Military Bases in Virginia
Air Force Bases
Langley AFB CommentsInitially built as a solitary base in Hampton, Langley AFB Virginia has recently merged with Fort Eustis in October, 2010. These days, it is run by both the ACC (Air Combat Command) and the US Air Force 633rd Air Base Wing. The ne...
Army Bases (6)
Fort A.P. Hill CommentsFort A. P. Hill Virginia is located close to the town of Bowling Green and is one of the largest and most important US military installments on the East Coast. As it describes itself, it is the place where the United States sharpe...
Fort Belvoir CommentsFort Belvoir, VA is an Army installation that absorbed about 30 other federal agencies in 2011 as an outcome of the 2005 BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure Commission), still known as Fort Belvoir, the population nearly doubled wi...
Fort Eustis CommentsFort Eustis Virginia is one of the two camps that merged on October, 1-st, 2010, in order to create the more powerful Base Langley-Eustis. The fort used to be run by the US Army, while the other one was commanded by the Air Force....
Fort Lee CommentsFort Lee is one of the military posts of the United States Army. It is located in the state of Virginia. Fort Lee was named after the Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee. Fort Lee covers roughly eight square miles of land. Buil...
Fort Monroe (Closed) CommentsFort Monroe was an Army installation from 1781 until September 2011 when it was deactivated as a result of the 2005 BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure Commission). Its major tenant, TRACDOC (Training and Doctrine Command) was relo...
Fort Myer CommentsThe Fort Myer army base is located at Arlington County, Virginia just adjacent to the Arlington National Cemetery. It is currently a United States military post, which is directly operated by the United States Military for the pur...
Coast Guard Bases (7)
Finance Center CommentsThe United States Coast Guard Financial Center serves as the Coast Guard’s main funds management unit. Its main office is located in Chesapeake, Virginia. One of the main duties of the Finance Center is to distribute the fun...
National Maritime Center CommentsThe National Maritime Center in Martinsburg, Western Virginia is the main office that oversees the licensing of qualified mariners for employment in seagoing vessels in the country. The NMC operates under the United States Coast G...
National Pollution Center CommentsThe National Pollution Funds Center was created under the United States Coast Guard for the purpose of ensuring that companies transporting oil across American waters have the capability to handle any untoward incidents. The cente...
Navigation Center CommentsThe United States Coast Guard’s Navigation Center in Alexandria, Virginia is the agency’s main source of navigational information. The center also oversees the distribution of this information to the various seagoing v...
Sector Hampton Roads CommentsThe United States Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads is an onshore unit of the Coast Guard located at Portsmouth, Virginia. The sector belongs to the Coast Guard’s Fifth District, and is concerned with the state of Virginia. T...
Telecom Systems Command CommentsThe Telecom and Information System Command is the unit that handles the operation and maintenance of the United States Coast Guard’s telecommunication and information system infrastructure. The main headquarters of TISCOM is...
Training Center Yorktown CommentsThe United States Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown is the main training center for Coast Guard personnel in the state of Virginia. The center is currently under the leadership of Captain William J. Milne. The center is loca...
Marine Bases (2)
Henderson Hall CommentsHenderson Hall is a United States Marine Corps installation located in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to Fort Myer and the Arlington National Cemetery. It was built in 1942 and named In honor of former commandant of the United Stat...
MCB Quantico CommentsMarine Corps Base Quantico, encompassing 100 square miles, is a training base for the Marine Corps, located in Quantico, Virginia. It is often called the Crossroads of the Marine Corps. Important Institutions housed in the base in...
Navy Bases (11)
Joint Expeditionary Base CommentsJoint Expeditionary Base-Fort Story, a sub-installation of Fort Eustis, is located alongside the Chesapeake Bay at Camp Henry in the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Fort Story is the only United States Army Base of its kind, as ...
Medical Center Portsmouth CommentsThe Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia is the United States Navy’s main medical facility in the city. The NMCP provides medical services for both active duty and retired US Armed Forces servicemen residing in the a...
NAB Little Creek CommentsNaval Amphibious Base Little Creek is the primary base of operations for the United States Navy’s Amphibious Forces of the Atlantic Fleet. At 2,120 acres in land area, it is presently the largest base of its kind. The base is lo...
NAS Oceana CommentsNaval Air Station Oceana is a military base located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. One of its airfields is named Apollo Soucek Field, named in honor of Lieutenant Apollo Soucek who served as a Navy Test Pilot in the 1930s. It was bu...
Norfolk Naval Shipyard CommentsNorfolk Naval Shipyard is a US Navy-operated shipyard located in Portsmouth, Virginia. The shipyard is in charge with building, remodeling, maintaining, upgrading, overhauling, and repairing all types of ships from tug ships to ai...
NS Norfolk CommentsNaval Station Norfolk, encompassing 4,631 acres, is the world’s largest Naval Station. This can be attributed to its length of four miles of waterfront space, a pier measuring seven miles. Because of its huge size, it can accomm...
NSA Norfolk CommentsThe Naval Support Activity facility in Norfolk, Virginia is the main support unit for the Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy. The NSA is located in the Naval Station Norfolk base just outside the city. The unit is headed by ...
NSA Northwest Annex CommentsThe Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex is located in Chesapeake, Virginia, near the border with North Carolina. The NSA acts as a support unit for the the Naval forces station at Chesapeake. One of the major task of NSA Northw...
NSWC Dahlgren CommentsNaval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division of the Naval Surface War Center is located in Northern Neck, Virginia. It was established as the US Naval Proving Ground on October 16, 1918, and was used as a test site for naval gun...
NWS Yorktown CommentsNaval Weapons Station Yorktown is the US Atlantic Fleet’s primary weapons and ammunition storage and loading covering parts of York County, James City County, and Newport News in Virginia. Cheatham Annex, formerly part of the Fl...
SCSC Wallops Island CommentsThe Surface Combat Systems in Wallops Island, Accomack County, Virginia is a United States Navy facility used for the development and testing of equipment to be used by the Navy. The center is located near the National Aeronautics...