US Naval Weapons Station Earle - Mainside

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More than 10,000 acres in Colts Neck, NJ, house the majority of Earle's departments and facilities. The Atlantic Ordnance Command, Detachment Earle perform the station's primary mission - providing ammunition to the fleet. An integrated work force of military and civilian personnel operate the inland storage, renovation, trans-shipment and demilitarization facilities.

The Weapons Station railroad consists of 130 miles of track, five locomotives and 330 pieces of rolling stock. Over the years, NWSE has taken on many important functions. The Naval Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHST) Center is responsible for identification of life cycle requirements, conception, design, development, prototype fabrication, test and evaluation, production acquisition and transportation and logistics documentation of ordnance containers and handling equipment. They also handle allowancing of ordnance handling equipment (OHE) and electrical/electronic test equipment. The Center is a detachment of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division.

The Public Works Center maintains a site at Earle and keeps Earle running smoothly day-to-day. It maintains our facilities, manages our housing and operates and maintains our vehicles. Earle is, in many ways, like a small town with homes, office buildings, industrial plants, banks, medical facilities, fitness centers, chapel, eating facilities, cars and trucks.

As with most Naval facilities, Earle has its own police force, which is responsible for law enforcement and visitor control, and also oversees a civilian guard force which provides gate guards and roving patrols. There are 560 houses at the main-side complex and 246 Navy-owned houses located at a nearby Army facility, Fort Monmouth in Eatontown.

At main-side, a Family Services Center, Community Center, Child Development Center, the Windjammer Club, Navy Exchange store, and the Auto Hobby Shop serve our residents. A full range of services area available to military personnel stationed here. Among these services are: Religious services, a career counselor, medical clinic, personnel office, credit union and Navy/marine Corps Relief Society. Because of our unique makeup, Earle is home to many kinds of wildlife such as rabbits, squirrels, quail, grouse, deer and turkey vultures.

The Station has also taken part in projects to repopulate various species of fish and wild turkeys in New Jersey. Personnel at Earle can participate in both archery and firearm hunting. Fishing is also popular with ponds, streams and the Waterfront Pier complex.

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