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An important training ground, the installation served as a key center for equipping troops fighting in World War II , and later the Korean War and Vietnam War . Today, 23,000 civilian and active-duty personnel are employed on the base. The installation is considered to be one of the hubs for naval activity in the U.S. South . Other U.S. Navy Bases in the area include Naval Station Mayport , Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Camden County, Georgia , and the now closed Naval Air Station Cecil Field .