[Pukin Dog]

Well, I flew out of Oceana for a good chunk of my career, and I say ax that baby. Get rid of it. It aint appreciated, and this base should go somewhere where it will be out of the way of the noise-complaining losers.

[BigBadBrian]

Uh huh. Let's get rid of Oceana. Let's build another base somewhere else, complete with the necessary infrastructure, for Billions. That's real smart.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I'm pretty inclined to agree with you. My homeport was Norfolk while I was on the George Washington (CVN-73) in the early '90s and I've been to Oceana a lot. Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and the surrounding towns/cities treat the Navy like crap. People had signs in their yards that said, "Dogs and sailors stay off the grass." Since only the military people had short hair, the locals could spot you even in civvies. In parking lots, people would drive past yelling, "Go Navy! And take the Army with you!" The local newspapers would write editorials about how military people were the cause of the traffic jams, car accidents, and crime resulting from drunkenness.

Since Hampton Roads hates the military so much, I'd love to see every base pull out of there. The shipyard can't employ everybody. That place would fall flat on its face.