What's the difference between Joint Base Andrews and Andrews Air Force Base???

[a kennedy]

or did I miss that Andrews Air Force Base has just been renamed???

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They are the same, just renamed.

Andrews Air Force Base is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force. In 2009, Andrews Air Force Base merged with Naval Air Facility Washington to form Joint Base Andrews.

[a kennedy]

3. Thanks.

[NutmegYankee]

7. Another example is Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

The Navy Pearl Harbor Port was combined with Hickam air field.

[dem4decades]

2. Old school and new school names.

[NutmegYankee]

4. It means two separate service facilities were combined. In this case Air force and Navy.

The naval facility is Naval Air Facility Washington.

[bdamomma]

5. thanks

[OneBlueDotBama]

6. They've been slowly renaming them since....

Washington, Colorado etc., have legalized relational marijuana

[msongs]

15. very subtle yet humorous :-) nt

[Abnredleg]

8. The military has consolidated a number of bases

For example, Fort Lewis and McChord AFB are now Joint Base Lewis McChord. What is actually being consolidated is the base infrastructure such as housing, water and sewer, and the like, in an effort to eliminate redundancies and save money.

[Aristus]

13. I still draw a distinction between the two.

They'll always be separate, as far as I'm concerned.

I spent two years on Ft. Lewis as a kid when my Dad was stationed there. I attended Woodbrook Junior High with the other Army kids, and the Air Force kids. The Air Force was a different world

[Abnredleg]

14. I'm a Woodbrook Wildcat myself!

And graduated from Clover Park HS. We lived on Davis Hill for four years.

[Aristus]

16. I graduated from Lakes.

[Abnredleg]

19. My sister was graduated from Lakes

But I still love her.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. Yep, Joint Base San Antonio is made up of Ft Sam Houston, Lackland AFB, Randolph AFB.

Don't know why. Sam Houston is on the other side of town from Lackland.

Fort Sam Houston was known as an Army post, but has long trained medics and corpsmen from other branches.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. A little more back story . . . .

Republicans have a way of wiping out traditions for their own purposes.

Years ago a GOP congress changed the name of Washington National Airport to Reagan National Airport. In the old days, it was called "National". GOP now always call it "Reagan" or "Reagan National". Most locals still call it "National" or "DCA".

Similarly, in the Lesser Bush years, Rumsfeld blurred the line between the service branches. Andrews Air Force Base had always been that - an Air Force base. There was something . . . . I don't know . . . . "local" about that. He changed the name to the current Joint Base Andrews. To many, it has a far more military, almost menacing, feel to the name.

I suspect you are reacting to Brian Williams' comments just now on MSNBC. He was alluding to all of that.

[3catwoman3]

10. My retired Air Force husband and I ALWAYS call...

...it National Airport, and always will.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Yup!

For me it is National or DCA.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Same Here

Whether i was going to DC or Arlington, i flew into National.
That's l i ever called it.
I also never called Orange County airport John Wayne.

[DeminPennswoods]

17. Just a different name

Back in the 90s, DoD went all in on "joint" operations among the Army, Navy, Marines, USAF. Many of the miltary bases lost their specific service designation and became "Joint Bases" where members of all services were/could be stationed.

[Drahthaardogs]

18. Joint Base is when several installations are combined

Fort Richardson and Elmendorf is now JB Elmendorf

[BumRushDaShow]

20. They did that awhile ago

Base realignment/consolidation.

For example McGuire Air Force Base and Ft. Dix Army Base & Lakehurst Naval Air station in Jersey became "Joint Base McQuire-Dix-Lakehurst" (3 branches - Air Force-Army-Navy - working together).