California Military Bases
California has more military bases within its borders than most states: a whopping 31 bases are in CA, some from every military branch. The Navy and Marine Corps’ bases are clustered most heavily around San Diego. To learn more about each specific military base just click their name below.
Air Force Bases (6)
Beale AFB Marysville
Beale Air Force Base is operated by Air Combat Command and located in Yuba County, California near Marysv...
Edwards AFB Edwards
Edwards Air Force Base is a military base in Edwards, California. It was built in 1933 but was only devel...
Los Angeles AFB El Segundo
The Los Angeles Air Force Base is located in the city of El Segundu, California near the Los Angeles Airp...
March Air Reserve Base Riverside
March ARB is one of the oldest airfields, run by the Air Force, established in 1918. It was renamed short...
Travis AFB Fairfield
Travis Air Force Base is operated by Air Mobility Command and located in Fairfield, California. It was bu...
Vandenberg AFB Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base is operated by Air Force Space Command and located in Santa Barbara County, nea...
Army Bases (4)
Camp Parks (PRFTA)
Commissioned in 1943, Camp Parks has seen the command of three military branches. The Navy opened the bas...
Fort Hunter Liggett Monterey
Fort Hunter Ligget was built in 1940 and then named after General Hunter Liggett, who served from Indian ...
Fort Irwin Barstow
The National Training Center of Fort Irwin is a major training Center of the United States Army and the o...
Presidio of Monterey Monterey
The Presidio of Monterey is a US Army facility located in Monterey, California, housing the Defense Langu...
Coast Guard Bases (2)
ISC Alameda Alameda
ISC Alameda, located on CG Island and part of District 11, is now split between BSU Alameda, PSSU Alameda...
TRACEN Petaluma Petaluma
Petaluma began as Two Rock Ranch, an Army post with the secret mission of listening to Japanese communica...
Marine Bases (6)
Camp Pendleton San Diego
Camp Pendleton is a Marine Corps base located in San Diego County, California. The base is the primary am...
MCAS Miramar San Diego
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is a Marine Corps air base located in San Diego, California. Formerly ca...
MCLB Barstow Barstow
MCLB Barstow is a supply and logistics facility of the Marine Corps located in Barstow, California. It is...
MCRD San Diego San Diego
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is a US Marine base located in San Diego, California. MCRD San Diego...
Mountain Training Center Pickel Meadows
The Mountain Warfare Training Center is located 21 miles north or Bridgeport, California on Route 108. Tr...
Twentynine Palms Twentynine Palms
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, with an area occupying 596,000 acres of the south...
Navy Bases (8)
Coronado San Diego
Naval Base Coronado is a military installation located in San Diego, California. The base is one of the n...
NAS Lemoore Lemoore
Naval Air Station Lemoore is home to the West Coast fighter/attack operations of the Navy’s West Coast....
NAS Point Mugu Point Mugu
Naval Air Station Point Mugu is a military base in Point Mugu, Ventura County, near Oxnard, California. U...
Naval Battalion Center Port Hueneme
Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme is the homeport of the Navy Construction Battalions of t...
NAWS China Lake China Lake
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, home to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, has been beh...
North Island Naval Complex San Diego
Naval Air Station North Island is a Navy installation located in San Diego and Coronado, California. The ...
NS San Diego San Diego
Naval Base San Diego is the United States Navy’s largest base on the United States West Coast, located ...
Point Loma San Diego
Naval Base Point Loma is a Navy Installation located in Point Loma, San Diego, California. Formerly Fort ...
