Since Camp Pendleton is owned by the State of Virginia and not the federal government, the facility was not covered by The Naming Commission's mandate to rename US military installations.

However, in January 2021 Governor Ralph Northam "directed his administration to review and recommend a replacement name for Camp Pendleton".

[3][4] Northam was unable to rename this base before he was replaced as governor in January 2022 by Glenn Youngkin who decided not to continue his predecessor's uncompleted work.

[8] The 50th Coast Artillery Regiment, with 24 mobile 155 mm guns, was organized at Camp Pendleton in February 1942 and elements remained there until December 1942.

The original 1912 construction mostly related to the rifle range, but most of those buildings were demolished prior to World War II.

At the time it was listed on the National Register, Camp Pendleton had 108 buildings in a condition good enough to qualify them as contributing properties.

[14] Since shortly after World War II a 2,000 square feet (190 m2) home on the camp has served as a vacation spot for the presiding governor of Virginia.

[8] This has led to repeated requests by the City authorities to convert it to other uses, including complete or partial conversion to a state park.

[10] The findings of a report completed at the behest of the Virginia General Assembly on November 22, 1998 were that it was not feasible at that time to convert Camp Pendleton to a state park because of the demands of long-term planning, coordination with the federal government, and environmental reclamation.