Improving Quality of Life for Service Members

Pacific Beacon will improve the quality of life for more than 2,000 single enlisted Sailors through the construction of 941 new dual master suite apartment residences and the repositioning of an existing 258-unit bachelor quarters facility. Pacific Beacon's "at ease" lifestyle will provide residents with the best of San Diego living in a safe and comfortable environment so that, at day's end, Sailors will be better prepared to perform when duty calls.

Alleviating Critical Housing Shortages

More than 27,600 single Sailors call San Diego home. Due to a critical shortfall of bachelors' quarters space coupled with the lack of affordable housing in the area, many junior enlisted Sailors in San Diego live on their ship while in homeport, and they have virtually no personal space outside their bunk and storage locker. Mid-grade enlisted Sailors who receive a housing allowance are generally required to room with multiple roommates in an apartment due to the high cost of local housing. The Pacific Beacon project, an important component of the Navy's Ship to Shore initiative, will help alleviate this projected shortfall of 7,000 beds, vastly improving quality of life for those who defend our country.

Increasing Retention and Improving Morale

In an all-volunteer Navy, retention is key to the increasingly hi-tech missions of today and tomorrow. Lack of private quarters in the home port consistently ranks among the highest qualify of life issues for junior Sailors and is one of the top reasons they leave the service after the first term. Development of Pacific Beacon will directly improve retention and the Navy's ability to meet there mission.

read Pacific Beacon's Development Plan
read about the Navy's Public Private Ventures Program