Camp Pendleton has over 40,000 marines, and the busiest base in the nation. Then we have Marine Corp Recruit Depot, Miramar Air base, etc.
Then we are home to the 3rd. fleet, and many other Naval bases including Seals, Naval Air base, North Island.
Largest and state of the art San Diego Naval Hospital and Medical center.
More Department of Defense dollars are spent in San Diego County than in any other county in the nation. A new report highlights the growing influence of military spending on San Diego’s economy.
(we also have major ship building and everything from the Preditor and Global Hawk created here along with others)
San Diego havs the largest concentration of military facilities and defense industries in the world, according to a report prepared by the Economic Research Bureau of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
The San Diego area, which we define from the northern boundary of Camp Pendleton down to the border of Mexico and encompassing most of East County, has the largest concentration of military in the world
I’ve been working in Virginia Beach temporarily for the last 3 months. I love the jets from Oceana....can’t get enough of them! There’s a business on Virginia Beach Boulevard with a sign that says something like “We support our military. If you don’t like the jets, go back where you came from.”