U.S. Army
Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir, VA
Fort Belvoir, just south of Washington, D.C., hosts a dense concentration of Army and defense-agency headquarters, including U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command and Defense Threat Reduction Agency elements, alongside Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.
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U.S. Army
Fort Lee
formerly Fort Gregg-Adams
Petersburg, VA
Fort Lee is home to the Combined Arms Support Command and trains the Army's logistics, quartermaster, ordnance, and transportation Soldiers. It was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in 2023, honoring Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams, and redesignated back to Fort Lee in 2025.
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U.S. Air Force · Joint Base
Joint Base Langley-Eustis
Hampton, VA
Joint Base Langley-Eustis combines Air Force Langley (headquarters of Air Combat Command and home to the 1st Fighter Wing flying the F-22 Raptor) with Army Fort Eustis. It's a combined Air Force/Army installation on Virginia's Peninsula.
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U.S. Army · Joint Base
Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Arlington, VA
Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Army-led with a Marine Corps tenant component, sits adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery and hosts The Old Guard (3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment), the Army's ceremonial and casket-bearer unit, and the Military District of Washington headquarters.
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U.S. Navy · Joint Base
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story
formerly Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
Virginia Beach, VA
A Navy-led joint base combining the former Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek with the Army's Fort Story, JEB Little Creek-Fort Story is home to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (East Coast SEAL teams), Amphibious Group 2, and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command units. It's the East Coast center of gravity for amphibious and special-operations support.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps Base Quantico
Quantico, VA
Quantico is the Marine Corps' training and education hub — home to The Basic School, Officer Candidates School, Marine Corps University, and the FBI Academy as a tenant. It's often called 'the Crossroads of the Marine Corps' because nearly every commissioned officer passes through here early in their career.
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U.S. Navy
Naval Air Station Oceana
Virginia Beach, VA
Oceana is the East Coast Master Jet Base, home to every Atlantic Fleet F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet squadron. It's the landing and training hub for Navy strike-fighter aviation on the East Coast, working closely with nearby NAS Norfolk and the carrier air wings based there.
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U.S. Navy
Naval Station Norfolk
Norfolk, VA
The world's largest naval station by number of homeported ships, Norfolk anchors the U.S. Atlantic Fleet with carrier strike groups, surface combatants, and Naval Air Force Atlantic. It's the hub of Hampton Roads' massive Navy footprint and a first or repeat duty station for a huge share of the surface and aviation communities.
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U.S. Navy
Naval Support Facility Dahlgren
Dahlgren, VA
NSF Dahlgren hosts Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, a major research, development, and test center for surface ship weapons, combat systems, and directed-energy programs.
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U.S. Navy
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
NWS Yorktown handles ordnance loading, storage, and fleet support for Atlantic Fleet ships, including the Cheatham Annex logistics site nearby. It also hosts the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command at the adjacent Cheatham Annex/Water Front area supporting the nuclear surface and submarine fleets.
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U.S. Navy
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth, VA
Despite the name, Norfolk Naval Shipyard sits in Portsmouth, Virginia, and is the Navy's oldest and largest industrial shipyard — a public repair yard specializing in nuclear-powered carriers and submarines. It's primarily a civilian-heavy industrial workforce with a resident Navy chain of command and ship's force detachments.
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