I only ever remember being stationed anywhere, although I was occasionally detached to another unit and often staggered back to camp from the local hostelry. I reported to Station HQ on arrival and departure, invariably passing a sign that said 'RAF Station XXXX' on the way in and out, while desperately trying to avoid the Station Warrant Officer.
The RN do tend to go in for Bases - Portsmouth for example - but maybe the matelots think its a ship? The Naval Base in Singapore was HMS Terror but it never managed to frighten anybody as it was firmly fixed to the island. The Navy certainly thought that RAF Station Brawdy was afloat and insisted it was HMS Goldcrest or something. I remember having a devil of a time persuading their regulating office to let us go ashore. In the end we had to swim for it...