The list of army bases in Virginia is short enough to learn in one sitting. The hard part is that three of these posts were renamed in 2023 and renamed again in 2025, so your orders and the sign at the gate may not match.
This guide covers every Army installation in the state, what each does, and what housing costs nearby. PCS stands for Permanent Change of Station, the military's term for an assigned move.
Every Army Installation in Virginia, at a Glance
Eight places in Virginia are Army installations or Army land. Only four are common duty stations for families.
| Installation | Where it is | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Belvoir | Fairfax County, south of Washington, D.C. | Headquarters campus for defense agencies and Army commands |
| Fort Eustis | Newport News | Army half of Joint Base Langley-Eustis; home of Army Training and Doctrine Command |
| Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | Arlington, plus Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. | Ceremonial and support post for the National Capital Region |
| Fort Lee | Prince George County, next to Petersburg | Sustainment training: quartermaster, ordnance, transportation |
| Fort Pickett | Blackstone, Nottoway County | Virginia National Guard maneuver training center |
| Fort A.P. Hill | Caroline County, near Bowling Green | Large maneuver and live-fire training area |
| Fort Story | Virginia Beach | Army land, now part of Navy-led Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story |
| Radford Army Ammunition Plant | Radford, southwest Virginia | Makes propellants and energetics; not a family duty station |
Virginia's Army footprint, grouped by mission. Sources: U.S. Army garrison pages and the Virginia National Guard.
For all branches, see our guide to what military bases are in Virginia.
What Each Post Does
Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir covers an 8,656-acre tract along the Potomac in Fairfax County, about 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. It is a headquarters campus, not a troop post: more than 145 mission partners serving more than 216,000 service members, civilians, retirees and families, per MilitaryINSTALLATIONS.
Tenants include the Defense Logistics Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Army Cyber Command and the National Museum of the United States Army. See our Fort Belvoir PCS guide.
Fort Eustis
Fort Eustis in Newport News is the Army half of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, written JBLE, which pairs it with Air Force-run Langley in Hampton. It is the headquarters of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, which runs Army training and writes Army doctrine. It also hosts the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), the 128th Aviation Brigade and aviation logistics training, per the joint base's Army units page. One detail catches new arrivals: garrison services on the Eustis side are run by the Air Force's 733d Mission Support Group. See our Joint Base Langley-Eustis PCS guide.
Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
JBM-HH stands for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. It is Army-commanded and made of three properties: Fort Myer in Arlington, the Marine Corps' Henderson Hall next door, and Fort McNair in southwest Washington, D.C. Fort Myer and Henderson Hall run along the west edge of Arlington National Cemetery.
It is home to the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, which provides the honor guard for funerals at Arlington. The U.S. Army Band and National Defense University are here too, per the garrison's about page.
Fort Lee
Fort Lee sits beside the Tri-Cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights and Hopewell. It is the Army's Sustainment Center of Excellence: supply, food service, maintenance, ammunition and transportation. Team Lee includes the Combined Arms Support Command, or CASCOM, plus Army Sustainment University and the Ordnance, Quartermaster and Transportation schools.
Daily population averages more than 29,000, and up to 70,000 troops pass through its classrooms yearly, making it the third largest training site in the Army. Our Fort Lee PCS guide covers arrival.
Fort Pickett
Fort Pickett, near Blackstone, is a Virginia National Guard installation: about 41,000 acres of maneuver terrain, 21 ranges, barracks for more than 5,000 and an Army airfield, per the Virginia National Guard. Active-duty families rarely get orders here.
Fort A.P. Hill
Fort A.P. Hill covers roughly 76,000 acres in Caroline County, including a 28,000-acre live-fire range complex, per its garrison history page. Units come here to train, not to live.
Fort Story
Fort Story in Virginia Beach is still Army land, but since October 1, 2009 it has run as half of Navy-led Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, which Navy Region Mid-Atlantic calls one command with two properties. Army units still train on the beach, but the gates and base services are Navy-run. See our Virginia Beach PCS guide.
Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Radford Army Ammunition Plant, in southwest Virginia, makes propellants, energetics and munitions for the Army's Joint Munitions Command. It is an industrial site, not a duty station.
One thing that is not an Army post
The Pentagon in Arlington is Department of Defense headquarters, documented by the DoD Historical Office. Soldiers work there, but it is not an Army installation and has no garrison.
The Base Names That Changed Twice
On June 10, 2025, the Army announced it would change the names of seven installations, three of them in Virginia. Fort Gregg-Adams became Fort Lee again, Fort Barfoot became Fort Pickett again, and Fort Walker became Fort A.P. Hill again.
