New Sign

Brunswick Naval Air Station is now Brunswick Landing.

The sign has changed from when it was a Naval Base, however, there is still some things left behind to tell us it was once home to the Navy. There is two static displays that are around the base one of the P-3 Orion and the other of its predecessor the P-2 Neptune, the once great sub hunters.

P-2 Neptune

P-3 Orion

Both of which at one point flew in and out of this base on a daily basis. Sadly other static displays and monuments have been removed from the base. This happened after NASB (Naval Air Station Brunswick) was put on the BRAC list in 2005 and officially closed in 2009. The closer of this long standing military base effected the whole town; the Navy occupied the base since 1943. 

The sign for the Navy barracks, the sign still stands in front of the barracks on NASB

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Many Sailors used to call this base home; some have stayed when they got out because they loved Maine, and some have come back to Maine since getting out of the Navy. However many more did not come back. Brunswick liked having the Navy in their town it brought an economic growth to the area, but that did not mean that Brunswick liked having so many people from away in the town at all times. Since the base closer many business have boarded up. Some business have moved on to the old NASB, but still driving around the base is an eerie feeling. It is deserted; I was their on January, 19th at noon and anyone who had ever been on NASB when the Navy was there would be shocked on how quite it was. There was no other cars driving around, no sounds of planes, and no sailors walking around. It was so dead that I expected a tumble weed to pass in front of me at I was standing in front of the static display of a P-3 Orion.