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Naval Base Coronado > Naval Air Station North Island and Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.

North Island Movie Times > Free movies on base (Lowry Theater) if you are military or have connections.
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Classmates.com > Reconnect with those you served alongside and relive the adventure.

Comander, Naval Air Force > Information about AIRPAC carriers, squadrons, personnel, and more.

Military.com > The trusted online home for America's military community.

Military Housing in San Diego > Relocation assistance for military families and eligible DOD civilians.

Navy > Official website of the United States Navy.

Navy Compass > San Diego's only authorized Navy newspaper. Pick one up today!

Navy Housing > Need a place to stay on base? Check out this Coronado North Island link.

Navy Lodge North Island > A great place to stay for Military/DoD Civilians with current ID cards.

Navy Medical Center > Navy hospital near Balboa Park in San Diego.

Navy Newsstand > Top stories in the Navy.

Navy SEALs > Individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force.



Coronado has two military bases: Naval Air Station North Island and Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.

Naval Air Station, North Island (NASNI) is part of the largest aerospace-industrial complex in the Navy, the 57,000-acre Naval Base Coronado. The commanding officer of North Island is also the Commanding Officer, Naval Base Coronado. Additionally, he commands or administers Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Outlying Field Imperial Beach, Navy Radio Receiving Facility, Mountain Training Facility LaPosta, Warner Springs Training Area and Naval Air Landing Facility, San Clemente Island. NASNI, with only its commands in the metropolitan San Diego Area, brackets the city of Coronado from the entrance to San Diego Bay to the Mexican border.

North Island itself is host to 23 squadrons and 80 additional tenant commands and activities, one of which, the Naval Aviation Depot, is the largest aerospace employer in San Diego. North Island was commissioned a naval air station in 1917. On August 15, 1963, the station, which was originally called the Naval Air Station, San Diego until 1955, was granted official recognition as the "Birthplace of Naval Aviation" by resolution of the House Armed Services Committee.

The Naval Amphibious Base was renamed in 1946, although it had been in operation as the Amphibious Training Base since 1943. It is host to thirty commands including the headquarters for the Naval Special Warfare Command, a second echelon command that is headquarters for America's elite maritime special operations forces - the U.S. Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen.