In 2002, there were 90,851 active-duty military personnel and 77,119 civilian personnel stationed in Virginia. The Hampton Roads area, one of the nation's major concentrations of military facilities, includes Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, the Norfolk naval air station and shipyard, the naval air station at Virginia Beach, the Marine Corps air facility and command and staff college at Quantico, and Forts Eustis, Belvoir, and Lee. Norfolk is the home base of the Atlantic Fleet, and several major army and air commands are in Virginia. Virginia's major defense establishments also include an army base at Arlington. In 2002, Virginia firms received more than $18.4 billion in defense contracts.
According to the 2000 Census, there were 786,359 veterans of US military service living in Virginia. Of these, 103, 986 saw service in World War II; 71,521 during the Korean conflict; 226,908 during the Vietnam era; and 159,915 during 1990–2000 (including the Persian Gulf War). Veterans' benefits allocated to Virginia totaled about $1.3 billion in 2002.
In 2000, the Virginia State Police employed 1,883 full-time sworn officers.