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About Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC)
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A Family HeFirst built as a temporary depot in the early days of World War II, the Construction
Battalion Center at Port Hueneme is a veteran of that war. The base was originally
established to train, stage, and supply the newly created Seabees. In 1941 as the United
States entered World War II Point Mugu also became a training area for the Seabees. The
Seabees put down a section of Marston Mat runway that would become Point Mugu's first
airstrip. The Port Hueneme base was officially established and began operating May 18,
1942 as the Advance Base Depot. In 1945 the Advance Base Depot was renamed the
Naval Construction Battalion Center.
As the need for a sea test range became evident, Commander Grayson Merrill, head of
the Bureau of Aeronautics Special Projects Branch, drafted a letter explaining the need for
a sea test range. A new missile center at Point Mugu was endorsed by the Secretary of
the Navy, and was approved by President Truman in May 1946. Capt. Albert N. Perkins,
the first commanding officer of the new center, established the Naval Air Missile Test
Center at Point Mugu. The Naval Air Station was established on Aug. 1, 1949, to support
the U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center by providing material and service support, including
military personnel administration, air traffic control and flight line functions.
When the Korean War came in 1950, Port Hueneme was ready to serve the Navy again.
Almost all of the Navy construction equipment and supplies for that war were routed
through the base.
For 57 years Point Mugu has had an impact on research, development, test and
evaluation of missile weapons systems, and for 59 years Port Hueneme has provided
integral supplies, equipment, camps and roads, to support not only the Seabees, but the
Army, Air Force and Marines as well.
As the decade of the 1990's came to a close, and with the former Soviet Union ceasing to
exist, the Department of the Navy began to look for new ways of streamlining base
commands to better serve our Fleet customers.
The regionalization process formally began in Ventura County in 1998, with the transfer of
the commands at Naval Air Station (NAS) Point Mugu and Construction Battalion Center
(CBC) at Port Hueneme to Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, via regional
management by Commander, Navy Region Southwest, San Diego. Base Operating
Support (BOS) services were first consolidated in 1998 as a part of a Navy-wideprogram
to gain efficiencies and cost savings. CBC was designated as providers of general BOS
support for the Navy at Point Mugu and Port Hueneme. NAS Point Mugu was responsible
for the aviation mission at Point Mugu. BOS services encompass the common services
required to operate a base such as fire, safety, security, public affairs, public works,
environment controls, family services, morale, welfare and recreation, and housing
services. Marked also in 1998 was the arrival of the E-2C Hawkeye to Point Mugu fromPhoto Galle
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