members at Naval Station Great Lakes be court-martialed?
Can a recruit, student, instructor, or RDC be investigated under the UCMJ?
Can a DUI or civilian arrest in Lake County affect my Navy career?
Can a hotel, barracks, graduation-weekend, or dating-app allegation become an Article 120 case?
Can Great Lakes commanders act before Illinois civilian charges are resolved?
When should I contact a civilian military defense lawyer?
NCIS wants to interview me at Great Lakes. Do I have to talk to them?
No. Article 31(b) of the UCMJ requires investigators to tell you what you are suspected of and that you have the right to remain silent, and you can ask for a lawyer before answering anything. An interview is evidence collection, and NCIS can title you as a subject on a low "credible information" standard that can follow you into background and clearance checks even if the case is dropped. Politely decline, ask for counsel, and call a military defense lawyer before you say anything.
Why Choose Gonzalez & Waddington for Naval Station Great Lakes Military Defense
Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC is a civilian military defense firm representing service members worldwide. The firm is led by Michael Waddington and Alexandra González-Waddington, a husband-and-wife defense team focused on military criminal defense, court-martial litigation, UCMJ investigations, separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, GOMOR and letter of reprimand rebuttals, Article 15/NJP matters, sexual assault defense, violent offense defense, cyber and digital-evidence cases, and serious felony-level military matters.
Michael Waddington
Michael Waddington is a former Army officer and former Army JAG. He served as an Army Trial Defense Counsel, Senior Defense Counsel, Army prosecutor, Special Assistant United States Attorney, and Chief of Military Justice. He has more than 25 years of military defense experience. He is licensed in Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and South Carolina. He is admitted to all U.S. military trial courts worldwide.
Alexandra González-Waddington
Alexandra González-Waddington is a founding partner, former public defender, and experienced military defense lawyer licensed in Florida and Georgia. She is admitted to all U.S. military trial courts worldwide. She has defended service members in sexual assault, violent crime, war crimes, murder, classified-information, domestic violence, and white-collar cases. She co-tries the firm’s cases with Michael Waddington and is bilingual in English and Spanish.
For Great Lakes service members facing allegations involving recruit training, student misconduct, instructor allegations, NCIS investigations, Article 120 allegations, barracks evidence, local Illinois civilian evidence, digital records, or serious UCMJ charges, that trial-focused background matters.
Talk to a Civilian Military Defense Lawyer Serving Naval Station Great Lakes
If you are assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes and are under investigation or facing command action, get legal guidance before making statements or submitting paperwork that may be used against you later. This includes situations where you are:
- Facing NCIS, Security Forces, or command questioning
- Accused of Article 120 sexual assault or abusive sexual contact
- Dealing with a DUI, domestic allegation, civilian arrest, hotel incident, graduation-weekend allegation, or protective order
- Accused of recruit misconduct, student misconduct, instructor misconduct, fraternization, hazing, false statements, harassment, or orders violations
- Receiving NJP or fighting a letter of reprimand
- Preparing for an administrative separation board or Board of Inquiry
- Worried about training status, instructor status, access, security clearance, promotion, retirement, or future assignments
Gonzalez & Waddington defends service members in serious military cases worldwide. The firm can work alongside detailed military counsel, review the evidence, preserve favorable information, prepare for command decisions, and build a strategy that accounts for the military case, the Great Lakes training environment, Illinois civilian courts, barracks records, digital evidence, command pressure, and long-term career risk.
Call Gonzalez & Waddington at 1-800-921-8607 or text 954-799-4019 to request a confidential consultation. No attorney can guarantee a result. The goal is to intervene early, protect your rights, and help you make informed decisions before the command or prosecution theory hardens.
Helpful Naval Station Great Lakes & Illinois Legal Resources
- Naval Station Great Lakes Official Website
- Recruit Training Command
- Naval Service Training Command Great Lakes
- Military OneSource Naval Station Great Lakes Overview
- Lake County Circuit Clerk
- Lake County Criminal Division
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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