NSA Hampton Roads traces its lineage back to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. On 1 February 1941, when the Atlantic Fleet was resurrected, the LANTFLEET staff was headquartered in an odd assortment of ships; the USS Augusta , then the old wooden ship USS Constellation, USS Vixen , and then USS Pocono . In 1948, the LANTFLEET staff moved into the former naval hospital at Norfolk, Virginia, which is where it currently remains. It was at that time, that the Atlantic Fleet Commander would create the CINCLANTFLEET Flag Administrative Unit to provide limited logistic services and support to CINCLANTFLT staff's. In May 1977, after a four-month study, the Chief of Naval Operations established the Atlantic Fleet Headquarters Support Activity to provide administrative, personnel, logistics, maintenance, transportation, special services, supply, and fiscal services to tenant activities and commands so they could operate with maximum emphasis on their primary missions. In 1987, the chain of command was restructured once again, making the HSA an echelon four command under Commander, Naval Base, Norfolk. In 1999, HSA was redesignated a major command and dual-hatted with the responsibilities as the Installation Commander for three base installations and as the Program Director for Regional Support Services. The following year, Headquarters Support Activity was disestablished and renamed Naval Support Activity, Norfolk. In October 2011, NSA received approval to change its name to Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, as it now included two additional bases that were not located in Norfolk.
NSA Hampton Roads - Portsmouth is a separate sub-installation of the main campus that houses Navy Medicine East and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth on the latter's sprawling 20 acres campus situated directly on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. The hospital's buildings are registered National Register of Historic Places In 2011, the Chief of Naval Operations directed the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to transfer control of the base to CNIC, which subsequently assigned it to Navy Region Mid-Atlantic and to NSA Hampton Roads. NSAHR assumed installation control on October 1, 2011 and now provides all base operation support services (such as security/police services, housing, and Morale, Welfare and Recreation to the installation. Prior to that, NMCP personnel and contract staff had been performing most of the duties.
Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex
Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex is located in rural southern Chesapeake, Virginia on the border of North Carolina. Approximately 2/3 of the land is located in Virginia, while the remaining 1/3 is in North Carolina. It provides support to the eleven tenant commands, the largest of which is the Naval Consolidated Brig, Chesapeake.
History
In May 1955, the U.S. Naval Radio Station was activated to serve as a receiving facility for naval activities in the Norfolk area. After years of operating and functioning as a naval radio station, in September 1970, the Naval Radio Station Northwest became a component activity of the Naval Communication Station Norfolk. In 1975, the Naval Security Group Activity Northwest was established. Since 1975, the base has continued to change, but it still hosts an interesting and diverse group of tenant commands and personnel.
Tenant Commands
Outside of the Brig, NSA Northwest Annex is the home to several Naval Security Forces related training schools. It also lays host to a number of communications and information commands, including a Navy Information Operations Command detachment.
