Naval Support Facility Anacostia is a United States Naval

United States Navy

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 Base in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. and is conjoined with Bolling Air Force Base

Bolling Air Force Base

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is a military installation, located in Southeast Washington, D.C., established on 1 October 2010 in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission...

. NSF Anacostia falls under the command of Naval Support Activity Washington.

History

The Navy began testing sea planes at this facility in 1918 and it eventually became a naval air station

Naval Air Station

A Naval Air Station is a military airbase, and consists of a permanent land-based operations locations for the military aviation division of the relevant branch of their Navy...

 supporting conventional aircraft. Located immediately north of Bolling Air Force Base

Bolling Air Force Base

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is a military installation, located in Southeast Washington, D.C., established on 1 October 2010 in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission...

, NAS Anacostia remained in service as an active naval air station until 1962, when its runways were deactivated concurrent with Bolling's due to traffic pattern issues with nearby Washington National Airport

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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.

Redesignated as a naval support facility, NSF Anacostia serves as headquarters for Commander, Naval Installations, Navy Office of the Chief of Information and continues to maintain a large heliport facility, primarily used by Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1

HMX-1

Marine Helicopter Squadron One , is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the President of the United States, Vice President, Cabinet members and other VIPs...

) in support of "Marine One

Marine One

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" presidential

President of the United States

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 transport operations with VH-3D

H-3 Sea King

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 and VH-60N

Sikorsky S-70

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 aircraft.

Tenant commands

• Commander, Naval Installations
• Construction Battalion
  Seabee
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   Unit 422
• District of Columbia Army National Guard
  District of Columbia Army National Guard
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• Department of Defense
  United States Department of Defense
  The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
  
   Inspector General
  Inspector General
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• Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX-1)
  HMX-1
  Marine Helicopter Squadron One , is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the President of the United States, Vice President, Cabinet members and other VIPs...
  
  
• Marine Forces Reserve Center
• Navy Operational Support Center
• Naval Media Center
• Naval Research Laboratory
  United States Naval Research Laboratory
  The United States Naval Research Laboratory is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps and conducts a program of scientific research and development. NRL opened in 1923 at the instigation of Thomas Edison...
  
   (SIM)
• Office of Chief of Information
• White House Communications Agency
  White House Communications Agency
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External links

• NSF Anacostia (official webpage from Naval District Washington website)