I went to college in Norfolk. Had no prior knowledge of the city being an international student and I clearly remember when I first got there walking through the airport and seeing sailors walking through and thinking “wait a minute, what is going on here for there to be so many of them”. I also remember when the Gulf War started, sitting in class with many people missing all of a sudden. Norfolk’s economy depends heavily on the Navy’s presence. Enjoyed my college years there immensely. I gained an appreciation for what they and their families go through to protect us.
@KR Hi, I grew up right opposite the base (Literally). I grew up in downtown Portsmouth. The entire Hampton Roads Region is Military. All the branches of the military either have their own base or is joint used. I believe all of them today are joint in one capacity or another. The East Coast Headquarters for The US Coast Guard is directly across the harbor from The Norfolk Naval Base. The population of the area is 50 times greater today than when I was growing up there. My Mother and Brothers still live in Portsmouth. I live in Jacksonville, North Carolina (for the past 13 years) home to Marine Corps Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River. I'm not military myself just happens I end up close to a base of some sort lol. Back in the day, when a aircraft carrier went on deployment (along with the strike package) you would see a major drop in the traffic. Not so today. My younger brother works for Fed Ex as a delivery driver. His route has him going to Hampton, Norfolk and Virginia Beach mostly. He said "its a nightmare". I too went to college in Norfolk (downtown). Tidewater Community College. Finished there and was slated to go to ODU, but returned to roofing. But, the entire area is military. You would be surprised by how much and by what you can't see. 😎👍🍻
In the Pearl Harbor clip, you can see the memorial of the USS Arizona in the background. She was sunk in the Japanese attack, and is a tomb for the sailors killed onboard. Believe it or not, the Arizona is still leaving an oil slick to this day
Yep. USS Missouri, the battleship where Japan signed their surrender, is moored behind the Arizona with her guns raised as a salute. So right there in Pearl Harbor is the ship where the Pacific War started and also the ship where the Pacific War ended.
@@maxwellharris507 The Oklahoma was damaged beyond repair and cannibalized for salvage parts for other ships. Following WW II it was refloated and sold to a salvage company which attempted towing it back to the U.S. it made it about 500 miles and the sank. There is a crew memorial on Ford Island but the ship isn’t anywhere near Pearl.
I was stationed at Norfolk and Pearl Harbor. Kitsap is in Washington state, near Seattle. Mayport is Florida. Coronado is California. PAX river is Maryland.
As a submariner who was stationed in kitsap county in Bangor side it’s in Washington state when we brought our boat to Bremerton for a refueling process I learned first hand just how large it was from where we were docked it took about twenty minutes to walk from the boat to the designated boater parking lot and if the base had a carrier on it good luck getting parked
@@googleblockedme5543 I hated them just because they made the commute harder but just walking past and seeing the Nimitz yeah that was cool soo freaking huge compared to the boomer I was on
I'm a proud Navy veteran. My ships pulled into Norfolk on a few occasions and it is a massive base. My second ship was home ported in Mayport which is close to Jacksonville, Fl. Please keep up the great reactions to our military.
I've been to the base at Norfolk for business and pleasure. I had no idea it was the world's largest. It does have some amazing ships there. They are constantly upgrading ships there so you see all types of ships. Pretty amazing place.
You're not wrong about aircraft carriers being cities: though pilots just call them boats, they basically were given they sustain 5,000 people for sometime years at a time.
I was stationed at 32nd St Naval Station San Diego from 1984-89 on USS Cape Cod AD 43 1984-86 and USS Kinkaid DD 965 1987-89 and Norfolk Naval Station from 2000-03 on USS Wasp LHD 1 2000-03. Norfolk also encompasses Little Creek Amphibious Base. I was stationed on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41 1993-96. I held my first re-enlistment ceremony on USS Arizona Memorial in 1986.
When you think of all the commands and bases in San Diego, it is basically a Navy City. Same for Norfolk Va. I was in the Navy for 6 years as a aviation corpsman. I have been to all the bases listed except for PAX River and Kitsap.
You should check out the history of the US battleship USS Missouri. It's a symbolic ship for the US as it's the place the Japanese signed the surrender in WW2 and served well past WW2 also. It's probably the most well known ship of the US navy. There's a great video called: Naval Legends: USS Missouri that goes into detail about the ship.
@@TheGoddamnBacon I know USS New Jersey is the most decorated US Navy ship and was the only Iowa-Class ship to serve in Vietnam, but she wasn't the ending place of WW2 nor did she serve in the Gulf War. Still, I like all Iowa-Class Battleships a lot.
I kinda like the U.S.S. Missouri. Because I geass because I am from Missouri. But I do like all of the Iowa class battleships. They are all great looking Battleships.
My brother was stationed at nsn or naval station Norfolk I went there for a class once and the worst part about it is the morning commute if you don’t leave super early expect at least an hour of traffic on base
Washington DC is where the NCIS is HQ in but they often go to Norfolk for various cases. The Pearl Harbor base is where the entire pacific fleet is stationed and it often involves the entire Hawaiian island both civilian and military as they share the islands so the military must talk to the governor and the city council to approve construction projects or various other things. It’s a thing they do. The Tampa base is near where I am and it is a submarine base with a marine base in Miami and an Air Force base near Orlando, army is north Florida. The point is we are covered.
The entire Pacific Fleet is not stationed at Pearl Harbor. In fact, the vast majority of the Pacific Fleet's surface vessels are stationed at Naval Base San Diego.
4:24 my Dad was in the US Navy in WW2. He told me he trained, in 1943, as a Corpsman and at landingcraft school at the San Diego Destroyer Repair Base. When he returned 2 1/2 years and 13 battles later in 1945, it was called the US Naval Repair Base. He didn't recognize it, it had grown so big. He was stationed at the San Diego Navy Hospital as Chief Master at Arms with 27 Corpsman working for him.
Hi Courtney, thanks for another great military reaction. I've never been there, but my uncle was stationed at #1, Naval Station Norfolk. The night before he went to basic training, my Grandma was showing him how to sew buttons. I guess she figured that would come in handy.
I’ve been to Norfolk a few times, but last time was like 25 years ago when I was a teenager. My aunt (mom’s sister) was stationed there, and both of my parents were in the Army, so I’ve been to lots of Army bases. I worked for the military as as a civilian from 2009 to 2019, on two huge bases (both covering areas bigger than many cities) It’s a challenge to get around on a military base bc you can’t use google maps or anything like that- they don’t work on the base. You can ask personnel at the gate for directions and a simple map but it’s still so confusing and I got lost many times 😭 whenever I had to go to a different part of the base for training or medical things (and they had me do these things just about every other week)
I live across the street from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, VA, just a few miles from Norfolk Naval Base. Alot of people moving here complain about the jet noise, but it is part of living here. We call it the sound of freedom. I won't worry about the noise until I DON'T hear it. In my opinion, that would mean we are at war somewhere in the world.
640 acres = 1 sq. mile ~= 2.59 sq. kilometers ~= 259 hectares Naval Base Kitsap is about 30 miles (50 km) west of Seattle, across the Puget Sound. Naval Base Coronado is less than 10 miles (16 km) west of Naval Base San Diego. Navy SEAL training takes place at Coronado. NAS Patuxent River is around 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Washington, DC, in Maryland.
Was stationed in Norfolk when I was in the service and it really is utterly massive...remember once having five carriers in port around the holidays, you would be better off taking a cab to your ship because there was ZERO parking on the waterfront!
When in the Navy, over 40 years ago, was stationed in San Diego, Cal., Norfolk, VA and Charleston, SC, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, and visited Jacksonville. Kitasap is in Maine. Went to Basic training in Corpus Christi, TX in 1964, between Junior and Senior year of high school.
That's cool you made it to Jacksonville Fl. The closest I've been to New Zealand is Guam. I worked for an American auditor service that went to American military bases to count the commissaries. I've been to around 60 bases in other countries.
I was in the USAF from 01-07 and spent a little bit of time at Norfolk as part of a support mission. To say that place is massive is an understatement. I probably only saw about half of it in the time that I was there.
My ship, the USS Yellowstone AD-27 was stationed at NS Mayport, '69-'70. She was Destroyer Tender, we repaired problems on surface ships. I worked in the Electroncis Shop
The orange & white propeller planes in Corpus Christie are training aircraft. Mayport is in Florida. Coronado is in southern California. Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is in Maryland.
The airplanes at 5:50 are T-44C Pegasus, NAS Corpus Christi is a training facility. I used to live near NAS Corpus Christi. We used to shop for groceries there, both of my grandfathers were in the service for quite a few years. One time in 4th grade we had two Blackhawk helicopters hover over the playground and wave at us. It was really awesome and one of the moments that solidified my love of aviation. There's also an aircraft carrier museum, The USS Lexington 'The Blue Ghost'. I've visited many, many times. If you ever have the chance to make it state side you should definitely add some US Floating Museums to the bucket list!
Pax River is in some beautiful scenery. It is out away from most cities. Lexington Park has grown up from the base being there but you have to drive an hour to get to Washington DC or an hour and a half to get to Annapolis Maryland. Pax is the home to the Navy Test Pilot School as well.
Yes Norfolk has the largest naval base in the world but within a 25 mile radius there are several other military installations. The Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, army’s fort Eustis, Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Dam Neck naval base (the home of seal team six), the marine amphibious base at Little Creek, the Portsmouth Coast Guard station, and in Virginia Beach the Oceana Master Jet Base hosts all the naval aviation squadrons while their carriers are in port. I live 5 miles south of Oceana in Virginia Beach. Lots of F-18’s overhead.
Fun fact, the tradition of lining the perimeter of the ship with sailors/crew when entering port goes back hundreds of years to the era of tall masted ships with multiple gun decks. In order to prove that the ship was entering port in peace the entire compliment of crew were ordered to stand aside the railing to show that the guns were not being manned and ready for action.
Operations Specialist A School used to be at Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic Dam Neck for several years. I was a trainee and an instructor there.
We learned a valuable lesson December 7, 1941. We had most of our fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor. After that attack they decided we had to spread out.
My sister lives in San Diego when I visit I can see the Destroyers parked on the docks. Theres some old decommissioned warships there too that serve as museums :)
I was stationed in Naval Station Norfolk and Jacksonville on the USS Iwo Jima. You've never seen traffic like what existed around 5 in the morning at the Norfolk base, it was crazy. Thanks for the great reaction video!
I live in Encinitas, CA, so I am real close to the naval base in San Diego. They offer tours, which I’d really suggest taking if you’re in the area. The retired USS Midway can always be visited, too. Across the Midway are stationed two aircraft carriers. That area is cordoned off, but it’s really something seeing how big they are.
Naval Base Kitsap is located in Bremerton, Washington about an hours drive from Seattle. Naval Base Coronado is located right across the bridge from San Diego.
NS Kitsap is on the west side of Puget Sound from Seattle (I worked there for 1 1/2 years as a contractor). I also worked at Naval Station Everett (north of Seattle) I was assigned to NAS Keflavik (Iceland) As an AF Security Police/Forces
I was stationed on USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN69 1986-1990. The parking areas around Piers 10-12 of Norfolk NB was unpaved when I first arrived. IIRC It was paved while Ike was on Deployment in Summer 1988. Coronado is also near San Diego, and is home of Navy SEAL School.
@Courtney Have you ever seen videos about the Mach Loop or Skywalker Canyon? They are two areas where camera crews can get high enough up that the military jets are below them and super close up. The shots they get are really spectacular even though the pilots aren't doing anything but their general training flights. Your bf may like the Skywalker Canyon flights as they are usually USN or USMC aviators. Thanks for your videos.
hi joseph! wow i dont think i have, sounds wild. i think someone has mentioned this to me before actually on second though but i dont think i ever looked into it.
If curious. All of those Naval Bases are , just the Navy. I Seattle area, North is Bangor. Widbey Island NAS. Ft Lewis army base, Mccord AFB. Everett Naval base. Coast guard. Bangor has the decommissioned ships in storage. Seattle/Everett has Boeing. That list is just Navy...All the other bases are the same way. Additionally there is a number of Solo Airforce bases throughout the US , and Army/marine bases. All the states also have their National Guard bases. In the small states They might share Facilities. The regular service branches also have reserves. Thats just continental US. Take a look at overseas bases. Thats what amazes me .
Kitsap is in the state of Washington, on the Pacific coast and Puget Sound. Corpus Christie, Texas and Pensacola, Florida are primarily training centers for Naval aviators. Mayport is on Florida's Atlantic coast, near Jacksonville. NAS Patuxent River is in the Southern part of the state of Maryland, not far from Washington, DC.
I spent my first and last week on active duty at NAS Jacksonville. My ship was home ported at Mayport. I also spent time on a ship at Norfolk while in the reserves.
Naval base kitsap is in Washington state. I was stationed there, as well as Naval base Everett also in Washington state. I've also been to pearl harbor which is beautiful. We use to make our stop in Coronado San Diego before heading out for deployment.. I missed those bases, good times.
Between 9 years on active duty in the Navy, and 25 years as a US Merchant Seaman, I have been to all of these bases - except Fort Worth and Patuxent River I grew up not far from San Diego... the thing about the order that this video lists the bases makes it hard to realize just how many Navy and Marine Commands are very nearly within view of each other - Naval Base Coronado (NAS North Island) is the Homeport for the Aircraft Carriers in the area (docked directly across from downtown), much of the rest of the included commands (which include the US Navy SEAL training base) ring San Diego Bay - but a few are out in the desert, generally east of San Diego, and then of course, San Clemente Island which is miles offshore. The Submarine base is at the mouth of the harbor. Also not mentioned, is the Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Directly bordering the downtown Airport; or the Naval Hospital, or MCAS Miramar... the list goes on. If you visit San Diego... you will note the presence of the Navy. Naval Base Kitsap: Bremerton Washington is directly west of Seattle, Washington It includes Bremerton Naval Shipyard (a lot of history there) with the attached Naval Base; The nearby Naval Hospital; Naval Submarine Base Bangor is less than 10 miles north of Bremerton: and last but not least the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport - which is near to Bangor, is another part of Naval Base Kitsap. I currently live in Bremerton, not far from the base.
Naval Base Coronado is just across the San Diego Bay from Naval Base San Diego. They are close enough to each other that you can actually stand at one and see the other. You can also look Northwest across the bay and see yet another submarine base in Point Loma and to the Northeast you can see San Diego International Airport with the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (Marine west coast boot camp) right next to it. If you were to combine these it places San Diego right up at the top of the list with Norfolk.
🇺🇸 Hi Courtney, I grew up in (and from) Portsmouth, Virginia on Scott's Creek. If it was'nt for the Midtown Tunnel and the shipping terminal, you could go to the end of my pier and clearly see The Norfolk Naval Base. I was very close to it. I can't tell you how many times I pasted the base in the harbor to go out in the bay to fish. The base is located at Swells Point which is also the mouth of the Norfolk Harbor. It is also directly across the harbor from the East Coast Headquarters of the Coast Guard. Side note- very close to this location is where the CSS Merrimack was scuttled (on the Portsmouth side of the harbor) after the Civil War. Fitting since Portsmouth is where The Merrimack was built (refitted really) into an Ironclad. There's alot of history just on that subject alone. You may want to check out the fight between The Ironclads (which happened not far from the base) The Merrimack Vs The Monitor. It was kind of funny. It ended in a stalemate. The Cannon Balls both vessels fired at one another simply bounced off each other 🤣. I'm not Military, but I know the Base very well between my mom dating naval officers and being welcomed aboard many different vessels, I'm a former Commercial Flat Roofing Foreman and performed many different job/locations on base to special ceremonies on base. Yes its very large. You can sometimes get a really good idea when flying into Norfolk International Airport. I love that they brought up Norfolk first than last. I already knew it was the largest. Awesome video! 😎👍🍻👏
Kitsap naval base is in the Pacific Northwest in Washington State. The base is located inside the Puget Sound near Seattle. As far as population goes, Seattle has a population of 700,000 people, and the entire State of Washington has a population of 7 million.
I Went thru CIAC (Career Information and Counseling) School at Norfolk. I've Made Several Port Calls and Went thru Outboard Refresher Training at San Diego, CA. I was stationed at CINCPACFLT Pearl Harbor, HI at the Start of My Career. I Ended My Career at Naval Base Kitsap. Respectfully CTO1 Wm "Chip" Nagel USN(R)
Naval Station Kitsap is in Kitsap County (AKA province where you are probably) of Washington State. The USS Kitty Hawk, a historic carrier, left the area to the Corpus Christi shipyard to be decommissioned a few months ago.
My brother was on the Kitty Hawk in the late 70s. My father and I had plans to go on a "Tiger Cruise" where we would of met the ship at Pearl Harbor after its westpack tour and sailed back to home port San Diego at the time. While the ship was homebound it was diverted to the Persian Gulf to assist in the Iranian hostage crisis. The Tiger Cruise was cancelled as it sailed direct back to San Diego after relieved. As a 10 year old I was quite disappointed.
I live about twenty miles from NAS Corpus / CCAD. It’s the largest rotary wing (ie helicopter and associated) repair facility in the world. I’ve been on base many times. They have airshows every year, including blue angels, and in highschool when I was in jrotc (closest nz equivalent would be the sea cadets), and for a few of our competitions they were hosted on base. I been there at least 30+ times. Neat base 🚁 🇺🇸 😎
I was stationed at the naval base in Mayport, Florida aboard the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. To me the hot weather were not conducive to a native New Yorker like myself and the water had a sulfurous taste to me. I always felt better when we at sea!
Kitsap is in Washington State. Was on 3 different ships in San Diego. NAS Corpus Christi, Is Corpus Cristi Texas, I retired there. Mayport is in Florida. The one in Forth Worth Texas, use to be Carswell AFB. North Island is just across the bay from San Diego. I was on a Carrier there.
And I’ve been on NAS Pensacola, in Florida, north western Florida, for my A school, the early, first major one for your MOS. And Naval base San Diego, after second phase of USMC recruit training, finished second phase and going up the reaper, though I was coughing up blood and other gross stuff, courtesy of pneumonia that shoulda killed me, after getting an URI, I have permanent lung damage as a result of bad car accident my senior year in Highschool, when I was 17. Anyways, I was already in the DEP, signed up the day I turned 17, I had a year wait from the accident date, my right lung collapsed on impact, left lung punctured and collapsing from one of my broken ribs, was like that for over 30 minutes until enough ambulances showed up and took me last. Made the first two take my buddy, who was driving. And the truck we hit, he ended up fine, who we hit, but he was old, like mid 80’s, but in a new truck, in 04. Wasn’t our fault, the left front A arm snapped in a right hand turn, so we stopped turning, right into the other lane, and ate a pickup at 65 mph. That’s why pneumonia can kill me, back then, until now, at 35. But still got into The Corps and passed everything. Anyways, going up the reaper, coughing up ungood things, my senior drill instructor was freaking out some…cause of a recruit dies, he’s career is over. So we got to the top, talked with him, convinced him to let me finish the march, as soon as the speeches were over, he had others grab my gear, and took me to medical, at Edson range, I had a whopping 43%. Blood oxygen content, haha. As soon as we got back to MCRD San Diego, he drove me to Naval base San Diego medical. So that’s why I went there, was still at 43% blood oxygen, as it was only a couple days. Told me I should be dead, and my lungs recollaspsing as the cause, mostly full of liquid. And tried to give me a medical discharge, the balls on them. I finished second phase coughing up blood and liquid, and they asked if I wanted out? Lol. I politely refused, and said I would never give up, as I was coughing up blood, and kept going. The doc, and actual doctor and navy captain, asked if I was sure, told him yes sir. So gave me antibiotics and follow ups on MCRD, graduates in time and only fought pneumonia off and on for the next year, lol. Through ITB, that was fun too. And no light duty during ITB, they put me on light duty for most of 3 phase, but you don’t really do much real physically then, just easy stuff, you’ve already done a bunch to get there.
Kinda surprised Naval Air Station Oceana wasn't on this list. Sits on 6,820 acres including N.A.S. Oceana Dam Neck Annex, and Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (a practice carrier landing field), with an additional 3,680 acres occupied by obstruction clearances and flight easements. It's also one of three Master Jet Bases in the U.S. Navy
The 3rd largest airforce is the retired jets sitting in the desert for refit or resell at Davis-Monthan Air Force Boneyard near Tucson. I'd count this as an airforce because many of the aircraft here are newer than what's In Active use with other countries.
I was stationed on a ship at Naval Station Norfolk. Yeah there are two sides there. The 'Wet side' where all the ships are and the 'Dry Side' where all the planes are. And both sides are MASSIVE. You can get lost there.
Courtney, don't sweat the Navy/Naval conundrum. If there's a seriously preferred term, it's probably used by service personnel. I believe the narrator specified support personnel as the deciding factor. If you want to figure up the acres/sq. km. difference, there are 640 acres to a sq. mi., which as you may know, is multiplied by 2.589 for sq. km. Fun joke: have you ever seen San Diego spelled Sandy Eggo? The Kitsap Pen., we later found, is in Puget Sound, which would put it in the neighborhood of Seattle/Tacoma. Ft. Wort was a typo for Ft. Worth, which you probably already realize is the twin city of Dallas. I found Coronado to be in the San Diego area. I just learned Patuxent River Base is near the southwestern corner of Chesapeake (CHESS-uh-peek) Bay in Maryland (MARE-uh-lund, rather than MERRY-land).
Hey Cortney thought I'd bring you up to speed on this list. Norfolk Naval Base is in SE Virginia and I grew up in that area. Area hosts over 15 plus commands of all branches of the military to include the NASA Langley research center. Pearl Harbor Hickam is the consolidation of NS Pearl and Hickam AFB. NAS Jacksonville is another big one in FL. Also keep in mind that NS Mayport is nearby! NB San Diego is another one that is bigger than it looks....Keep in mind NB Coranado is also nearby and think SEAL Training! NB Kitsap is in Washington state and combines NS Bremerton and NS Bangor into one command. Think boomer subs! The rest are pretty self explanatory. Let me know if you have further querries. Peace!
So you know Naval Station Kitsap, is across the Puget Sound from Seattle Washington. Mayport was in Florida. I have been to most of the ports and stationed in Norfolk and Kitsap. Oh Coronado is across the bay from San Diego.
Courtney, I'm always really impressed and grateful on how interested you are with the US Military, and I know why, but as you might know, or perhaps not, the US Military gets a bad rap by a lot of people both foreign and domestic, for different reasons. Foreigners sometimes look at it as an oppressive e force that attempts to control or subdue certain types of populations around the globe, and while that's true in some cases, it's usually for a very good reason. It's usually for suppressing radical elements in particular cultures, or Rogue states that are typically lead by dictators that want to spread wad their influence over other freedom loving people. But for some of the domestic critiques, it revolves around what they call the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). I'm sure you've probably heard the term before. But it's essentially a conglomerate of all the Defense Contractors that build and develop all of the weapon systems we have that get paid thru nonstop lobbying of Congress to handover more tax payer money. But I can't overly criticize them on that too much, because those criticizing the MIC seem to have the feeling that there's no evil in this world, and therefore don't need all this expensive equipment. Well, as we're seeing thus very year with the War in Ukraine, and a possible Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, having a large and strong military is almost a must. The problem though now is that the brass in charge of the military is WOKE. They are pushing LGBTQ shit instead of ideas on how to kill and destroy the enemy. And because of that, and Covid vaccine mandates, they are having problems recruiting. Which seems to always happen with Democrat Adminstrations, as they don't have a clue as to what the military is for. Hopefully when a GOP individual becomes President, we can get this turned around and restore the military to what should be.
Ive been stationed in Norfolk and San Diego. Been to all of them but the ones in TX. PH is beautiful and so is Coronado. Believer it or not, that Great Lakes has quite a bit of recreation stuff that many dont know about. You have to be stationed there to really see whats going on. I never was but im from that area.
I been to Great Lakes which is North of Chicago. Norfolk Naval base. Ft Eustus, VA. Army base. And Scott AFB, IL. Plus Melvin Price Army Depot in Granite City , IL.
My grandfather was at pear l harbor and decades later my marine Corp cousin waz there before retiring. I live in Washington State about 45 mins from JBL otherwise known as Fort Lewis locally. MANY family members was stationed here over the yrs. My dad waz stationed at Norfolk when he wasn't deployed. My uncle was in San Diego base and later inland to McConnell. You'll find most Americans will have soldiers somewhere in their families.
I live 10mn away from NAS Jacksonville. The planes and helicopters fly over my all day long. Mayport is also in Jacksonville. We see lots of planes and helicopters fly all over Jacksonville.
Norfolk is huge. live in Virginia and been near there you can see the ships and planes . at Virginia Beach you can see the jets and hear the sonic boom when they reach the speed of sound..pretty cool.
Mark 1:25. Howdy, Courtney! 🤠. (Ahem.) Huh? I pronounced it as, "folk", with that prefix up front rhyming with, "ore"! He made it sound like, "f*ck"! 😁
You said you've been to Jacksonville Florida? Mayport is basically at the mouth of the St. Johns river, that leads into Jacksonville. It's about 26 miles maybe from Mayport to downtown Jacksonville. South of Mayport is the beaches of Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach. Maybe was and still is a fishing village, and the Navy base is right there around that. It's on the south side of the mouth of the river. When I was in the Navy was stationed at three bases, Mare Island in California. It's about 45 mins north east of San Francisco. That was at a training command, CSTSC (Combat Systems Technical Schools Command). My ship was stationed at Charles Navy base, back when it was still around, that's in Charleston South Carolina, and I've been to Norfolk for a school when my ship was in the yards having some work done. I wasn't really stationed there, that was just temporary duty while I was at school.
Just to blow your mind a little more Courtney - This video only mentioned 1 Naval Air Station on the West Coast - NAS North Island - as part of Naval Base Coronado. Most of the US Navy's "Pacific" Air Wing is stationed at places that did not get mentioned.
@@BitwiseMobile Yes indeed, but since he seemed to be leaving the Marine Corps out of the equation, I didn't really go there. But yeah... just on the west coast, big USMC facilities abound. (Something that I am familiar with on a personal level)
I lived in Norfolk for a long time that Naval Base is gigantic then you have Newport News Shipbuilding unbelievable and in Virginia Beach you have the Air Force Base on Princess Anne Road
Hey Courtney. I work for a National moving company that relocates military familys. I was just at Kitsap located in Washington (state). It is by Seattle/Tacoma. You could do a whole video on the Military bases in the Seattle area. Love the videos keep it up. I m off to Pensacola.
As number of active aircraft are concerned (2021 numbers), the US has the first, second, fourth and seventh largest military air forces in the world. This includes the Air Force (5,217 aircraft), US Army Aviation (4,409 aircraft including UAVs), US Navy (2,623 aircraft) and US Marines (1,157 aircraft).
The US Navy is the reason why seaborne trade has been as safe and free as it has been since the end of WW2. This is the underpinning of the quality of life for most of the world. Without us you wouldn't have most of the products you have and if you did manage to get them, they would cost you many times what they do now. I've been to all of these bases or at least what they were before they got combined. I live in Saint Marys, GA which has Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. It is the east coast equivalent to the submarine part of NB Kitsap. I am less than an hour away from NAS Jacksonville and NB Mayport.
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I went to college in Norfolk. Had no prior knowledge of the city being an international student and I clearly remember when I first got there walking through the airport and seeing sailors walking through and thinking “wait a minute, what is going on here for there to be so many of them”. I also remember when the Gulf War started, sitting in class with many people missing all of a sudden. Norfolk’s economy depends heavily on the Navy’s presence. Enjoyed my college years there immensely. I gained an appreciation for what they and their families go through to protect us.
When I flew into Philedelphia I landed alongside USS Independence. I got to go aboard THE Enterprise years later.
@KR Hi, I grew up right opposite the base (Literally). I grew up in downtown Portsmouth. The entire Hampton Roads Region is Military. All the branches of the military either have their own base or is joint used. I believe all of them today are joint in one capacity or another. The East Coast Headquarters for The US Coast Guard is directly across the harbor from The Norfolk Naval Base. The population of the area is 50 times greater today than when I was growing up there. My Mother and Brothers still live in Portsmouth. I live in Jacksonville, North Carolina (for the past 13 years) home to Marine Corps Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River. I'm not military myself just happens I end up close to a base of some sort lol. Back in the day, when a aircraft carrier went on deployment (along with the strike package) you would see a major drop in the traffic. Not so today. My younger brother works for Fed Ex as a delivery driver. His route has him going to Hampton, Norfolk and Virginia Beach mostly. He said "its a nightmare".
I too went to college in Norfolk (downtown). Tidewater Community College. Finished there and was slated to go to ODU, but returned to roofing.
But, the entire area is military. You would be surprised by how much and by what you can't see.
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In the Pearl Harbor clip, you can see the memorial of the USS Arizona in the background. She was sunk in the Japanese attack, and is a tomb for the sailors killed onboard. Believe it or not, the Arizona is still leaving an oil slick to this day
oh wow!🙏🏼
Yep. USS Missouri, the battleship where Japan signed their surrender, is moored behind the Arizona with her guns raised as a salute. So right there in Pearl Harbor is the ship where the Pacific War started and also the ship where the Pacific War ended.
@@CourtneyCoulston on the other side of the harbor is the capsized wreck of the USS Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma was damaged beyond repair and cannibalized for salvage parts for other ships. Following WW II it was refloated and sold to a salvage company which attempted towing it back to the U.S. it made it about 500 miles and the sank. There is a crew memorial on Ford Island but the ship isn’t anywhere near Pearl.
@@billveitch2100 then what’s the wreck site inaccessible to the public?
Naval Base Kitsap is in Washington state. Naval Station Mayport is in Jacksonville, Florida. Naval Base Coronado is in Coronado, California
It is annoying how inconsistent the narrator was with regards to base locations -- some VERY clear -- others not so much.
And Coronado is in/ attached to San Diego harbor.
@@enticingFicus... across San Diego Bay from NBSD. 👍
I was stationed at Norfolk and Pearl Harbor. Kitsap is in Washington state, near Seattle. Mayport is Florida. Coronado is California. PAX river is Maryland.
As a submariner who was stationed in kitsap county in Bangor side it’s in Washington state when we brought our boat to Bremerton for a refueling process I learned first hand just how large it was from where we were docked it took about twenty minutes to walk from the boat to the designated boater parking lot and if the base had a carrier on it good luck getting parked
I love seeing the 4-5 mothballed CVs just hanging out. They are massive
@@googleblockedme5543 I hated them just because they made the commute harder but just walking past and seeing the Nimitz yeah that was cool soo freaking huge compared to the boomer I was on
I'm a proud Navy veteran. My ships pulled into Norfolk on a few occasions and it is a massive base. My second ship was home ported in Mayport which is close to Jacksonville, Fl. Please keep up the great reactions to our military.
I've been to the base at Norfolk for business and pleasure. I had no idea it was the world's largest. It does have some amazing ships there. They are constantly upgrading ships there so you see all types of ships. Pretty amazing place.
You're not wrong about aircraft carriers being cities: though pilots just call them boats, they basically were given they sustain 5,000 people for sometime years at a time.
I was stationed at 32nd St Naval Station San Diego from 1984-89 on USS Cape Cod AD 43 1984-86 and USS Kinkaid DD 965 1987-89 and Norfolk Naval Station from 2000-03 on USS Wasp LHD 1 2000-03. Norfolk also encompasses Little Creek Amphibious Base. I was stationed on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41 1993-96. I held my first re-enlistment ceremony on USS Arizona Memorial in 1986.
When you think of all the commands and bases in San Diego, it is basically a Navy City. Same for Norfolk Va. I was in the Navy for 6 years as a aviation corpsman. I have been to all the bases listed except for PAX River and Kitsap.
My wife used to be stationed at both Bangor and PSNS.
Courtney, Kitsap County is a 50 minute ferry ride, almost due west, from Seattle
You should check out the history of the US battleship USS Missouri. It's a symbolic ship for the US as it's the place the Japanese signed the surrender in WW2 and served well past WW2 also. It's probably the most well known ship of the US navy. There's a great video called: Naval Legends: USS Missouri that goes into detail about the ship.
My brother served on USS Missouri during the first Gulf War.
@Battleship New Jersey would like to have a word with you XD
@@TheGoddamnBacon I know USS New Jersey is the most decorated US Navy ship and was the only Iowa-Class ship to serve in Vietnam, but she wasn't the ending place of WW2 nor did she serve in the Gulf War. Still, I like all Iowa-Class Battleships a lot.
I kinda like the U.S.S. Missouri. Because I geass because I am from Missouri. But I do like all of the Iowa class battleships. They are all great looking Battleships.
My brother was stationed at nsn or naval station Norfolk I went there for a class once and the worst part about it is the morning commute if you don’t leave super early expect at least an hour of traffic on base
Washington DC is where the NCIS is HQ in but they often go to Norfolk for various cases. The Pearl Harbor base is where the entire pacific fleet is stationed and it often involves the entire Hawaiian island both civilian and military as they share the islands so the military must talk to the governor and the city council to approve construction projects or various other things. It’s a thing they do. The Tampa base is near where I am and it is a submarine base with a marine base in Miami and an Air Force base near Orlando, army is north Florida. The point is we are covered.
The entire Pacific Fleet is not stationed at Pearl Harbor. In fact, the vast majority of the Pacific Fleet's surface vessels are stationed at Naval Base San Diego.
4:24 my Dad was in the US Navy in WW2. He told me he trained, in 1943, as a Corpsman and at landingcraft school at the San Diego Destroyer Repair Base. When he returned 2 1/2 years and 13 battles later in 1945, it was called the US Naval Repair Base. He didn't recognize it, it had grown so big. He was stationed at the San Diego Navy Hospital as Chief Master at Arms with 27 Corpsman working for him.
Hi Courtney, thanks for another great military reaction. I've never been there, but my uncle was stationed at #1, Naval Station Norfolk.
The night before he went to basic training, my Grandma was showing him how to sew buttons. I guess she figured that would come in handy.
I've been to both Norfolk & San Diego when I was in the Marines. Norfolk was incredible 😲
I’ve been to Norfolk a few times, but last time was like 25 years ago when I was a teenager. My aunt (mom’s sister) was stationed there, and both of my parents were in the Army, so I’ve been to lots of Army bases. I worked for the military as as a civilian from 2009 to 2019, on two huge bases (both covering areas bigger than many cities) It’s a challenge to get around on a military base bc you can’t use google maps or anything like that- they don’t work on the base. You can ask personnel at the gate for directions and a simple map but it’s still so confusing and I got lost many times 😭 whenever I had to go to a different part of the base for training or medical things (and they had me do these things just about every other week)
I live across the street from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, VA, just a few miles from Norfolk Naval Base. Alot of people moving here complain about the jet noise, but it is part of living here. We call it the sound of freedom. I won't worry about the noise until I DON'T hear it. In my opinion, that would mean we are at war somewhere in the world.
640 acres = 1 sq. mile ~= 2.59 sq. kilometers ~= 259 hectares
Naval Base Kitsap is about 30 miles (50 km) west of Seattle, across the Puget Sound.
Naval Base Coronado is less than 10 miles (16 km) west of Naval Base San Diego. Navy SEAL training takes place at Coronado.
NAS Patuxent River is around 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Washington, DC, in Maryland.
Was stationed in Norfolk when I was in the service and it really is utterly massive...remember once having five carriers in port around the holidays, you would be better off taking a cab to your ship because there was ZERO parking on the waterfront!
When in the Navy, over 40 years ago, was stationed in San Diego, Cal., Norfolk, VA and Charleston, SC, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, and visited Jacksonville. Kitasap is in Maine. Went to Basic training in Corpus Christi, TX in 1964, between Junior and Senior year of high school.
Naval Base Kitsap is in Silverdale, Washington state.
That's cool you made it to Jacksonville Fl. The closest I've been to New Zealand is Guam. I worked for an American auditor service that went to American military bases to count the commissaries. I've been to around 60 bases in other countries.
I was in the USAF from 01-07 and spent a little bit of time at Norfolk as part of a support mission. To say that place is massive is an understatement. I probably only saw about half of it in the time that I was there.
My ship, the USS Yellowstone AD-27 was stationed at NS Mayport, '69-'70. She was Destroyer Tender, we repaired problems on surface ships. I worked in the Electroncis Shop
The orange & white propeller planes in Corpus Christie are training aircraft.
Mayport is in Florida.
Coronado is in southern California.
Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is in Maryland.
The airplanes at 5:50 are T-44C Pegasus, NAS Corpus Christi is a training facility.
I used to live near NAS Corpus Christi. We used to shop for groceries there, both of my grandfathers were in the service for quite a few years.
One time in 4th grade we had two Blackhawk helicopters hover over the playground and wave at us. It was really awesome and one of the moments that solidified my love of aviation.
There's also an aircraft carrier museum, The USS Lexington 'The Blue Ghost'. I've visited many, many times. If you ever have the chance to make it state side you should definitely add some US Floating Museums to the bucket list!
Pax River is in some beautiful scenery. It is out away from most cities. Lexington Park has grown up from the base being there but you have to drive an hour to get to Washington DC or an hour and a half to get to Annapolis Maryland. Pax is the home to the Navy Test Pilot School as well.
Yes Norfolk has the largest naval base in the world but within a 25 mile radius there are several other military installations. The Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, army’s fort Eustis, Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Dam Neck naval base (the home of seal team six), the marine amphibious base at Little Creek, the Portsmouth Coast Guard station, and in Virginia Beach the Oceana Master Jet Base hosts all the naval aviation squadrons while their carriers are in port. I live 5 miles south of Oceana in Virginia Beach. Lots of F-18’s overhead.
Fun fact, the tradition of lining the perimeter of the ship with sailors/crew when entering port goes back hundreds of years to the era of tall masted ships with multiple gun decks. In order to prove that the ship was entering port in peace the entire compliment of crew were ordered to stand aside the railing to show that the guns were not being manned and ready for action.
There is a great deal of naval facilities near Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Little Creek amphibious base, Naval Air Station, and others.
Operations Specialist A School used to be at Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic Dam Neck for several years. I was a trainee and an instructor there.
@@RetiredSailor60 I left out Dam Neck and Oceana.
We learned a valuable lesson December 7, 1941. We had most of our fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor. After that attack they decided we had to spread out.
I worked in the Norfolk base a couple months ago and it’s legit, a city. And the fleet lined up is unbelievable.
My sister lives in San Diego when I visit I can see the Destroyers parked on the docks. Theres some old decommissioned warships there too that serve as museums :)
what the us military has in terms of assets is absolutely insane.
It would curl your hair if you knew what we really had..lol
@@johnmagill3072 what we know we have is insane and what we don’t know we have would be mind blowing
I remember seeing that if you add up the land for bases and other facilities the DoD controls, it is about the same as Pennsylvania.
I was stationed in Naval Station Norfolk and Jacksonville on the USS Iwo Jima. You've never seen traffic like what existed around 5 in the morning at the Norfolk base, it was crazy. Thanks for the great reaction video!
I live in Encinitas, CA, so I am real close to the naval base in San Diego. They offer tours, which I’d really suggest taking if you’re in the area. The retired USS Midway can always be visited, too. Across the Midway are stationed two aircraft carriers. That area is cordoned off, but it’s really something seeing how big they are.
Naval Base Kitsap is located in Bremerton, Washington about an hours drive from Seattle. Naval Base Coronado is located right across the bridge from San Diego.
NS Kitsap is on the west side of Puget Sound from Seattle (I worked there for 1 1/2 years as a contractor).
I also worked at Naval Station Everett (north of Seattle)
I was assigned to NAS Keflavik (Iceland) As an AF Security Police/Forces
I was stationed on USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN69 1986-1990. The parking areas around Piers 10-12 of Norfolk NB was unpaved when I first arrived. IIRC It was paved while Ike was on Deployment in Summer 1988.
Coronado is also near San Diego, and is home of Navy SEAL School.
@Courtney Have you ever seen videos about the Mach Loop or Skywalker Canyon? They are two areas where camera crews can get high enough up that the military jets are below them and super close up. The shots they get are really spectacular even though the pilots aren't doing anything but their general training flights. Your bf may like the Skywalker Canyon flights as they are usually USN or USMC aviators. Thanks for your videos.
hi joseph! wow i dont think i have, sounds wild. i think someone has mentioned this to me before actually on second though but i dont think i ever looked into it.
Was stationed at NS Norfolk and NAS Paxutant River. I live near NAS Patuxant River now and just this morning saw two Hornets fly overhead.
If curious. All of those Naval Bases are , just the Navy. I Seattle area, North is Bangor. Widbey Island NAS. Ft Lewis army base, Mccord AFB. Everett Naval base. Coast guard. Bangor has the decommissioned ships in storage. Seattle/Everett has Boeing. That list is just Navy...All the other bases are the same way. Additionally there is a number of Solo Airforce bases throughout the US , and Army/marine bases. All the states also have their National Guard bases. In the small states They might share Facilities. The regular service branches also have reserves. Thats just continental US. Take a look at overseas bases. Thats what amazes me .
Kitsap is in the state of Washington, on the Pacific coast and Puget Sound. Corpus Christie, Texas and Pensacola, Florida are primarily training centers for Naval aviators. Mayport is on Florida's Atlantic coast, near Jacksonville. NAS Patuxent River is in the Southern part of the state of Maryland, not far from Washington, DC.
I spent my first and last week on active duty at NAS Jacksonville. My ship was home ported at Mayport. I also spent time on a ship at Norfolk while in the reserves.
Naval base kitsap is in Washington state. I was stationed there, as well as Naval base Everett also in Washington state. I've also been to pearl harbor which is beautiful. We use to make our stop in Coronado San Diego before heading out for deployment.. I missed those bases, good times.
Between 9 years on active duty in the Navy, and 25 years as a US Merchant Seaman, I have been to all of these bases -
except Fort Worth and Patuxent River
I grew up not far from San Diego... the thing about the order that this video lists the bases makes
it hard to realize just how many Navy and Marine Commands are very nearly within view of each other -
Naval Base Coronado (NAS North Island) is the Homeport for the Aircraft Carriers in the area (docked directly across from downtown),
much of the rest of the included commands (which include the US Navy SEAL training base) ring San Diego Bay -
but a few are out in the desert, generally east of San Diego, and then of course, San Clemente Island which is miles offshore.
The Submarine base is at the mouth of the harbor.
Also not mentioned, is the Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Directly bordering the downtown Airport;
or the Naval Hospital, or MCAS Miramar... the list goes on.
If you visit San Diego... you will note the presence of the Navy.
Naval Base Kitsap: Bremerton Washington is directly west of Seattle, Washington
It includes Bremerton Naval Shipyard (a lot of history there) with the attached Naval Base;
The nearby Naval Hospital; Naval Submarine Base Bangor is less than 10 miles north of Bremerton:
and last but not least the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport - which is near to Bangor, is another part of Naval Base Kitsap.
I currently live in Bremerton, not far from the base.
Naval Base Coronado is just across the San Diego Bay from Naval Base San Diego. They are close enough to each other that you can actually stand at one and see the other. You can also look Northwest across the bay and see yet another submarine base in Point Loma and to the Northeast you can see San Diego International Airport with the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (Marine west coast boot camp) right next to it. If you were to combine these it places San Diego right up at the top of the list with Norfolk.
🇺🇸 Hi Courtney, I grew up in (and from) Portsmouth, Virginia on Scott's Creek. If it was'nt for the Midtown Tunnel and the shipping terminal, you could go to the end of my pier and clearly see The Norfolk Naval Base. I was very close to it. I can't tell you how many times I pasted the base in the harbor to go out in the bay to fish. The base is located at Swells Point which is also the mouth of the Norfolk Harbor. It is also directly across the harbor from the East Coast Headquarters of the Coast Guard. Side note- very close to this location is where the CSS Merrimack was scuttled (on the Portsmouth side of the harbor) after the Civil War. Fitting since Portsmouth is where The Merrimack was built (refitted really) into an Ironclad. There's alot of history just on that subject alone. You may want to check out the fight between The Ironclads (which happened not far from the base) The Merrimack Vs The Monitor. It was kind of funny. It ended in a stalemate. The Cannon Balls both vessels fired at one another simply bounced off each other 🤣. I'm not Military, but I know the Base very well between my mom dating naval officers and being welcomed aboard many different vessels, I'm a former Commercial Flat Roofing Foreman and performed many different job/locations on base to special ceremonies on base. Yes its very large. You can sometimes get a really good idea when flying into Norfolk International Airport. I love that they brought up Norfolk first than last. I already knew it was the largest.
Awesome video! 😎👍🍻👏
Kitsap naval base is in the Pacific Northwest in Washington State. The base is located inside the Puget Sound near Seattle. As far as population goes, Seattle has a population of 700,000 people, and the entire State of Washington has a population of 7 million.
I Went thru CIAC (Career Information and Counseling) School at Norfolk. I've Made Several Port Calls and Went thru Outboard Refresher Training at San Diego, CA. I was stationed at CINCPACFLT Pearl Harbor, HI at the Start of My Career. I Ended My Career at Naval Base Kitsap. Respectfully CTO1 Wm "Chip" Nagel USN(R)
Naval Station Kitsap is in Kitsap County (AKA province where you are probably) of Washington State. The USS Kitty Hawk, a historic carrier, left the area to the Corpus Christi shipyard to be decommissioned a few months ago.
My brother was on the Kitty Hawk in the late 70s. My father and I had plans to go on a "Tiger Cruise" where we would of met the ship at Pearl Harbor after its westpack tour and sailed back to home port San Diego at the time. While the ship was homebound it was diverted to the Persian Gulf to assist in the Iranian hostage crisis. The Tiger Cruise was cancelled as it sailed direct back to San Diego after relieved. As a 10 year old I was quite disappointed.
I live about twenty miles from NAS Corpus / CCAD. It’s the largest rotary wing (ie helicopter and associated) repair facility in the world. I’ve been on base many times. They have airshows every year, including blue angels, and in highschool when I was in jrotc (closest nz equivalent would be the sea cadets), and for a few of our competitions they were hosted on base. I been there at least 30+ times. Neat base 🚁 🇺🇸 😎
I was stationed at the naval base in Mayport, Florida aboard the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. To me the hot weather were not conducive to a native New Yorker like myself and the water had a sulfurous taste to me. I always felt better when we at sea!
Kitsap is in Washington State. Was on 3 different ships in San Diego. NAS Corpus Christi, Is Corpus Cristi Texas, I retired there. Mayport is in Florida. The one in Forth Worth Texas, use to be Carswell AFB. North Island is just across the bay from San Diego. I was on a Carrier there.
And I’ve been on NAS Pensacola, in Florida, north western Florida, for my A school, the early, first major one for your MOS. And Naval base San Diego, after second phase of USMC recruit training, finished second phase and going up the reaper, though I was coughing up blood and other gross stuff, courtesy of pneumonia that shoulda killed me, after getting an URI, I have permanent lung damage as a result of bad car accident my senior year in Highschool, when I was 17. Anyways, I was already in the DEP, signed up the day I turned 17, I had a year wait from the accident date, my right lung collapsed on impact, left lung punctured and collapsing from one of my broken ribs, was like that for over 30 minutes until enough ambulances showed up and took me last. Made the first two take my buddy, who was driving. And the truck we hit, he ended up fine, who we hit, but he was old, like mid 80’s, but in a new truck, in 04. Wasn’t our fault, the left front A arm snapped in a right hand turn, so we stopped turning, right into the other lane, and ate a pickup at 65 mph. That’s why pneumonia can kill me, back then, until now, at 35. But still got into The Corps and passed everything. Anyways, going up the reaper, coughing up ungood things, my senior drill instructor was freaking out some…cause of a recruit dies, he’s career is over. So we got to the top, talked with him, convinced him to let me finish the march, as soon as the speeches were over, he had others grab my gear, and took me to medical, at Edson range, I had a whopping 43%. Blood oxygen content, haha. As soon as we got back to MCRD San Diego, he drove me to Naval base San Diego medical. So that’s why I went there, was still at 43% blood oxygen, as it was only a couple days. Told me I should be dead, and my lungs recollaspsing as the cause, mostly full of liquid. And tried to give me a medical discharge, the balls on them. I finished second phase coughing up blood and liquid, and they asked if I wanted out? Lol. I politely refused, and said I would never give up, as I was coughing up blood, and kept going. The doc, and actual doctor and navy captain, asked if I was sure, told him yes sir. So gave me antibiotics and follow ups on MCRD, graduates in time and only fought pneumonia off and on for the next year, lol. Through ITB, that was fun too. And no light duty during ITB, they put me on light duty for most of 3 phase, but you don’t really do much real physically then, just easy stuff, you’ve already done a bunch to get there.
Kinda surprised Naval Air Station Oceana wasn't on this list. Sits on 6,820 acres including N.A.S. Oceana Dam Neck Annex, and Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (a practice carrier landing field), with an additional 3,680 acres occupied by obstruction clearances and flight easements. It's also one of three Master Jet Bases in the U.S. Navy
The 3rd largest airforce is the retired jets sitting in the desert for refit or resell at Davis-Monthan Air Force Boneyard near Tucson.
I'd count this as an airforce because many of the aircraft here are newer than what's In Active use with other countries.
I was stationed on a ship at Naval Station Norfolk. Yeah there are two sides there. The 'Wet side' where all the ships are and the 'Dry Side' where all the planes are. And both sides are MASSIVE. You can get lost there.
Courtney, don't sweat the Navy/Naval conundrum. If there's a seriously preferred term, it's probably used by service personnel.
I believe the narrator specified support personnel as the deciding factor.
If you want to figure up the acres/sq. km. difference, there are 640 acres to a sq. mi., which as you may know, is multiplied by 2.589 for sq. km.
Fun joke: have you ever seen San Diego spelled Sandy Eggo?
The Kitsap Pen., we later found, is in Puget Sound, which would put it in the neighborhood of Seattle/Tacoma.
Ft. Wort was a typo for Ft. Worth, which you probably already realize is the twin city of Dallas.
I found Coronado to be in the San Diego area.
I just learned Patuxent River Base is near the southwestern corner of Chesapeake (CHESS-uh-peek) Bay in Maryland (MARE-uh-lund, rather than MERRY-land).
Hey Cortney thought I'd bring you up to speed on this list. Norfolk Naval Base is in SE Virginia and I grew up in that area. Area hosts over 15 plus commands of all branches of the military to include the NASA Langley research center. Pearl Harbor Hickam is the consolidation of NS Pearl and Hickam AFB. NAS Jacksonville is another big one in FL. Also keep in mind that NS Mayport is nearby! NB San Diego is another one that is bigger than it looks....Keep in mind NB Coranado is also nearby and think SEAL Training! NB Kitsap is in Washington state and combines NS Bremerton and NS Bangor into one command. Think boomer subs! The rest are pretty self explanatory. Let me know if you have further querries. Peace!
So you know Naval Station Kitsap, is across the Puget Sound from Seattle Washington. Mayport was in Florida. I have been to most of the ports and stationed in Norfolk and Kitsap. Oh Coronado is across the bay from San Diego.
Courtney, I'm always really impressed and grateful on how interested you are with the US Military, and I know why, but as you might know, or perhaps not, the US Military gets a bad rap by a lot of people both foreign and domestic, for different reasons. Foreigners sometimes look at it as an oppressive e force that attempts to control or subdue certain types of populations around the globe, and while that's true in some cases, it's usually for a very good reason. It's usually for suppressing radical elements in particular cultures, or Rogue states that are typically lead by dictators that want to spread wad their influence over other freedom loving people. But for some of the domestic critiques, it revolves around what they call the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). I'm sure you've probably heard the term before. But it's essentially a conglomerate of all the Defense Contractors that build and develop all of the weapon systems we have that get paid thru nonstop lobbying of Congress to handover more tax payer money. But I can't overly criticize them on that too much, because those criticizing the MIC seem to have the feeling that there's no evil in this world, and therefore don't need all this expensive equipment. Well, as we're seeing thus very year with the War in Ukraine, and a possible Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, having a large and strong military is almost a must. The problem though now is that the brass in charge of the military is WOKE. They are pushing LGBTQ shit instead of ideas on how to kill and destroy the enemy. And because of that, and Covid vaccine mandates, they are having problems recruiting. Which seems to always happen with Democrat Adminstrations, as they don't have a clue as to what the military is for. Hopefully when a GOP individual becomes President, we can get this turned around and restore the military to what should be.
Kitsap is a County in Washington state across the Puget Sound from Seattle. Bremerton is the city where the majority of the base is
Ive been stationed in Norfolk and San Diego. Been to all of them but the ones in TX. PH is beautiful and so is Coronado. Believer it or not, that Great Lakes has quite a bit of recreation stuff that many dont know about. You have to be stationed there to really see whats going on. I never was but im from that area.
I been to Great Lakes which is North of Chicago. Norfolk Naval base. Ft Eustus, VA. Army base. And Scott AFB, IL. Plus Melvin Price Army Depot in Granite City , IL.
Kitsap is on the Kitsap Peninsula across the Puget Sound west from Seattle.
My grandfather was at pear l harbor and decades later my marine Corp cousin waz there before retiring. I live in Washington State about 45 mins from JBL otherwise known as Fort Lewis locally. MANY family members was stationed here over the yrs. My dad waz stationed at Norfolk when he wasn't deployed. My uncle was in San Diego base and later inland to McConnell. You'll find most Americans will have soldiers somewhere in their families.
I've been to Norfolk many times...and the size is impressive.
Naval Station Kitsap is in Washington State.
Joint Base Fort Worth, used to be Carswell AFB.
I live 10mn away from NAS Jacksonville. The planes and helicopters fly over my all day long. Mayport is also in Jacksonville. We see lots of planes and helicopters fly all over Jacksonville.
Naval Base Coronado is also the home of BUDS/ SEAL Training School south of San Diego, California
Coronado is the Homebase for the Seals
Near San Diego
Norfolk is huge. live in Virginia and been near there you can see the ships and planes . at Virginia Beach you can see the jets and hear the sonic boom when they reach the speed of sound..pretty cool.
Naval Base Kitsap
Naval base in Bremerton, Washington State in the Pacific. It's just below Canada on the West coast.
Mark 1:25. Howdy, Courtney! 🤠. (Ahem.) Huh? I pronounced it as, "folk", with that prefix up front rhyming with, "ore"! He made it sound like, "f*ck"! 😁
You said you've been to Jacksonville Florida? Mayport is basically at the mouth of the St. Johns river, that leads into Jacksonville. It's about 26 miles maybe from Mayport to downtown Jacksonville. South of Mayport is the beaches of Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach. Maybe was and still is a fishing village, and the Navy base is right there around that. It's on the south side of the mouth of the river.
When I was in the Navy was stationed at three bases, Mare Island in California. It's about 45 mins north east of San Francisco. That was at a training command, CSTSC (Combat Systems Technical Schools Command). My ship was stationed at Charles Navy base, back when it was still around, that's in Charleston South Carolina, and I've been to Norfolk for a school when my ship was in the yards having some work done. I wasn't really stationed there, that was just temporary duty while I was at school.
Courtney - fyi Coronado is across the bay from San Diego. San Diego itself is a huge Navy/Marine Corps city.
Just to blow your mind a little more Courtney -
This video only mentioned 1 Naval Air Station on the West Coast -
NAS North Island - as part of Naval Base Coronado.
Most of the US Navy's "Pacific" Air Wing is stationed at places that did not get mentioned.
There are plenty of Marine Corps squadrons as well.
@@BitwiseMobile Yes indeed, but since he seemed to be leaving the Marine Corps out of the equation, I didn't really go there. But yeah... just on the west coast, big USMC facilities abound. (Something that I am familiar with on a personal level)
Naval Station Coronado is next to or across from San Diego Naval Base(32nd Street).
Kitsap is on Puget Sound, in Washington, near the border of Canada.
Kitsap is south of Seattle, was stationed there in 90-91
Kitsap is in Washington state north of Seattle. Coronado is by San Diego, California
I have been to NAS Jacksonville many times I lived 10 minutes from the base for 18 years
I have been to Mayport as well it’s basically at Jacksonville Beach
Kitsap is in Washington State on Puget Sound across the sound from Seattle.
I lived in Norfolk for a long time that Naval Base is gigantic then you have Newport News Shipbuilding unbelievable and in Virginia Beach you have the Air Force Base on Princess Anne Road
I once had to deliver an oversize military load to the navy station at San Diego and torpedoes to the base at Bremerton Washington
I live in Norfolk VA. Alot of celebrities are from here Most of the people live here is here for military. We have all the military branches here
Hey Courtney. I work for a National moving company that relocates military familys. I was just at Kitsap located in Washington (state). It is by Seattle/Tacoma. You could do a whole video on the Military bases in the Seattle area. Love the videos keep it up. I m off to Pensacola.
As number of active aircraft are concerned (2021 numbers), the US has the first, second, fourth and seventh largest military air forces in the world. This includes the Air Force (5,217 aircraft), US Army Aviation (4,409 aircraft including UAVs), US Navy (2,623 aircraft) and US Marines (1,157 aircraft).
Kitsap is in Wahington State. NS Mayport is in Florida . Coranado is in San Diego, California.
Being a west coast sailor iv been to Coronado, Pearl Harbor, Kitsap.
Kitsap is in Washington. My brother and his wife are both stationed there.
I live in Bremerton and kitsap is in Washington, Bangor is really cool to go too
He mentioned Puget Sound around KITSAP. That means it's around the Seattle area.
NB Kitsap is on the Puget Sound, west of Seattle in Washington state.
The US Navy is the reason why seaborne trade has been as safe and free as it has been since the end of WW2. This is the underpinning of the quality of life for most of the world. Without us you wouldn't have most of the products you have and if you did manage to get them, they would cost you many times what they do now.
I've been to all of these bases or at least what they were before they got combined. I live in Saint Marys, GA which has Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. It is the east coast equivalent to the submarine part of NB Kitsap. I am less than an hour away from NAS Jacksonville and NB Mayport.
Mayport is north of Jax Florida.. I just did a vid on my channel at a park that’s right across the water from it…
Kitsap- Is near Seattle, Mayport is in Florida