Citizens are the heart of America; the military is its muscles. More than a million soldiers, sailors and Air Force personnel are based within the continental United States and its territories and thousands more are based overseas.
The military installations in Virginia hold a prominent strategic position for America's military forces. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, is home to the Department of Defense. Other bases across the state house and train the men and women committed to keeping America free.
Everyone remembers the plane crashing into the Pentagon on 9-11. For many that is about all they know about the center of operations for the nation's armed forces. The building houses the offices of the Department of Defense, including that of the Secretary of Defense.
According to the Department of Defense, the Pentagon houses over 20,000 employees and is one of the world's largest office buildings. Despite its immense size, the building is so efficiently designed that no place inside is farther than a 7 1/2-minute walk away.
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
1400 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1400
pentagon.afis.osd.mil/tours?action=viewRequestTimes
Near Petersburg, Virginia lies a major Army logistics center. The soldiers and civilians employed there are dedicated to supplying the highest standards of service and quality in supplying troops from the garrison to the battlefield.
According to the Department of the Army, Fort Lee houses four separate commands. The Army Logistics Management College trains military personnel in cutting edge methods of logistics management and sustainment practices. The base also holds the U.S. Army Quartermaster School and the offices of the Defense Commissary Command.
Fort Lee Dukes Welcome Center
500 Lee Ave. Bldg. 5228
Fort Lee, VA 23801
804-734-4593
lee.army.mil/pmo/dukes.welcome.center.aspx
Originally two separate military installations, Langley Air Force Base near Hampton, Virginia, and Fort Eustis in Newport News merged in 2010 to become Joint Base Langley Eustis. The base is home to the Air Force 633 Air Base Wing, the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing as well as the Global Cyberspace Integration Center.
The combination of air power and intelligence results in an extremely agile and effective attack force. According to the U.S. Air Force, the mission of the base is to achieve core competencies providing combat superiority in all dimensions of battle--land, sea, air and space--to allow quick precision attack capability anywhere in the world.
Joint Base Langley-Eustis
45 Nealy Ave, Suite 100, 1 MSS/DPF
Langley AFB, VA 23665
757-764-2200
langley.af.mil/
