Training Support Center Hampton Roads
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Training Support Center Hampton Roads is, since 2004, the name of the facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA, which was long-known as "FTC Dam Neck". It is the home of the Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic of the United States Navy.
History
Dam Neck Mills, U.S. Lifesaving Service
TSC Hampton Roads is located near the former town of Dam Neck Mills which was located in
The area's lifesaving history along the coast line of the Graveyard of the Atlantic is commemorated at the Old Coast Guard Station Museum located in the 1903 Seatack Lifesaving Service Station (the next one north of the Dam Neck Mills station) at 24th street adjacent to the boardwalk of Virginia Beach. The Old Coast Guard Station Museum has artifacts from the 1891 shipwreck of the Dictator, displays of period lifesaving equipment, educational programs, and even an online "Tower Cam", offering Internet users a similar view to those of members of the Lifesaving crews had over 100 years ago.
World War II, FTC Dam Neck
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Current mission
In 2004, FTC Dam Neck was reorganized and renamed Training Support Center Hampton Roads, to align it with the U.S. Navy's "Revolution In Training". The actual training activity is the Center for Surface Combat Systems, which is headquartered in Dahlgren, Virginia. TSC Hampton Roads supports the training mission, as its name suggests.
Tenant commands
Other tenant commands currently at Dam Neck include the
Nearby, Dam Neck Annex is part of Naval Air Station Oceana.
References
- ^ "Overview". Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center. United States Navy. Retrieved 20 November 2008.