Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story (JEBLC-FS), is a Joint Base of the United States military that is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The installation is made up of former U.S Army post Fort Story and Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek. It was created as the result of the Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 process. It is commanded by the United States Navy.

Joint Expeditionary Base
Little Creek - Fort Story
Part of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Command logo
TypeJoint base
Site information
Controlled by United States Navy
Sub-installationsFort Story
NAB Little Creek
WebsiteJEBLCFS website
Site history
In use2005 - present
Garrison information
Current
commander
  • CAPT Daniel J. Senesky
    JEBLCFS Commander
  • CAPT Quinn Skinner
    JEBLCFS Executive Officer
  • LTC John W. Penree
    JEBLCFS Deputy Commander & Army Garrison Commander

JEB Little Creek

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek is the major operating base for the Amphibious Forces in the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet. The base comprises four locations in three states, including almost 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) of real estate. Its Little Creek location in Virginia Beach, Virginia totals 2,120 acres (860 ha) acres of land. Outlying facilities include 350 acres (140 ha) located just north of Training Support Center Hampton Roadsin Virginia Beach, and 21 acres (8.5 ha) known as Radio Island at Morehead City, North Carolina, used as an amphibious embarkation/debarkation area for U.S. Marine Corps units at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

JEB Fort Story

Fort Story is located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia at Cape Henry at the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay.[2] It offers a unique combination of features including dunes, beaches, sand, surf, deep-water anchorage, variable tide conditions, maritime forest and open land. The base is the prime location and training environment for both Army amphibious operations and Joint Logistics-Over-the-Shore (LOTS) training events.

The base includes 1,451 acres (5.9 km²) of sandy trails, cypress swamps, maritime forest, grassy dunes and soft and hard sand beaches. The western beaches are wide, gently sloped and washed by the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Eastern beaches are exposed to the rougher waters of the Atlantic surf.

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