Naval weapons Station Charleston, South Carolina

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Commissioned in 1941, the Station had two distinct missions: as home for two strategic submarine squadrons and a tender, and as an ordnance station with capacity for more than 60 million pounds conventional ordnance. The ordnance mission continues today, and Naval Weapons Station Charleston is the only military installation in the continental U.S. with completely unencumbered explosive safety arcs.

The Weapons Station has expanded its mission and DoD support role, and today is a training center, with the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Nuclear Power Training Unit and Border Patrol satellite academy; an engineering center, with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center and nearby Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and as the Army logistics hub, the busiest CONUS surface port in the defense transportation system.

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The following is a link directly to the website of the Naval Weapons station charlestons base. It is very informative and provides a lot of information and news sources out of the base. it is a very informative link for those of you who may be getting stationed here. check it out you will not be disappointed.



http://www.nwschs.navy.mil/