Navy Bases

Mechanicsburg Naval Support Activity

Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg has approximately 4,500 military members, civilians and contractors that support over 30 tenant activities or commands. The largest of these are the Naval Inventory Control Point Mechanicsburg, with approximately 1,300 personnel and the Navy Supply Information Systems Activity, with approximately 1,000 personnel. The base also hosts the headquarters staff of the Naval Supply Systems Command, which has a complement of approximately 350 personnel.

NSA Mechanicsburg spans about 800 acres and supports a physical plant of about 150 buildings. Total building size amounts to approximately 8,500,000 square feet of space containing 1,000,000 square feet of administrative workspace and 7,500,000 square feet of warehousing.

The Mechanicsburg base also maintains approximately 90 military housing units, about 30 miles of paved roadway, 20 miles of water lines, 10 miles of sewer lines, and 10 miles of railroad track.

NSA Mechanicsburg's Moral Welfare and Recreation facilities support an eligible patronage base of about 15,000 Navy and other service members.