Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek ||This article needs
additional citations for verification. (May 2013)| |Naval
Amphibious Base Little Creek| |Virginia Beach, Virginia| NAB
Little Creek insignia |In use||1942 - present| |Controlled
by||United States Navy| The Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek
is the major operating base for the Amphibious Forces in the
United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet. The base comprises four
locations in three states, including almost 12,000 acres (49
km²) of real estate. Its Little Creek location in Virginia
Beach, Virginia totals 2,120 acres (9 km²) of land, though its
post office address is in Norfolk. Outlying facilities include
350 acres (1.4 km²) located just north of Fleet Training Center
Dam Neck in Virginia Beach, and 21 acres (85,000 m²) known as
Radio Island at Morehead City, N.C., used as an amphibious
embarkation/debarkation area for U.S. Marine Corps units at MCB
Camp Lejeune, N.C. The mission of the Naval Amphibious Base is
to provide required support services to over 1