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Naval Magazine Indian Island

On behalf of Commanding Officer Cmdr. Todd Galvin, welcome to the website for Naval Magazine Indian Island.

Installation information

Naval Magazine Indian Island is located near Port Hadlock in Jefferson County, Washington, which is across Puget Sound from Whidbey Island and Seattle. The installation is home to a deep-water ammunition pier and a conventional ordnance storage site. Indian Island provides munitions support to Navy, Joint and Allied vessels while emphasizing safety, accuracy and efficiency.

Navy Munitions Command Pacific CONUS West Division Unit Indian Island is responsible for the receipt, storage and issue of conventional munitions at Indian Island as the installation's only tenant command. 

The 2,700-acre island hosts a wealth of cultural and natural resources, including several Native American archeological sites, historical pioneer homestead sites and WWII-era buildings. The island is also home to a wide diversity of wildlife species, including 10 established bald eagles nesting sites, several hundred deer, coyotes, otters and an occasional cougar.

Naval Magazine Indian Island was the recipient of the Commander, Navy Installation Command’s Installation Excellence Award for the small installation category in 2020, the Secretary of the Navy Environmental Award for sustainability in the non-industrial installation category in 2019, and the Chief of Naval Operations Shore Safety Award for the small installation category in 2018.

For administrative assistance, please contact the Naval Magazine Indian Island command office at 360-396-5227.

Military personnel under orders to Naval Magazine Indian Island should call 360-340-1984 for assistance with the check-in process, or they can email the base sponsorship coordinator at NMII_Sponsor@us.navy.mil. 

For more information and the latest news on Naval Magazine Indian Island, please visit our Facebook page or contact the Naval Magazine Indian Island Public Affairs Officer at 360-396-5393 or NMIIPAO@us.navy.mil. 

In the event of inclement weather, please call the Base Conditions hotline at 360-396-5375 for information about base operating conditions. The message will be updated by 4:00 a.m. with operating conditions for the day.

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Base Access

Naval Magazine Indian Island is a controlled access installation. Access is limited to authorized military personnel and Department of Defense civilian employees who have a valid Common Access Card (CAC). They must also have either a Base Authorization and Visit Request (BAVR) badge or a Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) badge that demonstrates the higher level of access credentials required for NMII.

All visitors must receive prior approval before coming onboard. Naval Magazine Indian Island’s Visitor Control Center is located near the main gate at Building 184. The VCC is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with the exception of Federal holidays and J-Days. All visitors are required to have a completed SECNAV 5512 form, with a sponsor’s signature, on file prior to arrival. Please call 360-396-0828 with any questions or visit the security page for further information.

All visitors to Indian Island, including contractors, must use the right-hand entry lane at the gate to gain access to the installation. All installation and Navy Region Northwest military personnel and employees with the appropriate level of access credentials can use the left-hand entry land.

The drivers of oversized vehicles should call 360-340-1984 for assistance prior to arriving at NMII. 

Firearms, dangerous weapons, stun guns, pepper spray, fireworks, controlled substances and drug paraphernalia are prohibited on Naval Magazine Indian Island. 

Operating an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is prohibited on Naval Magazine Indian Island without authorization from the Commanding Officer. NMII is requesting the community’s assistance in reporting any UAS device seen on base. If you observe a UAS onboard Naval Magazine Indian Island, you should immediately call the Regional Dispatch Center’s non-emergency number at 360-396-4444 or NMII’s Command Duty Officer at 360-340-1984. Your assistance to identify these devices is crucial to the safety and security of NMII. For more information about reporting a UAS sighting, please click here to view NMII’s policy.

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Quick Links


Base Access Paperwork 

SECNAV 5512 (PDF)
 

News from around Naval Magazine Indian Island

  • Naval Magazine Indian Island Holds Change of Command

    Jun 23, 2023

    Cmdr. Todd Galvin relieved Cmdr. Andrew Crouse as Commanding Officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island and Naval Munitions Command Pacific CONUS West Division Unit Indian Island during a change of command ceremony held on the installation’s pier on Thursday, June 22, 2023. “These past two years have really flown by,” Crouse said. “I can’t express how proud I am of our accomplishments over the past two years.”

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    DoD cancellation of Retired Civilian Base Access ID

    Jun 06, 2023

    In February 2023, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness cancelled Department of Defense (DoD) civilian retiree identification card. As a result, federal civilian retirees wanting to access a Navy installation will be required to apply for a Defense Biometric Identifications Systems (DBIDS) ID card. New civilian retiree ID cards will no longer be issued, and previously issued ID cards will remain valid through Aug. 31, 2023.   Applying for a DBIDS ID card can be done at the nearest Navy Visitor Control Center. DBIDS credentials will be issued to eligible personnel with “MWR Facility Privileges” on the back in the “Remarks” box, and be assigned to the “Facility Use” (yellow) category during enrollment. The limited use of MWR facilities by DoD civilian retirees will remain at the discretion of the installation commander.

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    Navy Recovers Sunken Patrol Boat from NBK-Bangor Shoreline

    Feb 08, 2023

    A Navy security patrol boat that struck a security barrier and sank on Jan. 19 was safely recovered from the waters along the shoreline of Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor.

  • Navy Region Northwest welcomes new Regional Commander

    May 12, 2022

    Rear Adm. Mark Sucato relieved Rear Adm. Brad Collins as Commander, Navy Region Northwest in a change of command ceremony Thursday, May 12. The small ceremony occurred on Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor with some family, friends and staff in attendance.

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    Navy Supports Community Partnership in Puget Sound

    Sep 25, 2020

    An earthen roadway with sediment-clogged culverts obstructed the waterway along the southeastern border of Naval Magazine Indian Island for more than 75 years, however water now freely flows into Kilisut Harbor thanks to a nearly completed effort to restore the historic tidal channel.

PHOTOS FROM AROUND Naval Magazine Indian Island

Sailors load cargo onto the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 28, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

Sep 12 2023

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda

Sailors load cargo onto the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 28, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

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 Cmdr. Todd Galvin, incoming commanding officer of Naval Magazine (NAVMAG) Indian Island, speaks during a NAVMAG change of command ceremony that took place on the ammunition pier in Port Hadlock, Washington, June 22, 2023. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Andrew Crouse was relieved as commander of NAVMAG Indian Island while Cmdr. Todd Galvin assumed his position as the incoming commanding officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

Jun 23 2023

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MC2 Gwendelyn Ohrazda

Cmdr. Todd Galvin, incoming commanding officer of Naval Magazine (NAVMAG) Indian Island, speaks during a NAVMAG change of command ceremony that took place on the ammunition pier in Port Hadlock, Washington, June 22, 2023. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Andrew Crouse was relieved as commander of NAVMAG Indian Island while Cmdr. Todd Galvin assumed his position as the incoming commanding officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

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Feb 19 2020

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Marc Cuenca

200219-N-HC646-0385 INDIAN ISLAND, Wash. (Feb. 19, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) visits Naval Magazine Indian Island where crews loaded munitions aboard the ship in preparation for future operations. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marc Cuenca/Released)

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 Crews load supplies onto the Naknek Trader during a visit to Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 29, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

Jun 28 2022

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda

Crews load supplies onto the Naknek Trader during a visit to Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 29, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

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 Lt. Cmdr. Sam Clement, executive officer, Naval Magazine Indian Island, speaks to race participants at Naval Magazine Indian Island during the Deer Run in Port Hadlock, Washington, August 13, 2022. About 150 runners and walkers participated in this year’s 5k and 1-mile Deer Run, which NMII typically hosts every year in the summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sophia H. Brooks)

Sep 12 2023

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Seaman Apprentice Sophia Brooks

Lt. Cmdr. Sam Clement, executive officer, Naval Magazine Indian Island, speaks to race participants at Naval Magazine Indian Island during the Deer Run in Port Hadlock, Washington, August 13, 2022. About 150 runners and walkers participated in this year’s 5k and 1-mile Deer Run, which NMII typically hosts every year in the summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sophia H. Brooks)

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 Dan Swann, left, a fisheries and marine biologist technician for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest, and Jake Gregg, a fish biologist for United States Geological Survey Marrowstone Marine Field Station, fold a net before redeploying it during a beach seining at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Hadlock, Washington April 29, 2021. The seining net is folded and carried to avoid damage from the barnacle covered beach.

May 17 2022

Beach Seining at Kilisut Harbor

Petty Officer 3rd Class Emilia Hilliard

Dan Swann, left, a fisheries and marine biologist technician for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest, and Jake Gregg, a fish biologist for United States Geological Survey Marrowstone Marine Field Station, fold a net before redeploying it during a beach seining at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Hadlock, Washington April 29, 2021. The seining net is folded and carried to avoid damage from the barnacle covered beach. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emilia C. Hilliard)

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 Sailors load munitions onto the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 28, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

Sep 12 2023

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda

Sailors load munitions onto the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 28, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

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 PORT HADLOCK, Wash. (Dec. 13, 2019) Admiralty Audubon Society member John Church, left, and Naval Magazine Indian Island Biologist Bill Kalina, right, spot coyotes during the conservation society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. The Admiralty Audubon Society, a National Audubon Society chapter formed in 1978, serves Port Townsend and the communities of eastern Jefferson County, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emilia Hilliard)

May 17 2022

Admiralty Audubon Society visits NMII

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emilia Hilliard

191213-N-HH853-0075 PORT HADLOCK, Wash. (Dec. 13, 2019) Admiralty Audubon Society member John Church, left, and Naval Magazine Indian Island Biologist Bill Kalina, right, spot coyotes during the conservation society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. The Admiralty Audubon Society, a National Audubon Society chapter formed in 1978, serves Port Townsend and the communities of eastern Jefferson County, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emilia Hilliard)

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 Crews load munitions onto the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in preparation for future routine operations during a visit to Naval Magazine Indian Island, Wash., May 9, 2022.

May 11 2022

USS Nimitz Visits Naval Magazine Indian Island

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda

INDIAN ISLAND, Wash. (May 9, 2022) Crews load munitions onto the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in preparation for future routine operations during a visit to Naval Magazine Indian Island, Wash., May 9, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)

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Feb 19 2020

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Marc Cuenca

200219-N-HC646-0495 INDIAN ISLAND, Wash. (Feb. 19, 2020) An aerial view of Indian Island, Wash., Feb. 19, 2020. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marc Cuenca/Released)

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Sailors load cargo onto the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 28, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda) Cmdr. Todd Galvin, incoming commanding officer of Naval Magazine (NAVMAG) Indian Island, speaks during a NAVMAG change of command ceremony that took place on the ammunition pier in Port Hadlock, Washington, June 22, 2023. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Andrew Crouse was relieved as commander of NAVMAG Indian Island while Cmdr. Todd Galvin assumed his position as the incoming commanding officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda) 200219-N-HC646-0385.JPG Crews load supplies onto the Naknek Trader during a visit to Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 29, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda) Lt. Cmdr. Sam Clement, executive officer, Naval Magazine Indian Island, speaks to race participants at Naval Magazine Indian Island during the Deer Run in Port Hadlock, Washington, August 13, 2022. About 150 runners and walkers participated in this year’s 5k and 1-mile Deer Run, which NMII typically hosts every year in the summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sophia H. Brooks) Dan Swann, left, a fisheries and marine biologist technician for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest, and Jake Gregg, a fish biologist for United States Geological Survey Marrowstone Marine Field Station, fold a net before redeploying it during a beach seining at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Hadlock, Washington April 29, 2021. The seining net is folded and carried to avoid damage from the barnacle covered beach. Sailors load munitions onto the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington March 28, 2022. Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s only deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast, where the installation can provide conventional ordnance support to vessels ranging from destroyers to submarines and aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda) PORT HADLOCK, Wash. (Dec. 13, 2019) Admiralty Audubon Society member John Church, left, and Naval Magazine Indian Island Biologist Bill Kalina, right, spot coyotes during the conservation society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. The Admiralty Audubon Society, a National Audubon Society chapter formed in 1978, serves Port Townsend and the communities of eastern Jefferson County, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emilia Hilliard) Crews load munitions onto the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in preparation for future routine operations during a visit to Naval Magazine Indian Island, Wash., May 9, 2022. 200219-N-HC646-0495.JPG

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