THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 19, 1995 TAG: 9502190033
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A11 EDITION: FINAL
SERIES: BASE CLOSINGS:
THE FINAL ROUND
What's at stake for Hampton Roads?
LENGTH: Long : 139 lines
THE MILITARY IN HAMPTON ROADS
The region's top commands and units:
NORFOLK
U.S. Atlantic Command (off Terminal Boulevard).
Supreme Allied Command Atlantic (NATO).
Atlantic Fleet
2nd Fleet (aboard command ship Mount Whitney).
Surface Forces Atlantic.
Naval Air Forces Atlantic.
Submarine Forces Atlantic.
Armed Forces Staff College.
Norfolk Naval Station
Approximately 100 ships and submarines.
Supply Center.
Naval Doctrine Command.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command.
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Naval Aviation Depot.
Commander, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing 12.
E-2C Hawkeye Squadrons: VAW 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126.
Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Squadrons: HM-12, 14, 18.
Fleet Composite Squadron 6.
Helicopter Combat Support Squadron HC-2, 6, 8.
Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadrons: HSL 30, 32, 24.
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron: VRC-40.
Reserve Helicopter Combat Search and Rescue and Special Warfare
Support Squadron: HCS 4.
Reserve Fleet Logistics Support Squadron: VRC-56.
Reserve Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron: HMM 774.
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
Amphibious Group Two.
Naval Beach Group Two.
Approximately 27 ships.
Special Warfare Communities.
Assault Craft Unit Four.
School of Music.
Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic.
Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Hampton Roads.
Norfolk District Corps of Army Engineers.
PORTSMOUTH
Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair.
Portsmouth Naval Medical Center
Portsmouth Naval Hospital.
Naval School of Health Sciences, Bethesda Detachment.
Eight Branch Medical Clinics, in Bermuda, Boone, Dam Neck,
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Northwest, Oceana, Sewells Point and
Yorktown.
5th District Coast Guard Headquarters.
Coast Guard Support Center, approximately 12 ships, including buoy
tenders and nine cutters
CHESAPEAKE
Northwest Naval Security Group Activity.
Fleet Surveillance Support Command.
Naval Satellite Communications Facility.
Coast Guard Communications Master Station Atlantic.
Marine Corps Security Force Training Company.
Electronic Warfare Operational Programming Facility.
NATO Satellite Communications Facility.
Fentress Air Field.
VIRGINIA BEACH
Oceana Naval Air Station.
Commander Fighter Wing Atlantic.
Commander Attack Wing Atlantic.
Fighter Squadrons 14, 84, 101, 102, 143, 142, 32, 41, 103.
Attack Squadrons 35, 34, 75.
Composite Squadron 12.
Dam Neck Fleet Combat Training Center Tactical Training Group
Atlantic.
Naval Ocean Processing Facility.
Naval and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center.
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, East Coast
Operations.
Fort Story
11th Transportation Battalion.
Army Reserve 4th Brigade, 80th Division Training.
Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 10.
Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance School.
Naval Exchange Command.
SUFFOLK
Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
HAMPTON .
Langley Air Force Base.
Air Force Air Combat Command.
1st Fighter Wing (27th, 94th and 71st Fighter Squadrons).
Air Force Doctrine Center.
Approximately 30 tenant commands.
Fort Monroe
Headquarters Army Training and Doctrine Command.
Reserve Officers Training Corps.
NEWPORT NEWS
Fort Eustis
Headquarters 7th Transportation Command.
Army Transportation School.
Army Aviation Logistics School.
Felker Army Airfield.
Joint Strategic Deployment Training Center.
Non-Commissioned Officers Academy.
8th Transportation Brigade.
6th Transportation Battalion (Truck).
24th Transportation Battalion (Terminal).
10th Transportation Battalion (Terminal).
Numerous tenant commands.
YORKTOWN
Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.
Naval Mine Warfare Engineering Activity.
Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity.
Marine Corps Security Force Company.
16 other tenants.
YORK COUNTY
Cheatham Annex
KEYWORDS: BASE CLOSINGS MILITARY BASES by CNB