Welcome to USCG Base Portsmouth
  Installation Info: Zip Code: 23703, Area Code: 757
The Coast Guard's Integrated Support Command of Portsmouth, Va., is seated on a spot several armies have fought over in different wars. During the American Revolution, Portsmouth was occupied by both British and American troops. During the Civil War, it was held by Union forces as well as Confederates, who burned the shipyard when they had to abandon it. It was at Portsmouth that a steamship named the Merrimack was covered with iron plates by Confederate forces. The Merrimack fought the Union ironclad Monitor in a famous standoff at Hampton Roads in 1862.
The Command's mission is to support Coast Guard units in the area through administration, logistics and engineering services. A number of Coast Guard cutters, which perform search and rescue, law enforcement and navigational aid maintenance services, are based with the command.
Outpatient medical care is provided by an on-base medical clinic. For more comprehensive care, there is the hospital at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. There is a gym, racquetball courts, weight room, softball field, soccer/football field and club on base.
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Today's Headlines (CNN.com)
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Deadly blasts rock southern Afghanistan 
Mar 13 - A series of explosions rocked southern Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province today, killing at least 35 people and wounding 47 others, local officials said.
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Taliban claims latest Pakistan blast
Mar 13 - The Pakistan Taliban says it carried out a suicide bombing that killed 13 people one day after twin attacks on a military convoy in Lahore killed 44 people.
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Kissinger hospitalized in South Korea
Mar 13 - Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul today for "minor stomach troubles," the state-run Yonhap news agency reported.
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Coffee Party tries to answer Tea Party
Mar 13 - Is the Coffee Party on the scale of the Tea Party movement? Saturday is the first big test in attempting to answer that question.
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Weir snubbed by ice tour; GLAAD upset
Mar 13 - American figure skater Johnny Weir says he doesn't understand why the only ice skating tour in the United States doesn't want him.
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Deadly blasts rock southern Afghanistan
Mar 13 - A series of explosions rocked southern Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province today, killing at least 35 people and wounding 47 others, local officials said.
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Taliban claims latest Pakistan blast
Mar 13 - The Pakistan Taliban says it carried out a suicide bombing that killed 13 people one day after twin attacks on a military convoy in Lahore killed 44 people.
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Kissinger hospitalized in South Korea
Mar 13 - Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul today for "minor stomach troubles," the state-run Yonhap news agency reported.
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Coffee Party tries to answer Tea Party
Mar 13 - Is the Coffee Party on the scale of the Tea Party movement? Saturday is the first big test in attempting to answer that question.
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Weir snubbed by ice tour; GLAAD upset
Mar 13 - American figure skater Johnny Weir says he doesn't understand why the only ice skating tour in the United States doesn't want him.
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