"Hampton Roads is the world's largest naval base. You cannot live in Hampton Roads without being minutes from a naval installation. The Navy owns 36,000 acres and more than 6,750 buildings in the area. There are some 108,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel stationed in the area, and the Navy employs more than 41,000 civilians. There are more than 23,000 retired Navy men and women living in Hampton Roads, and approximately 118,300 dependents of active duty, and civilian personnel. The total Hampton Roads Navy community numbers some 318,000 people. There is a large military presence in Hampton Roads, with each branch of the armed forces represented, pumping over $11 billion into the local economy annually." Source- www.globalsecurity.org

 

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School Information for Military Families

"There are a number of Naval commands in the Hampton Roads area, including the Naval Station Norfolk; Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth; Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic, Dam Neck; Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek; and Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown; Naval Air Station, Norfolk; Naval Air Station, Oceana. Located at these installations are hundreds of commands, large and small, afloat and shore. " Source-www.globalsecurity.org

 

Navy	Army	Coast Guard	Air Force
Naval Air Station Norfolk Naval Air Station Oceana Naval Surface Force, Atlantic	Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Story Fort Monroe Ft Eustis	USCG Training Center Yorktown Integrated Support Command Portsmouth Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic (MLCLANT)	Langley Air Force Base

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