US Coast Guard

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I was stationed there 1967-68 attached to the US Coast Guard Presidential Ceremonial Honor Guard & Drill Team. Very prestigious Duty station. I even gave up 2 days of my final leave upon transfer to Governors Island so I could accompany the drill team to the Richmond Fair to perform.

They are the greatest heroes we have

Awesome place to work but there’s no exchange on base.

This place is very good

My son is stationed here and he loves it.

I'm reviewing this, not as a USCG employee, but as A) a neighbor...since my property backs to the USCG property, and B) as a user of the exercise path that girds the USCG property. The "Coasties" are the consummate neighbors, always polite, always prepped with a wave-hello when they go by in one of their golf-cart patrols, and I have to say, it's COMFORTING to know that they patrol their property (and by extension, mine to an extent) as often as they do. With regard to the perimeter/exercise path...it's one of the finest in the Northern Virginia suburbs...shady, beautiful, and a quiet respite from the surrounding, traffic-bound madness of Telegraph Road and Route 1. You *DO* need a DoD CAC card (or similar federal ID) to enter the property...but if you wish to have access to a beautiful, unencumbered 4.2 mile path in this part of Virginia...THIS is your best bet.