DCMilitary.com -- Naval District Washington

All Naval installations in the National Capital Region function under a single command structure. This was accomplished to help the Navy achieve greater efficiency, improve communication between commands and also provide local community leaders with a clear idea of who is accountable for the Navy’s local common operating support mission services.

Naval District Washington

Naval Support Activity Washington

-Washington Navy Yard

-Naval Support Facility Anacostia

-Naval Research Laboratory

-National Maritime Intelligence Center

Naval Support Activity North Potomac

-Naval Support Facility Naval Observatory

-Naval Support Facility Carderock

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY WASHINGTON

Washington Navy Yard

The Washington Navy Yard is the oldest shore facility in the U.S. Navy.

Throughout our nation’s history it has played an important part in the defense of our country and, in recognition of that fact, the National Park Service has designated it as a National Historical Landmark. Currently it is home to a variety of activities including the Regional Headquarters Naval District Washington, which functions as the coordinator for most of the Navy units in the Washington, Northern Virginia and Maryland areas.

Tenants on the Washington Navy Yard include:

Office of the Naval Inspector General

The mission of NAVINSGEN is to be ''the conscience of the Navy'' - providing sound and impartial advice to senior Naval leadership. An advocate for Quality of Service throughout the Navy, the Naval Inspector General provides assistance to organizations and individuals so that the Navy and Marine Corps can maintain the highest levels of readiness, effectiveness, discipline, efficiency, integrity and public confidence. NAVINSGEN also is charged with inquiring into and reporting on matters affecting military efficiency or discipline and conducting inspections and investigations.

For more information on the Office of the Naval Inspector General, please call (202) 433-2000. The Navy Hotline can be reached toll free at 1-800-522-3451 or (202) 433-6842.

Office of the Judge Advocate General

The mission of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG) is extensive, embracing virtually all aspects of Department of the Navy activities, and is grounded in both law and regulation.

A staff office within SECNAV, OJAG’s primary mission is to support the Judge Advocate General (JAG) in providing legal and policy advice to the Secretary of the Navy. This mission extends to all legal matters (except for Board of Contract Appeals and Board for Correction of Naval Records) not under cognizance of the General Counsel. OJAG also supports JAG in advising and assisting the Chief of Naval Operations in formulating and implementing policies and initiatives pertaining to the provision of legal services within the Navy.

Military Sealift Command

The mission of Military Sealift Command (MSC) is to provide ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war for as long as operational requirements dictate. In wartime, more than 95 percent of all the equipment and supplies needed to sustain the U.S. military are carried by sea.

MSC is one of three component commands of the United States Transportation Command, providing the sea transportation leg of the worldwide defense transportation system.

In addition to providing support for the continuing Global War on Terrorism, MSC also participates in humanitarian missions such as tsunami and hurricane relief.

When it comes to ocean transportation for the Department of Defense, MSC delivers!

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) is the Navy’s facilities engineering professionals committed to Navy and Marine Corps combat readiness. We are a global organization that is Fleet focused, innovative, a surge enabler, ever faster and committed to continuous cost reduction.

NAVFAC delivers best value facilities engineering and acquisition for the Navy and Marine Corps, Unified Commanders and Department of Defense agencies through our six business lines: capital improvements; environmental; real estate; public works; base development; and contingency engineering. Their annual volume of business is in excess of $7.6 billion. In addition, NAVFAC provides program management for all aspects of the Naval Construction Force, the Seabees and equipment⁄ materiel management for the Naval Beach Group and other Naval Special Operating Units.

NAVFAC Headquarters and Component Commands

NAVFAC Headquarters is located on Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. NAVFAC’s component commands (Engineering Field Divisions, Engineering Field Activities, Officers in Charge of Construction, and Public Works Centers) are completing a major consolidation into Facilities Engineering Commands that report to two NAVFAC Commands, NAVFAC Atlantic in Norfolk, Va., and NAVFAC Pacific in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

NAVFAC Specialty Centers

The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center provides specialized engineering, scientific and technical products and services on a worldwide basis.

The Expeditionary Logistics Center provides a structured approach to global management of Naval Construction Force assets and focuses on improving warfighting readiness.

The Navy Crane Center leads the Navy shore-based crane program through engineering, procurement, technical direction and evaluation.

The Naval Facilities Institute provides administrative and support services to NAVFAC component commands.

Naval Historical Center

The Naval Historical Center is the official history program of the Department of the Navy. Its lineage dates back to 1800, with the founding of the Navy Department Library by President John Adams. The Center now includes a museum, art gallery, research library, archives and curator as will as research and writing programs. The Mission of the Naval Historical Center is to enhance the Navy’s effectiveness by preserving, analyzing and interpreting its hard-earned experience and history for the Navy and the American people.

The Center is organized into branches according to specialized subject areas:

*The Navy Museum: Exhibits relating to U.S. naval history. 1775 - present.

*Navy Department Library: Collections relating to naval and maritime history.

*Operational Archives: U.S. Navy records on operations, policy and strategy. 1939 - present, as well as personal papers.

*Curator Branch and Photographic Section: Naval artifacts including uniforms, armament, photographs and artworks.

*Navy Art Collection: Displays and traveling exhibitions on naval combat artists.

*Ships History Branch: Histories of individual Navy ships. 1775 - present

*Naval Aviation History: Documents and collections relating to naval aviation. 1911- present.

*Naval Aviation News magazine: Publishes professional magazine for active-duty naval aviation personnel.

*Early History: Research and writing on U.S. naval history. 1945 - present.

*Underwater Archaeology Branch: Advises on underwater archeology issues.

*Naval Historical Center Detachment Boston: The Detachment plans and performs all maintenance, repair and restoration of USS Constitution, keeping it as historically close to its 1812 configuration as possible.

Naval Sea Systems Command

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy’s five systems commands, relying on more than 36,000 civilians and Sailors, along with thousands of private industry contractors, to design, engineer, integrate, build and procure ships, shipboard weapons and shipboard combat systems.

NAVSEA’s team of engineers, naval architects, scientists, technicians, craftsmen and staff manage 109 acquisition programs through five Program Executive Offices, various headquarters operations, and 34 subordinate shore activities and 30 detachments in the United States. NAVSEA’s foreign military sales program involves 68 countries and four North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) organizations, with annual sales in the billions of dollars.

NAVSEA’s true beginning can be traced to Commodore John Barry’s 1794 appointment as superintendent in charge of overseeing the construction of a 44-gun frigate. The command’s rich history also dates back to 1842 as the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair & Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and in 1940 as the Bureau of Ships. In 1974, the command was formally established as NAVSEA and moved to the Washington Navy Yard in 2001.

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command-National Capital Region

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s (SPAWAR) mission is the delivery of FORCNet and to provide the warfighter with knowledge superiority by developing, delivering and maintaining effective, capable and integrated command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. And, while their name and organizational structure have changed several times over the years, their basic mission of helping the Navy communicate and share critical information has not. SPAWAR provides information technology and space systems for today’s Navy and Defense Department activities while planning and designing for the future.

SPAWAR’s workforce is comprised of about 7,500 military and civilian employees, of which 2,300 are on the East coast, including those in Washington, D.C., who are working to develop, deliver and maintain the C4ISR, Information Technology and Space Systems for the Navy and Defense Department’s future.

Naval Support Facility Anacostia

Naval Support Facility Anacostia is located across the river from the Washington Navy Yard and adjacent to Bolling Air Force Base in southeast Washington, D.C. It has a long history of support and was a key site in the development of naval aviation.

In 1918, this is where the Navy began to test its new seaplanes. It served the aviation community for forty years until the functions of the air station were transferred to nearby Andrews Air Force Base. NSF Anacostia currently serves as the personnel support base for Naval activities in the National Capitol Region.

Some tenant commands include:

Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC)

Construction Battalion Unit 422

D.C. National Army Guard

DOD Inspector General

Helicopter Squadron HMX-1

Marine Corps Reserve Center

Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center

Naval Media Center

Office of Chief of Information

White House Communications

Naval Research Laboratory

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development.

National Maritime Intelligence Center

The National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC) is home of the Office of Naval Intelligence and functions as a ''one-stop shopping'' site for national-level maritime intelligence.

Located at the Suitland Federal Center in Suitland, Md., NMIC supports joint operational commanders with a worldwide organization and an integrated workforce of active duty, reserve and civilian personnel. NMIC supports the Navy’s acquisition activities by providing scientific and technical analysis of naval weapons systems.

The Office of Naval Intelligence was established in 1882 to seek and report on the technological advancements of other world-class navies to ensure that our Navy would share in this maritime revolution. It began as a small group of borrowed offices from other naval staffs and has grown into a key player in war planning of today’s Navy.

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NORTH POTOMAC

Naval Support Facility Arlington

Tenants at NSF Arlington include:

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

DISA is located at 701 South Courthouse Road in Arlington, Virginia. The 30-acre complex has 13 buildings that host both DISA and Navy housing. The complex is on the southwest side of Arlington National Cemetery and is adjacent to Henderson Hall (U.S. Marine Corps) and Fort Myer (U.S. Army). It is also in the immediate vicinity of the Navy Arlington Annex (ARLEX) and the Pentagon.

The housing facilities at DISA consist of three senior enlisted quarters and one flag quarters. There are also bachelors’ quarters at adjacent Ft. Myer.

The Facility Management office for NSF Arlington is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and can be contacted at (202) 685-7287. After-hours facilities emergencies should be directed to the PWC emergency service desk at (202) 433-3101.

There are several Navy Federal Credit Union locations in the area, both full service locations and ATMs. The full service locations in Arlington are at the National Center in the Taylor Building, the Ballston Towers and at ARLEX. There is also remote ATM locations ATM locations at the Pentagon, Quarters K, Crystal City and Henderson Hall.

There are gyms located on both Ft. Myer and at ARLEX. Navy Medicine and Dental branches are both available at ARLEX. One of the best exchanges in the region is located at Henderson Hall. There is also an exchange, as well as the closest commissary at Ft. Myer.

Naval Support Facility Carderock

Tenants at NSF Carderock include:

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division

With its Headquarters located in West Bethesda, Maryland, NSWC Carderock, one of eight Divisions of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Center Enterprise, is a full-spectrum organization with its principal product area being ships and ship systems. It is the Navy’s premier activity providing in-house technical capability in surface and undersea vehicle hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) systems.

Functions include research, development, test, evaluation, design, operational support, in-service engineering, maintenance, and logistical support of naval platforms. Carderock Division employs approximately 3,400 scientists, engineers and support personnel working in more than 40 disciplines ranging from fundamental science to applied⁄in-service engineering. Carderock Division is considered the Navy’s expert for maritime technology, and is chartered by Congress to support America’s maritime industry.

Carderock Division’s unique laboratories, modeling and simulation facilities, at-sea assets, and large-scale, land-based engineering and test sites at ten locations across the country contribute to the full-spectrum nature of our mission. Navy and maritime communities have come to depend on our expertise and innovative spirit in developing advanced platforms and systems, enhancing naval performance, reducing operating costs, and addressing the Navy’s evolving mission. Carderock Division will continue to solve challenging engineering problems to meet future Fleet needs in the following areas: new hull forms, unmanned vehicles, all-electric warships, increased stealth, improved survivability, reduced manning, human systems integration, and high speed ships. Carderock Division addresses all aspects of ships and ship systems with a focus on:

Ship Integration & Design

Environmental Quality Systems

Hull Forms & Propulsors

Vulnerability & Survivability Systems

Machinery Systems & Components

Signatures & Silencing Systems Structures & Materials

Naval Support Facility Naval Observatory

The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) lies on a 72-acre tract of land on Massachusetts Avenue, in the scenic northwest area of Washington, D.C. It is located in the midst of several international embassies that line Massachusetts Avenue and is adjacent to the British Embassy.

Tenants on the installation include:

United States Naval Observatory

United States Secret Service

Naval Reserve Recruiting Command, Detachment 5

Oceanographer of the Navy

The temporary official home of the Vice-President of the United States is also located on USNO’s grounds.

The USNO performs an essential scientific role for the Navy, the Department of Defense and the nation. Its mission includes determining the positions and motions of the Earth, Sun, Moon, planets, stars and other celestial objects; providing astronomical reference data; measuring the Earth’s rotation and orientation; determining precise time and maintaining the master clock for the United States. USNO’s scientists make observations, formulate theories and conduct the relevant research necessary to carry out these mission goals. These astronomical and timing data are essential for accurate navigation and the support of secure digital communications on Earth and in space.

The USNO is home to one of the leading astronomical libraries in the world. The James M. Gilliss Library contains over 85,000 volumes. In addition to its extensive holdings of current scientific publications, the library also serves as an archive for many rare books and periodicals dating back to the 15th century. These include the works of such notables as Newton, Galileo, Kepler and Copernicus.

DOD police can be reached at (202) 762-1468.

Naval Support Facility Potomac Annex

The Potomac Annex is located at the corner of E and 23rd Streets in downtown Washington, D.C. Situated atop a hill overlooking the Potomac River in a high-profile area of the city, the sole tenant of the Potomac Annex is the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). BUMED consists of seven buildings on 13.2 acres.

BUMED has a long history dating back before 1842. It is the central administrative organization of the Medical Department. As such, it is the guardian of health for the Navy and Marine Corps. BUMED exercises direct control over naval hospitals, medical centers, dental clinics, preventive medicine units and technical schools for Medical Department personnel. In 1871, the commander of BUMED was appointed the additional title of Surgeon General.

BUMED has a fitness facility available to all military and DOD civilians. The fitness facility is open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. A swipe card is required to gain access to the facility. Additionally, there are many scenic running paths in the area.

In case of medical and fire emergencies, dial 99-911. The police can be reached at (202) 708-1111. The BUMED Quarterdeck phone number is (202) 762-3211.

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUTH POTOMAC

Naval Support Activity South Potomac (NSASP) was established as a component of Naval District Washington to provide shore installation management services for Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head, Md., NSF Dahlgren, Va., NSF Andrews AFB, Md. and NSF Fort Belvoir, Va.

Shore installation management functions under NSASP authority encompass all land, buildings and support services. As the base landlord, NSA South Potomac provides management functions for all tenant commands located on board the installations, including:

Personnel Support --Quality of Life: Morale, Welfare and Recreation and Child Care

Facility Support --Public Works

Public Safety --Physical Security, Law Enforcement, Fire Department

Environmental Protection and Waste Management

Supply --Materials management, property disposal, and warehousing.

Public Affairs

Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren

Located in King George County, Virginia, along the southern shore of the Potomac River, NSF Dahlgren is part of the gateway to the Northern Neck region of Virginia. Approximately 23 miles east of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Dahlgren is 53 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 65 miles northeast of Richmond, Virginia.

The physical characteristics of Dahlgren include 4,319 acres divided into two land areas separated by Machodoc Creek. These land areas are the northern Main Site and the southern Explosive Experimental Area, also known as Pumpkin Neck. The Main Site is used for operational and support activities, as well as military housing. The Pumpkin Neck area includes two large testing ranges, as well as some scattered buildings.

Tenants on Dahlgren include:

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)

NSWCDD’s mission is to strengthen readiness and operational superiority by providing superior technical capabilities, systems engineering rigor, integrity and leadership. As the premiere naval scientific and engineering institution, Dahlgren technology makes a difference in our military’s ability to fight, win and come home safely. Dahlgren can boast that it has ''sited'' and certified every gun barrel on every surface craft ever used by the U.S. Navy. With its 18-mile range along the shores of the Potomac River and Machodoc Creek, the Dahlgren test range looks to the future with its booming guns pushing the envelope of ordnance and weaponry for tomorrow’s Navy.

Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC)

JWAC provides effects-based precision targeting options for selected networks and nodes to the joint Staff and Unified Commands. JWAC is a premier science and engineering institution that contributes to our nation’s security by recommending strategic technical solutions. JWAC uses social and physical science techniques and engineering expertise to assist our nation’s warfighters. These recommendations are based on analytical techniques that were first conceived, developed, and operationally introduced by the personnel of a program office at NSWCDD that responded to the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s call for support during the Iranian hostage rescue efforts.

Center for Surface Combat Systems⁄Aegis Training and Readiness Center (CSCS⁄ATRC)

The mission of CSCS⁄ATRC provides Aegis Combat System training to the fleet. CSCS, and each of its 19 sites and detachments, is broadly responsible for the Navy’s surface combat systems and operations training for officers and enlisted personnel who operate and maintain the weapons, navigation and operations systems found on U. S. Navy surface vessels.

Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head

NSF Indian Head began in 1890 as a naval gun testing facility and evolved into a critical resource serving the armed forces with specialized ordnance devices and components. Indian Head occupies a 3,500-acre peninsula, bounded by the Potomac River and Mattawoman Creek, and is located in the town of Indian Head in Charles County, Md., 30 miles south of Washington, D.C.

Tenants on Indian Head include:

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHDIV)

NSWC IHDIV is a Navy energetics enterprise leader. It researches and provides energetic systems, comprised of explosives, propellants and pyrotechnic materials for global warfighters. It also researches, develops, tests and engineers a range of energetic technologies for the military.

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVEODTECDIV)

This tenant explores technology and intelligence to develop and deliver EOD-related information, tools, equipment and life-cycle support to meet the needs of joint service EOD operating forces and other customers.

Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA)

NOSSA manages all aspects of the Navy’s explosives safety program. NOSSA is responsible for providing technical policies, procedures and design criteria associated with weapons systems safety for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Its mission also includes software safety across the warfare disciplines. NOSSA also manages all programmatic policy requirements for five major explosives safety program component programs: ordnance safety and security; weapons and combat system safety; ordnance environmental support office; insensitive munitions office; and weapons and ordnance quality evaluation.

Naval Sea Logistics Center, Detachment Atlantic (SEALOG)

SEALOG is charged with providing superior, cost-effective and innovative logistics, engineering, information technology and quality assurance solutions that meet the life-cycle requirements of the current and future Navy.

Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)

JITC is one of the key organizational elements of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and serves as DISA’s developmental and operational test organization. JITC is also the authority that certifies that DOD information technology and national security systems meet interoperability requirements.

USMC Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)

CBIRF is one of America’s national assets in the war on terror. It fulfills the mission of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive consequence management in addressing the growing chemical⁄biological terrorist threat.

Naval Support Facility Andrews

NSF Andrews, located on Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Md., is a Naval Air Reserve training facility operating under Commander, Naval Reserve Force.

NSF Andrews primary mission is to optimize total force readiness by providing:

Logistics and maintenance support to local squadrons, transient aircraft and distinguished visitors.

Training and training support for Reserve augment units and tenant commands (complemented by more than 1,780 Naval Reservists who drill every month).

A wide range of material, facilities and support services to Reserve units and active duty personnel of the National Capital Region.

Specialized and responsive Fleet support.

The history of NSF Andrews can be traced to NSF Anacostia, where in 1918 the Navy began testing its new seaplanes. Forty years later, the functions of the air station were moved to nearby Andrews AFB. After four years of transition, a dedication ceremony in January 1962 marked the official birth of Naval Air Facility Andrews.

NSF Andrews has become known as the ''Crossroads of the Navy,'' due to its high volume of air traffic bound for bases throughout the free world. A World War II era F6-F Hellcat fighter sits on a pedestal next to the NAF operations⁄administration building as a tribute to the naval aviators of the Washington, D.C., area.

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY ANNAPOLIS

The primary mission of NSA Annapolis is to serve as installation host for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis as well as the Naval Research Libratory at Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. NSA Annapolis ensures the integration and coordination of common operating support (COS) service delivery to mission commands within the NSA Annapolis footprint. Services include security, fire protection, supply, fleet and family support, safety, environmental, morale welfare and recreation and public works as well as bachelor and family housing.

United States Naval Academy

The U. S. Naval Academy’s mission is to develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to provide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government. The Naval Academy was founded in 1845 by the Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft, in what is now historic Annapolis, MD. The history of the Academy has often reflected the history of the United States itself. As the U.S. Navy has moved from a fleet of sail and steam-powered ships to a high tech fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and surface ships as well as supersonic aircraft, the Academy has changed also. The Naval Academy gives young men and women the up-to-date academic and professional training needed to be effective naval and marine officers in their assignments after graduation.

The grounds, known as ''The Yard,'' feature a number of attractions open to the public including the Naval Academy Chapel (www.usna.edu⁄Chaplains), which houses the Crypt of John Paul Jones, the Naval Academy Museum (www.usna.edu⁄Museum) and the Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center (www.navyonline.com) showcasing interactive exhibits, pictorial displays, the award-winning film, ''To Lead and to Serve'' and an extensive gift shop.

You and your family are encouraged to tour the academy any time of the year during regular visiting hours (9 am to 5 pm daily). You can take a guided tour with a commercial service in Annapolis or through the academy’s own Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center.

Access to the Academy grounds is limited. Please check the current security restrictions before planning a visit. All visitors over the age of 16 must have a valid picture ID. More information can be found at www.usna.edu.

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER

Naval Air Station Patuxent River

Naval Air Station Patuxent River is home to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Headquarters.

Patuxent River provides effective and affordable integrated warfare systems and life cycle support by performing research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support for manned and unmanned aircraft, engines, avionics, aircraft support systems and ship⁄shore⁄air operations. This capability, coupled with highly trained integrated test teams, provides the facilities and expertise required to sustain combat-ready aircraft at sea.

The Patuxent River complex occupies approximately 13,800 acres, including the Webster Field Annex and Bloodsworth Island. This acreage includes five active runways, 10 hangars and 935 buildings as well as 780 square miles of restricted and 5,000 square miles of controlled airspace.

Pax conducted 165,000 aircraft operations (including take-offs, landings, approaches and airspace clearances) this year, and is home to more than 140 aircraft of all types and models. The complex represents an investment exceeding $2.8 billion in current plant value.

Tenant commands include:

Naval Air Systems Command

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division

Naval Research Lab Flight Support Detachment

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

Marine Aviation Detachment

Naval Aerospace and Operational Medical Institute

Navy Recreation Center Solomons

Navy Recreation Center Solomons is located 62 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., near the confluence of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay. It was first used by the U.S. Navy in 1941 and has functioned as the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and Test Facility, Naval Mine Warfare Test Station and Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory. In 1971 the Navy Recreation Center Solomons was established under Naval District Washington and is the largest Navy-owned outdoor recreation facility.

The 300-acre center serves as host of the Navy Recreation Center Solomons, Navy Family Housing and two industrial tenants. NRC Solomons provides a wide array of lodging, including campgrounds, cottages, bungalows, cabins and apartment rentals. Recreational facilities, such as picnic pavilions, the Adventure Zone Recreation Center, a 124-slip marina with boat rentals, fishing pier, swimming pools, beach miniature golf, driving range, basketball courts and tennis courts are just a few of the recreational amenities available.