United States Navy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Eastern United States=== The second largest concentration of installations is at [[Hampton Roads]], [[Virginia]], where the navy occupies over {{convert|36000|acres}} of land. Located at Hampton Roads are [[Naval Station Norfolk]], homeport of the Atlantic Fleet; [[Naval Air Station Oceana]], a [[Master Jet Base]]; [[Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek]]; and [[Training Support Center Hampton Roads]] as well as a number of Navy and commercial shipyards that service navy vessels. The Aegis Training and Readiness Center is located at the [[Naval Support Activity South Potomac]] in [[Dahlgren, Virginia]]. Maryland is home to [[Naval Air Station Patuxent River|NAS Patuxent River]], which houses the Navy's [[United States Naval Test Pilot School|Test Pilot School]]. Also located in Maryland is the United States Naval Academy, situated in [[Annapolis]]. [[Naval Station Newport|NS Newport]] in Newport, Rhode Island is home to many schools and tenant commands, including the [[Officer Candidate School]], [[Naval Undersea Warfare Center]], and more, and also maintains inactive ships.{{clarify|date=December 2017}} There is also a naval base in Charleston, South Carolina. This is home to the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, under which reside the Nuclear Field "A" Schools (for Machinist Mates (Nuclear), Electrician Mates (Nuclear), and Electronics Technicians (Nuclear)), Nuclear Power School (Officer and Enlisted); and one of two Nuclear Power Training Unit 'Prototype' schools. The state of Florida is the location of three major bases, [[Naval Station Mayport|NS Mayport]], the Navy's fourth largest, in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]; [[Naval Air Station Jacksonville|NAS Jacksonville]], a Master Air Anti-submarine Warfare base; and [[Naval Air Station Pensacola|NAS Pensacola]]; home of the Naval Education and Training Command, the Naval Air Technical Training Center that provides specialty training for enlisted aviation personnel and is the primary flight training base for Navy and Marine Corps [[Naval Flight Officer]]s and enlisted [[Naval aircrewman|Naval Aircrewmen]]. There is also [[Naval Support Activity Panama City|NSA Panama City]], Florida which is home to the Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Divising (CENEODIVE) and the Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center and [[Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division|NSA Orlando]], Florida, which home to the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). The main U.S. Navy [[submarine base]]s on the east coast are located in [[Naval Submarine Base New London]] in [[Groton, Connecticut]] and [[Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay|NSB Kings Bay]] in [[Kings Bay, Georgia]]. The [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]] near [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryinstallations.dod.mil/pls/psgprod/f?p=132:CONTENT:0::NO::P4_INST_ID,P4_INST_TYPE:6055,INSTALLATION |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122174351/http://www.militaryinstallations.dod.mil/pls/psgprod/f?p=132%3ACONTENT%3A0%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP4_INST_ID%2CP4_INST_TYPE%3A6055%2CINSTALLATION |archive-date=22 January 2016 |title=MilitaryINSTALLATIONS β U.S. Department of Defense |author=scot.greber}}</ref> which repairs naval submarines.<ref name="status"/> [[Naval Station Great Lakes|NS Great Lakes]], north of Chicago, Illinois is the home of the Navy's [[United States Navy Recruit Training|boot camp]] for enlisted sailors. The [[Washington Navy Yard]] in Washington, DC is the Navy's oldest shore establishment and serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for the U.S. Navy, home to the Chief of Naval Operations and numerous commands. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page