The Mount Prospect community welcomed US Navy recruits, training at Naval Station Great Lakes, who couldn't travel home for Thanksgiving Day 2022.
"It means a lot to me and it's probably going to keep my spirits up for the next few weeks," said Cassidy Hess, a Navy recruit from Philadelphia."I saw some kids playing football outside and I'm like, 'oh, my gosh, that's what I should be doing right now with my family,'" Hess said.
Recruit Nico Hernandez is from Los Angeles and says spending time off-base...and enjoying a warm meal with those who've served before him...provides much-needed respite. "I'm really grateful here that they were able to make it cozy. It's really good for us, it's an amazing experience so far," Hernandez said. "You're getting yelled at all the time. You have to meet a certain standard and obviously a lot of these kids come out of high school and they aren't able to fall back on their family."
A military family, from one generation to the next, was just grateful to be together this Thanksgiving.The recruits are in the final weeks of their training and are set to graduate early next month.
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