FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Base San Diego, California ~ 23 APR 2013

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Naval Base San Diego, California

Naval Base San Diego is the largest base of the United States Navy on the west coast of the United States, in San Diego, California. Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the Pacific Fleet, consisting of 60 ships and an additional 50 tenant commands. The base is comprised of 14 piers stretched over 977 acres of land and 326 acres of water. The total on base population is 35,000 military personnel and 7,000 civilians.

A thoroughly modern, state-of-the-art naval facility, Naval Base San Diego is now homeport to approximately 50 ships, including 37 U.S. Navy ships, two U.S. Coast Guard cutters and various ships of the Military Sealift Command, as well as research and auxiliary vessels. Now, the base welcomes the Navy’s newest and most advanced 21st century fleet platforms known as Littoral Combat Ships.

Ashore, Naval Base San Diego is also home to approximately 100 separate tenant commands and other Navy support facilities, each having specific and specialized fleet support missions.

Naval Base San Diego today is a city within a city, providing the same services as any metropolitan district, not just to its inhabitants – the Sailors and other personnel who call the base its workplace or home – but the pier-side needs of the ships as well.

Direct services include power, water and steam; hard and wireless communication lines, repair and training facilities. Support services includes less direct and indirect fleet support: waterfront operations, force protection (security), supply, Navy Exchange and Commissary shopping centers, bachelor quarters, food services, and public affairs.

Other services also supported are administration, transient personnel administration fiscal management, equal employment opportunity, civil engineering, family services, recreation on the base and near various military family housing areas, medical and dental care, religious services, transportation, utilities, legal support, counseling and assistance, facility maintenance, fire protection, educational services, and child care for more than 300 children daily at the base Child Development Center.

Learn More About Naval Base San Diego HERE!

San Diego has one of the richest aviation heritages of any city in the country. Convair, home of such famous aircraft as the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina, was founded here. Ryan Aeronautical, home of Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, was located here, and North Island Naval Air Station is the home of naval aviation. Much of that knowledge is captured and conveyed through the San Diego Air & Space Museum, a major institution unique to the region and one of the preeminent aviation museums in the nation.

In 1986 the Museum became the first aero-themed museum to be accredited by the American Association of Museums, and it is now a Smithsonian affiliate. The California Legislature voted to declare the Museum "California's official Air and Space Museum and Education Center. Because of San Diego's contributions to aviation and aerospace history and technology, it is only fitting that the Museum is now recognized as one of the country's premier aerospace museums.

Visit The San Diego Air And Space Museum HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, my...thanks for sharing your history.

Is the old facility still there? Or is everything new?

[mylife]

Norfolk is HUGE.

[SkyDancer]

Yeah!! Been a while since I claimed that!!! Ya have to get up awfully early here to catch the good stuff on FR! Thankee!!!

[yarddog]

Thanks, that is a good explanation.

[SandRat]

Used to be a great base before all of the cuts.

[mylife]

Oh it’s still there in Old Town.
The original buildings.

It is interesting that there is virtually no record of Navelex having ever been there.
Had it not been for the EPA discovering PCB leaks I think there would have been no record.(we left no foot print LoL) The leaks were found 1 year prior to my enlistment ending.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afp-19.htm

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, yarddog.....

Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest naval station, supporting 75 ships and 134 aircraft alongside 14 piers and 11 aircraft hangars, and houses the largest concentration of U.S. Navy forces.

Naval Base San Diego is the largest base of the United States Navy on the west coast of the United States, in San Diego, California.

Looks like Norfolk is THE biggest, but San Diego is the biggest on the WEST coast.

[yarddog]

Just got me to thinking.

What is the largest Air Force base and largest Army base in U.S.?

[yarddog]

My guess for Army is Fort Benning but I am not sure.

[Jim Robinson]

Yup. Long time ago. San Diego was stateside home port for two of my destroyers from 1965 through 1969.

[luvie]

Thanks for the road trip to San Diego, galz! I’ve always wanted to visit there! :)

God bless the troops stationed there and elsewhere!

[mylife]

I bet SD was great back then.
It was pretty conservative and country when I was got there in 1980.
When I left in 92 all the ranches were gone.
Wall to wall condos.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Kathy!

***HUGS***



And thanks very much to you and Lauren for tonight’s Road Trip to Naval Base San Diego, California!

Coming aboard as we speak. Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

Robert Schumann - Traumerei
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

...till they all come home....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...Did you and Linda have a good Monday?

We are pushing 50 today, but still freezing at night, and snow/rain maybe.

[Lou L]

What is the largest Air Force base and largest Army base in U.S.?

Gosh, yarddog, I'm a Navy vet--I can talk about naval bases, maybe even some Marine bases, but I couldn't even venture a guess at the Army or Air Force. Interesting question. Probably depends on what you're measuring by-number of troops, aircraft, acres or square miles...

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS!*

It's great to see you this evening!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[mylife]

I believe Ft Hood is the largest Army base.