Navy Region Northwest

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Navy Region Northwest is one of several United States Navy Regions.

The Puget Sound is the U.S. Navy’s third largest fleet concentration area. The Department of the Navy spends about $2.8 billion annually in the region, which is home to approximately 31,000 active duty members, 16,000 civilian employees, 6,000 drilling reservists, 42,000 family members, and 55,000 Navy retirees.

As the regional coordinator for the Navy in the six-state area of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Wyoming, and Montana, Navy Region Northwest provides coordination of base operating support functions for operating forces throughout the region.

This includes providing expertise in areas such as facilities and land space management, exercise coordination, housing, environmental, security, family services, port services, air services, bachelor quarters and logistical concerns for the thousands of Navy members and their families in the area, including homeported and transient ships, submarines and aircraft, as well as afloat and ashore tenants.

The command also serves as the reporting senior for the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Hawaii, for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island; Naval Station Everett; Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) Bremerton; Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) Bangor and Naval Magazine Indian Island.