10 February 2025 Simulating the threat, Naval Base Ventura County enhances security through annual exercise NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY, Calif – Service members and civilian personnel assigned to Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) are participating in Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2025 (CS-SC25), a Navy-wide, multi-week annual force protection exercise. Running from Feb. 3 to Feb. 14, the exercise is...
30 October 2024 Joint forces remove 1,160 pounds of trash from remote San Nicolas Island beach SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. – Over 60 volunteer Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) and Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) participated in an annual coastal cleanup on the remote...
30 May 2023 Navy Leaders in Ventura County Commemorate Memorial Day VENTURA COUNTY, Ca - Capt. Jason Kranz, chief staff officer, Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), and Capt. Michael W. Meno, commodore, Naval Construction Group One, paid fitting tributes to the legacy of fallen service members during Memorial Day ceremonies in Ventura County, May 29...
20 April 2023 Supporting Military Mission Resilience with Nature-based Solutions POINT MUGU, Calif. - A recent study, co-authored by Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), concludes resilience could be significantly increased at the coastal base by consolidating vulnerable infrastructure on higher ground and restoring wetlands, dunes, and...
13 June 2022 Navy Satellite center Disestablished; U.S. Space Force assumes command POINT MUGU, Calif. - Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC) onboard Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), transferred to the U.S. Space Force (USSF), under Space Delta 8 and designated as the 10th Space Operations Squadron, during a historic Disestablishment and Assumption of Command Ceremony Jun...
24 February 2022 Navy opens multiuse recreation center onboard San Nicolas Island SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) – Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) celebrated the grand opening of the “Fox Den” multiuse Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) food and beverage facility onboard San Nicolas Island (SNI) Feb. 16, 2022.A ribbon cutting ceremony welcomed all Sailors and civilians...
13 January 2022 Navy Trains to Counter Drone Threats at Point Mugu VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - The Pacific Target Marine Operations (PTMO), a division Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Threat/Target Systems Department, recently deployed small-drones over Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Point Mugu to provide cost-effective unmanned aerial system (UAS)...
06 December 2021 Navy Supports Movement of Top Military Leadership at Point Mugu POINT MUGU, Calif. – Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) supported logistic movement of The Honorable Llyod J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), Adm. Michael M. Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), and other senior military leadership as they attended the 2021 Reagan National Defense Forum...
22 November 2021 Navy and Port of Hueneme Help Relieve U.S. Supply-Chain Congestion PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Navy in partnership with the Oxnard Harbor District (OHD) is providing resources onboard Port Hueneme in direct support of decreasing port congestion in Los Angeles County and reducing the national supply-chain shortage, Nov. 22, 2021...
29 May 2020 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 Completes Command Sustainment Exercise Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 successfully completed a command sustainment exercise, May 4-22...