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Military Bases in New Jersey

Every major installation in the state, each with its own full PCS guide — the area, the communities military families choose, and the veteran-owned businesses around it.

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4 installations · Coast Guard · Air Force · Navy · Army

U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May

Cape May, NJ

Cape May is the Coast Guard's only enlisted recruit training center — every enlisted Coast Guardsman goes through boot camp here, making it the service's equivalent of Parris Island or San Diego for the other branches.

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U.S. Air Force · Joint Base

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Wrightstown, NJ

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst combines the former McGuire AFB (87th Air Base Wing, C-17 airlift), Army Fort Dix, and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst into a single tri-service installation. It's one of the few bases combining all three services under one command.

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U.S. Navy

Naval Weapons Station Earle

Colts Neck, NJ

NWS Earle handles ordnance loading and logistics for Atlantic Fleet ships via a pier facility at Leonardo, New Jersey, connected to a large inland storage complex near Colts Neck.

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U.S. Army

Picatinny Arsenal

Dover, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal is the Army's center for weapons, munitions, and armament research and engineering, home to major Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) armaments elements. It's an engineering post, not a troop garrison.

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