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Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg is an 806 acres (1.259 sq mi) naval supply depot just outside of Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.. Largely industrial, and home to over 150 warehouses containing 8,800,000 square feet (820,000 m 2) of storage space [1] and other buildings, it is the headquarters of the Naval Supply Systems C
NAVSUP BSC began as the U.S. Navy's Fleet Material Support Office (FMSO) on Jan. 15, 1962 under the command of Capt. I. F. Haddock. The command's original mission was to manage Navy-owned retail stocks of medical, general, and industrial materials bought and controlled by the newly established Defense Supply Agency.
Tobyhanna is North-eastern Pennsylvania's largest employer. [ 7 ] In 2005, President George W. Bush delivered his Veterans Day address at Tobyhanna Army Depot, commending the installation as a "facility that has provided critical services for our armed forces" and applauded the depot workers as men and women who have been "carrying out ...
NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk serves naval activities throughout the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic. [10] NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor serves naval activities throughout the Indo-Pacific. [11] NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Puget Sound, located at Naval Base Kitsap, serves naval activities throughout the Pacific Rim. [12]
Naval Support Activity Philadelphia is a 134 acres (0.209 sq mi) United States Navy base located in the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and located 113 miles (182 km) east of its parent command, NSA Mechanicsburg. With the exception of a few buildings, much of the base is industrial in style, and consists of office ...
They later merged into the Defense Distribution Center, New Cumberland. The name of the facility was later changed to the Eastern Distribution Center. Also under DDC's auspices is the Defense Distribution Depot, Susquehanna, PA (DDSP), which includes operations of the nearby Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. [2]
On 17 January 2006, the command was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and was activated on 16 September 2007 at Coraopolis, Pa. The 316th Sustainment Command is the U.S. Army's first transformation-era modular ESC unit, and the first to deploy to Iraq.
Pennsylvania Route 611 runs southeast from Tobyhanna towards Pocono Township. Today, the train route east toward New York has lain dormant since the mid-1960s; however, work is underway towards possible extension of commuter rail ( Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project ) to the village, as a means to reduce roadway crowding en route to New ...