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[[File:Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling - Map.jpg|thumb|Map of Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling]]

'''Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling''' ('''JBAB''') is a 905-acre (366&nbsp;ha) military installation, located in [[Southwest (Washington, D.C.)|Southwest Washington, D.C.]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/DC/Airfields_DC.htm | title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Washington, DC }}</ref> established on 1 October 2010 in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 [[Base Realignment and Closure|Base Realignment and Closure Commission]].<ref name="JBAB">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnic.navy.mil/JBAB/index.htm |title=CNIC Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling |access-date=2011-07-13 |archive-date=2013-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220134435/http://www.cnic.navy.mil/JBAB/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The legislation ordered the consolidation of [[Naval Support Facility Anacostia]] and [[Bolling Air Force Base]], which were adjoining but separate military installations into a single [[joint base]], one of twelve formed in the country as a result of the law.<ref name="JBAB"/> The base hosts the [[Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters]] amongst its other responsibilities. The only aeronautical facility at the base is a 100-by-100-foot (30 by 30&nbsp;m) helipad ([[International Civil Aviation Organization airport code|ICAO]]: KBOF).

==Overview==
Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling (JBAB) is responsible for providing installation support to 17,000 military, civilian employees and their families, 48 mission and tenant units, including ceremonial units (United States Air Force Honor Guard, USAF Band, USAF Chaplains, the Navy Ceremonial Guard), various Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Joint Service commands and other DOD and federal agencies.<ref name="JBAB"/>

Bolling Air Force Base units also provide ceremonial support to the [[White House]], the [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]], the [[Secretary of the Air Force]], and the [[Air Force Chief of Staff]], mainly through [[11th Wing]], the [[United States Air Force Honor Guard]] and [[U.S. military bands|The United States Air Force Band]].

NSF Anacostia falls under the command of [[Naval District Washington]].

Additionally, the [[Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters]] has been located at Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling since 1987, and [[Coast Guard Station Washington, D.C.]], is located on the post next to the Capitol Cove Marina. The [[United States Naval Research Laboratory|Naval Research Laboratory]] is not part of the Joint Base but is located immediately adjacent to it. [[Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General]] is also located in the base.

The Naval Media Center was transferred to [[Fort George G. Meade|Fort Meade]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/id/51566/ | title=News Archive }}</ref>

==History==
===Nacotchtank history===
Prior to [[European colonization of the Americas|European colonization]], the area where the Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling is located was inhabited by the [[Nacotchtank]], an [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] people. The largest village of the Nacotchtank was located just north of the base, south of [[Anacostia Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/native-peoples-of-washington-dc.htm |title=Native Peoples of Washington, DC |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref> Two [[Ossuary|ossuaries]] (burial grounds) have been discovered at Bolling Air Force Base and other Nacotchtank archaeological sites have been found at Giesboro Point on the Potomac River.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nace/learn/historyculture/shpw-history.htm |title=Shepherd Parkway - Early History |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref> The two burial mounds, which included Nacotchtank bones and skulls, were discovered in 1936 by crews working at the air force base. The burial site was also likely once a Nacotchtank village.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/22/native-american-tribe-once-called-dc-home-its-had-no-living-members-centuries/ |title=A Native American tribe once called D.C. home. It's had no living members for centuries. |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref>

===Slavery===
The Giesborough site was owned by one of the largest slave holders in the area, George Washington Young. The site was purchased in 1833 and operated as a large plantation until the start of the civil war. Large tracts of land were donated to the Union so that a cavalry post could be established.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anacostia SI|url=http://cdi.anacostia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Portia-James-EOR-Article.pdf}}</ref>

===Naval Support Facility Anacostia===
{{Main|Naval Support Facility Anacostia}}
The Navy began testing [[seaplane]]s at this facility in 1918, and it eventually became a [[naval air station]] supporting conventional aircraft. Located immediately north of Bolling Air Force Base, NAS Anacostia remained in service as an active naval air station until 1962, when its runways were deactivated concurrent with Bolling's due to traffic pattern issues with nearby [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington National Airport]].

Redesignated as a naval support facility, NSF Anacostia serves as headquarters for Commander, Naval Installations, Navy Office of the Chief of Information, and continues to maintain a large heliport facility, primarily used by Marine Helicopter Squadron One ([[HMX-1]]) in support of "[[Marine One]]" [[President of the United States|presidential]] transport operations with [[H-3 Sea King|VH-3D]] and [[Sikorsky S-70|VH-60N]] aircraft.<ref>United States Navy. [https://www.cnic.navy.mil/NDW/NDWInstallation/NSAWashington/NSFAnacostia/index.htm "NSF Anacostia"]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''Naval District Washington website''.  Retrieved on November 18, 2007.</ref>

===Bolling Air Force Base===
{{Main|Bolling Air Force Base}}
[[File:Bollingfield-anacostanas-1940s.jpg|thumb|left|Bolling Field and Anacosta Naval Air Station, mid-1940s]]
[[File:Last flight out of Bolling Air Force Base.jpg|upright|thumb|The last fixed-wing flight out of Bolling Air Force Base, 1962.]]

Bolling's property has been a Department of Defense (DOD) asset since 1917. From its beginning, the installation has included the Army Air Corps (predecessor to today’s Air Force) and Navy aviation and support elements. The tract of land selected for the base was scouted by [[William C. Ocker]] at the direction of General Billy Mitchell. The base began near [[Anacostia]] in 1918, as the only military airfield near the [[United States Capitol]] and was originally named '''The Flying Field at Anacostia''' on 2 October 1917.  It was renamed '''Anacostia Experimental Flying Field''' in June 1918.<ref name="JBAB"/>

Not long after its acquisition by the military, the single installation evolved into two separate, adjoining bases; one Army (later Air Force) and one Navy. Bolling Field was officially opened 1 July 1918 and was named in honor of the first high-ranking air service officer killed in [[World War I]], Colonel [[Raynal Bolling|Raynal C. Bolling]]. Colonel Bolling was the Assistant Chief of the Air Service, and was killed in action near [[Amiens, France]], on 26 March 1918 while defending himself and his driver, Private Paul L. Holder, from an attack by German soldiers.<ref name="JBAB"/>

In the late 1940s, Bolling Field’s property became [[Naval Air Station Anacostia]] and a new Air Force base, named Bolling Air Force Base, was constructed just to the south on 24 June 1948.<ref name="JBAB"/>

Bolling AFB has served as a research and testing ground for new aviation equipment and its first mission provided aerial defense of the capital. It moved to its present location, along the Potomac in the city's [[Washington, D.C. (southwest)|southwest quadrant]], in the 1930s.<ref name="JBAB"/>

Over the years, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and National Guard units, as well as DOD and federal agencies also found the installation to be an ideal place from which to operate.<ref name="JBAB"/>

Throughout World War II, the installation served as a training and organizational base for personnel and units going overseas.

In 1962, fixed-wing aircraft operations at the air force and naval installations ceased, due to congested airspace around Washington National Airport on the opposite shore of the Potomac River. Although fixed-wing aircraft operations ceased, the installations continued to serve many capacities, including service with the Military Airlift Command (MAC); the headquarters for the Air Force District of Washington; the Air Force 11th Wing; Commander, Naval Installations Command, Naval Media Center (now, Defense Media Activity-Navy) and many other military commands and federal agencies<ref name="JBAB"/>
[[File:Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling - Emblem.png|thumb|175x175px|JB Anacostia-Bolling's emblem between 2010 and 2020, during which time the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] controlled the base.]]
The [[Air Force District of Washington]] (AFDW) was created and activated at Bolling on 1 October 1985 with the mission of providing administrative support to Air Force members. On 15 July 1994, AFDW was inactivated, but was reactivated 5 January 2005 to "provide a single voice for Air Force requirements in the National Capital Region" according to the base's website.<ref name="JBAB"/>

=== Joint base ===
By 2020, more than half of the activity at Anacostia–Bolling fell under the US Air Force. Consequently, it was decided that installation management and support at the base would transfer from the US Navy to the Air Force. To facilitate the change, on 11 June 2020 the [[11th Wing]] inactivated as the host wing at Joint Base Andrews and reactivated as the [[316th Wing]]. After fifteen years of being based at Andrews, the 11th Wing returned to Anacostia-Bolling on 12 June 2020 and activated as the host wing at the base. A [[Memorandum of understanding|memorandum of agreement]] was signed between the Navy and the Air Force on 24 June 2020 which formalized the transition, however the Air Force did not officially take control until 1 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2020|title=Air Force, Navy sign memo establishing Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling service-lead transfer|url=https://www.jbab.jb.mil/News/Article/2233405/air-force-navy-sign-memo-establishing-joint-base-anacostia-bolling-service-lead/|access-date=11 September 2020|website=11th Wing - Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling|publisher=US Air Force|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Based units ==
Notable units based at Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.jbab.jb.mil/|access-date=11 September 2020|website=11th Wing - Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling|publisher=US Air Force}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ceremonial Guard|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Regions/ndw/about/ceremonial_guard/|access-date=11 September 2020|website=Commandant, Naval District Washington|publisher=US Navy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=JADOC site|url=https://www.afdw.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002164646/|access-date=11 September 2020|website=Air Force District of Washington|publisher=US Air Force|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://anacostiabolling.tricare.mil/About-Us|access-date=9 October 2020|website=11th Medical Squadron - Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling|publisher=US Air Force}}</ref>

=== [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] ===
* [[Department of Defense Office of Inspector General|Office of Inspector General]]

=== [[Defense Information Systems Agency]] ===
* [[White House Communications Agency]]
** Headquarters White House Communications Agency

=== [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] ===
* Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters

=== [[United States Department of the Air Force|Department of the Air Force]] ===
* [[United States Secretary of the Air Force#Office of the Secretary of the Air Force|Office of the Secretary of the Air Force]]
** Administrative Assistant to the Secretary
* Air Force Departmental Publishing Office
** [[Inspector General of the Air Force]]
* [[Air Force District of Washington]]
** 11th Wing (host wing)
*** Headquarters 11th Wing
*** 11th Comptroller Squadron
*** 11th Operations Group
**** [[United States Air Force Band|US Air Force Band]]
**** [[United States Air Force Honor Guard|US Air Force Honor Guard]]
**** Arlington Chaplaincy
*** 11th Medical Group
**** 11th Medical Support Squadron
**** 11th Medical Squadron
*** 11th Mission Support Group
**** 11th Civil Engineer Squadron
**** 11th Contracting Squadron
**** 11th Force Support Squadron
**** 11th Logistics Readiness Squadron
**** 11th Mission Support Group
**** 11th Security Forces Squadron
* [[Air Force Historical Research Agency]]
** [[Air Force History and Museums Program]]
*** Air Force Historical Support Division
* [[Civil Air Patrol]]
** [https://natcapwg.cap.gov/ National Capital Wing Headquarters]
*** [https://natcapwg.cap.gov/squadrons/dc051 Tuskegee Composite Squadron]
** [https://history.cap.gov/morsecenter Colonel Louisa S. Morse Center for CAP History]

=== [[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]] ===
* [[United States Army Military District of Washington|US Army Military District of Washington]]
** Joint Air Defense Operations Center
* [[District of Columbia Army National Guard]]

=== [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]] ===
* [[Office of the Secretary of the Navy]]
**[[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]] (NCIS)
*** NCIS Washington Field Office
* [[United States Marine Corps]]
** [[Headquarters Marine Corps]]
*** [[Deputy Commandant for Aviation]]
**** [[HMX-1|Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1)]] – [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|UH-3D Sea King]], [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|VH-3D Sea King]], [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|UH-60N Black Hawk]], [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|VH-60N White Hawk]] and [[Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey|MV-22B Osprey]]
**[[United States Marine Corps Reserve|US Marine Corps Reserve]] (USMCR)
** [[Force Headquarters Group]]
*** 4th Civil Affairs Group
**** Marine Corps Advisor Company A
* [[United States Navy]]
** [[Commander, Navy Installations Command]]
** [[Naval District Washington]]
*** [[United States Navy Ceremonial Guard|US Navy Ceremonial Guard]]

=== [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] ===
* [[United States Coast Guard]]
** Atlantic Area
*** Fifth District
**** Sector Maryland-National Capital Region
***** Coast Guard Station Washington, D.C.
* [[United States Secret Service]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/contact |title=Contact |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=United States Secret Service |access-date=2023-12-01 |quote=}}</ref>

== Housing ==
Residents are zoned to [[District of Columbia Public Schools]].<ref>[https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Regions/ndw/installations/jbab/ Home]. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. "Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling 20 MacDill Blvd. Washington, D.C. 20032-7711"</ref> Residents are zoned to Leckie Elementary School,<ref>"[https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Attendance%20Zones%20for%20Neighborhood%20Elementary%20%20K-8%20Schools.pdf Elementary Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212035509/http://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Attendance%20Zones%20for%20Neighborhood%20Elementary%20%20K-8%20Schools.pdf |date=2017-02-12 }}"  (2016-2017 School Year). [[District of Columbia Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2018.</ref> Hart Middle School,<ref>"[https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Attendance%20Zones%20for%20Neighborhood%20Middle%20Schools.pdf Middle School Boundary Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211062934/http://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Attendance%20Zones%20for%20Neighborhood%20Middle%20Schools.pdf |date=2017-02-11 }}" (2016-2017 School Year). [[District of Columbia Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2018.</ref> and [[Ballou High School]].<ref>"[https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Attendance%20Zones%20for%20Neighborhood%20High%20Schools.pdf High School Boundary Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131001432/https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Attendance%20Zones%20for%20Neighborhood%20High%20Schools.pdf |date=2017-01-31 }}" (2016-2017 School Year). [[District of Columbia Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2018.</ref> There is a charter school on JBAB, LEARN D.C.<ref name=AFsign>{{cite web|url=https://www.learncharter.org/news/air-force-signs-lease-for-learn-charter-school-on-joint-base-anacostia-bolling/|title=Air Force signs lease for LEARN Charter School on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling|publisher=LEARN|date=2021-01-28|accessdate=2022-06-06}}</ref>

There was previously a proposal for an on-base school dating to the 1960s.<ref name=Nestorsch>{{cite web|last=Nestor|first=Brian|url=https://www.afdw.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2770119/joint-base-anacostia-bolling-learn-dc-celebrate-on-base-charter-school-opening/|title=Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, LEARN D.C. celebrate on-base charter school opening|publisher=[[Air Force District of Washington]]|date=2021-08-27|accessdate=2022-06-06}}</ref> In 2010 Leckie had about 33% of its students from military families. Leckie Elementary is near Anacostia-Bolling's south gate. Around that time Anacostia–Bolling parents have advocated establishing a charter school for secondary grades on Anacostia–Bolling so they do not have to enroll their children in faraway schools. They perceived the public secondary schools as being of low quality; around that time about 20% of the students in the local schools had adequate or higher performance in mathematics and reading.<ref>{{cite news|author=Cardoza, Kavitha|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/homerooms-for-the-homefront/2015/04/03/0edd16b8-c40e-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html|title=D.C. joins push to open more charter schools for military children|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=2015-04-10|access-date=2018-09-02|quote=Middle and high school options are especially lacking. At [...] and it would cut down on commutes that can be as long as two hours.}}</ref>

In 2021 the LEARN Charter Schools organization signed an agreement to lease space at JBAB.<ref name=AFsign/> It was scheduled to begin operations in Fall 2021 and is to expand to be a [[K-8 school|PreK-8 school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.learncharter.org/news/new-charter-school-to-open-on-jbab/|title=New Charter School to Open on JBAB |publisher=LEARN|date=2021-01-28|accessdate=2020-09-23}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of United States Air Force installations]]
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==References==
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* {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* {{USGovernment|url=http://www.bolling.af.mil|title=Bolling Air Force Base|agency=United States Air Force}}
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