Hampton Roads
Beginning in 1917, as the United States became involved in World War I under President Woodrow Wilson, formerly rural Sewell's Point became the site of what grew to become the largest Naval Base in the world which was established by the United States Navy and is now known as the Naval Station Norfolk.
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
, the military facilities at Guantanamo Bay have over 9,500 U.S. sailors and Marines stationed there. It is the only military base the U.S. maintains in a socialist country.