Military Bases in New Jersey

Air Force Bases

McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey is located almost 30 km away from Trenton and one of the 24 bases that were directly forced by the US government to merge in order to complete each other. The merge occurred due to the 2005 commis...

Army Bases (3)

Fort Dix New Jersey – also referred to as JB MDL Dix – is located 25 km south of Trenton. It is operated by the US Air Force, under the jurisdiction of USARC (Army Reserve Control). It is one of the few bases throughout the Am...

Fort Monmouth was selected for closure in 2005 and by 2011 most of the Army personnel are required to moved to bases and installations in Maryland or Ohio. The base gained permanent status in 1925 and was named in honor of the sol...

Picatinny Arsenal covers more than 6400 acres and is located close to Lake Denmark, in New Jersey. It is popular for inventing the famous tactical rail, also referred to as the Picatinny rail. It is a specific bracket that can be ...

Coast Guard Bases (2)

The LORAN Support Unit in New Jersey s a unit assigned to the operational and maintenance support of the Long Range Navigation System stations in the Western Coast of the United States. The Unit is currently under the command of G...

The Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey is the main training center for all recruits coming into the United States Coast Guard. Here, trainees are taught the basic courses needed for conducting Coast Guard operatio...

Navy Bases (2)

Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, sometimes called Maxfield Field, is a Navy air base located in Lakehurst, Orange County, New Jersey. It is operated by the Naval Air Systems Command and is now part of the Joint Base McGuir...

Naval Weapons Station Earle is a military base located along the northern New Jersey shore right next to Sandy Hook Bay. It was commissioned on 1943 and named in honor of Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, who served as the Bureau of Ordna...