Naval Air Station Whiting Field – North

Naval Air Station Whiting Field is a United States Navy base located near Milton, Florida, with some outlying fields near Navarre, Florida, in south and central Santa Rosa County, and is one of the Navy's two primary pilot training bases (the other being NAS Corpus Christi, Texas). NAS Whiting Field provides training for U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force student pilots, as well as those of several allied nations. NAS Whiting Field is home to Training Air Wing Five (TRAWING 5). NAS Whiting Field is actually two airfields sharing a common support base. Primary Flight Training student aviators fly the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II from North Whiting Field (KNSE) while Advanced Helicopter Training takes place utilizing the TH-57 Sea Ranger at South Whiting Field (KNDZ).

Naval Air Station Whiting Field – South (ICAO: KNDZ, FAA LID: NDZ), also known as South Whiting Field, is located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Milton, in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. This military airport is owned by the US Navy. It is one of two airfields located at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, the other airfield being NAS Whiting Field – North. This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of NDZ by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.

Santa Rosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, the population is 188,000. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county. Other major communities within Santa Rosa County are Navarre, Pace, and Gulf Breeze. Navarre is the most populated community with a population of approximately 45,000 residents. Santa Rosa County is included in the Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area, which also includes Escambia County.

Allentown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. Its population was 894 as of the 2010 census.State Road 87 (SR 87), SR 89, and County Road 182 (CR 182) pass through the community. The intersection of CR 182 and SR 89 is typically referred by locals as "downtown Allentown" or simply "the caution light." Central School and the local volunteer fire department are located in Allentown. There are two small churches within the community. Navy T-6 Training planes are frequently heard overhead due to the close proximity of NAS Whiting Field to the east.

Point Baker is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. Its population was 2,991 as of the 2010 census. Florida State Road 87 and Florida State Road 89 intersect in Point Baker.

Roeville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. Its population was 608 as of the 2010 census.

Central School is a public high school in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. It is located at 6180 Central School Road. The school's teams compete as the Jaguars.Central was founded in 1983, when Allentown High School (which previously occupied the complex), Munson High School, and Chumuckla merged into one school.

Peter Prince Field (FAA LID: 2R4) is a public-use airport located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the central business district of the city of Milton in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned.

Milton High School (MHS) is a public four-year high school located in Milton, Florida. Milton High School was established in 1915 making it the oldest school in Santa Rosa County. The original campus was built on Canal Street in Milton, FL and held classes there until it moved to its current location on Stewart Street in 1953. The original building is now the home to the Santa Rosa County School Board offices. MHS enrolls over 1,800 students, grades nine through twelve. Milton High has had several principals over its more than 100 years of existence. Most recently, Don Lewis Lynn, Jr. was principal from 1999 to the 2006–07 school year, until taking an Assistant Superintendent position at the county level. Principal Michael Thorpe took over after Buddy Powell and served from 2008 to the 2014–2015 school year. Tim Short became principal in April 2015.

Santa Rosa Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. The facility opened in 1996 with a mix of security levels and a capacity of 1,614. It is often considered one of the "toughest" and "most dangerous" prisons in the state of Florida. The adjacent Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Annex opened in 2006, and houses another 1,478 inmates at the same security levels.Also nearby is the privately operated Blackwater River Correctional Facility with Florida state inmates.

Milton is a city in and the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is located within the Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area. Milton is located in the geographic center of Santa Rosa County and it is bordered by Pace to the west, and Navarre to the South. As of 2020, the population of the city of Milton was 10,197. The town was incorporated in 1844 and is home to Naval Air Station Whiting Field.

Santa Rosa Medical Center or SRMC is an American 129-bed general hospital located in the small Florida city of Milton. SRMC is the primary provider of hospital-based healthcare services and emergency medicine in Santa Rosa County, Florida. The main hospital campus is located at 6002 Berryhill Road, Milton, FL 32570. The facility is leased and managed by Community Health Systems (CHS), a large U.S. healthcare company based in Franklin, Tennessee. SRMC, along with its affiliated health services facilities and clinics, is one of the largest employers in Santa Rosa County, Florida, employing nearly 700 staff and volunteers, over 200 physicians.