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Base Portsmouth, Virginia 

Home of the following Award Winners:

2009 Society of American Military Engineers Cowart Plaque,
BSU Portsmouth Facilities Engineering Division

2009 Society of American Military Engineers Sargent Medal,
Mr. Wayne Barnes

2009 DHS Chief Financial Officer Award for Excellence
Exemplary Supervisory Performance Award,
LT Ed Ortiz

2010 Environmental Sustainability Award for
Overall Environmental Excellence,
Mr. Chris Dunn


2010 DHS Chief Financial Officer Award for Exceptional
Service Individual Award
CDR Brett Millican


2012 USCG Environmental Sustainability Award
Large Unit

2012 Exceptional Sexual Assault Prevention and
Response Coordinator of the Year
Magnus Graham

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Mailing Address:
4000 Coast Guard Boulevard
Portsmouth, Virginia  23703-2199

Welcome to Base Portsmouth! As a part of the Commandant’s Guiding Principles of Steadying the Service and Strengthening our Partnerships, standardized bases were formed to stabilize field support delivery by re-instating local command unity and providing balance between technical authority and local command authority.  On 28 November 2011, BSU Portsmouth, PSSU Portsmouth and HSWL RP Portsmouth were disestablished and Base Portsmouth was established.

By 2013, coinciding with increased base command opportunities and implementation of the DCMS career progression enhancements, ESU Portsmouth and NESU Portsmouth will become the C4IT Department and the Naval Engineering Department respectively under the Base to achieve the Standard Base Construct end state.

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Hurricane Season - 01 June through 30 November 2013
Base Portsmouth Foul Weather Hotline -
757-686-4233


Base Portsmouth 2013 Hurricane Season Information
Base Portsmouth 2013 Hurricane Preparedness Presentation

Base Portsmouth 2013 Emergency Evacuation Form


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Base Information:

How are we doing?  Base Portsmouth Customer Satisfaction Survey http://www.uscg.mil/dol/survey.

As of 02 August 2012, Customer Service located in the Rittichier Building provides ID Card Walk-In hours on Thursday evenings from 1600 to 1900.  For our hours and appointment information please visit Admin_CSC.asp .

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As of September 30th 2008 when entering Base Portsmouth, all individuals age 16 and older are required to present a federally or state issued picture ID prior to entering the base, not just the driver. At least one occupant of the vehicle must show a valid military/ dependent ID.  Please ensure all individuals in the vehicle have their IDs prior to arrival at the gate to avoid delays.

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