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Naval Amphibious Base Coronado (NAB Coronado) is a US naval installation in San Diego, California.The base, situated on Silver Strand between San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean, is a major United States Navy shore command, supporting over 30 tenant commands, and is the West Coast focal point for special and expeditionary warfare training and operations.
It is located at 1 Hooper Boulevard, Imperial Beach, CA 91932-1050 (at the same location as the former NSGD Imperial Beach). It was advertised as another major milestone in the NSW Global Transformation and a reshaping of the Naval Special Warfare Center.
Navy SEAL Teams 1 and 2 along with several Special Boat Units and EOD technicians were deployed on mobile command barges and transported by helicopters from the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Over the course of the operation SEALs conducted VBSS (visit, board, search, and seizure) missions to counter Iranian mine-laying boats.
Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities in southern California, stretching from San Clemente Island, located 70 miles west of San Diego, to Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor and Camp Morena, located 60 miles east of San Diego.
In January 2024, the US Navy requested a new permit for the installation and maintenance of mine training areas off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California, as the Pacific Ocean, according to the command, is a priority theater of operations amid tensions with China. The current permit expires in 2025 and the Navy is required to submit an ...
Operation Red Wings, a counter insurgent mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, involved four Navy SEALs and took place on 28 June 2005. The SEALs were on a mission to try to find a key Taliban leader. However, goat herders stumbled upon their hiding place and alerted local Taliban fighters, and they were subsequently surrounded by Taliban forces.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Noel L. Danseco/Released) The US Navy acquired the island in 1934. It is the Navy's only remaining ship-to-shore live firing range, [ 10 ] and is the center of the integrated air/land/sea San Clemente Island Range Complex covering 2,620 nm 2 (8,990 km 2 ).
NWS Seal Beach occupies 5,256 acres (2,127 ha) and has 230 buildings and 128 ammunition depots providing 589,299 square feet (54,747.7 m 2) of ammunition storage space. Ammunition was moved from storage to the docks on 56 miles (90 km) of railroad line ; the tracks closed in 2008 and were taken out in 2010, after which 80 miles (130 km) of road ...