Naval Air Station Memphis

Naval Support Activity Mid-South Park Field
Millington, Tennessee
NSA Mid-South insignia
Naval Support Activity Mid-South
Coordinates	35°20′05″N 089°52′09″W / 35.33472°N 89.86917°W / 35.33472; -89.86917
Type	Military base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Navy
Site history
Built	1917
In use	1917 - present
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Garrison information
Current commander	CAPT David Bryson

Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NSA Mid-South, NAVSUPPACT Mid-South, NSAMS), in Millington, Tennessee, is a base of the United States Navy. A part of the Navy Region Southeast and the Navy Installations Command, NSA Mid-South serves as the Navy’s Human Resources Center of Excellence. The base is host to several commands and other military tenants: Navy Personnel Command, Navy Recruiting Command, the Navy Manpower Analysis Center, a Marine reserve Company - Bridge Company C (6th ESB, 4th MLG) and the US Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center. More than 8,500 military, civilian, and contract personnel are assigned/work on base.

Initially established as Park Field, it was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.

The Naval Support Activity has approximately 8,500 enlisted and officer personnel, civilians, and full-time contract personnel, who provide all essential logistic and operational support to the commands and activities on board. As the base has evolved and changed, so has its impact on the area. It plays an important part in the community and is one of the largest single employers in the state of Tennessee.

Of the more than 30 tenant commands that are located aboard Naval Support Activity Mid-South, these are some of the major commands:

Throughout the year, NSA Mid-South partners with the Millington and Memphis communities to put on several projects:

Beginning in 2010, Naval Support Activity Mid-South is sponsoring the Navy Ten Nautical Miler, the first and only race measured in nautical miles instead of statute miles. The world-class foot race, intended to take the place of the Navy’s previous premiere race, the Blue Angels Marathon, attracts runners from all over the world.

Initially known as Park Field, the facility was established as a World War I training base in 1917. It was named after 1st Lieutenant Joseph D. Park, who was killed on 9 May 1913 when a military biplane, which he was flying plunged its nose into a gulley, turned a somersault and crashed against a tree, at Olive, California, thirty-nine miles southeast of Los Angeles. The aviator fell only fifteen feet, but the radiator crushed his head, and then fell upon his body.