Camp Morena is an inland training facility of
Naval Base Coronado
Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island, located seventy miles west of San Diego, California, in Los Angeles County, California, to the Mountain Warfa ...
, in the
Mountain Empire
The Mountain Empire is a rural area in southeastern San Diego County, California. The Mountain Empire subregion consists of the backcountry communities in southeastern San Diego County. The area is also sometimes considered part of the East Coun ...
region of
San Diego County, California
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...
.
It is located near the town of
Campo, to the north of Lake Morena County Park.
Camp Morena was formerly used by the
California National Guard
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, and later given to the
U.S. Navy
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.
See also
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External links
Militarymuseum.org: Camp Morena
United States Navy installations
Military facilities in San Diego County, California
Mountain Empire (San Diego County)
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