National Defense University
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education in Fort Lesley McNair, Washington, D.C., United States. It is funded by the United States Department of Defense aimed at facilitating high-level education, training, and professional development of national security leaders.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: University
- Description: military university in Washington, DC, United States
- Also known as: “Army War College” and “NDU”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National War College and Audi Field.
National War College
Military installation
Photo: Ipoellet, Public domain.
In the United States, the National War College is a school within the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active. National War College is situated 620 feet south of National Defense University.
Audi Field
Stadium
Photo: Rainclaw7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders football team. Audi Field is situated 1,700 feet northeast of National Defense University.
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Military installation
Photo: Tim Evanson, Public domain.
Fort Lesley J. McNair, also historically known as the Washington Arsenal, is a United States Army post located on the tip of Buzzard Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side. Fort Lesley J. McNair is situated 650 feet north of National Defense University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwest and Waterfront.
Southwest
Quarter
Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Anacostia
Photo: Ron Coggswell, CC BY 2.0.
Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.
National Defense University
- Categories: national defense university, staff college, and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.86477° or 38° 51′ 53″ northLongitude
-77.01674° or 77° 1′ 0″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87C4VX7M+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 10646874299OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“National Defense University” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة الدفاع الوطني”
- Armenian: “Պաշտպանության ազգային համալսարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Milli Müdafiə Universiteti”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальны ўніверсітэт абароны”
- Catalan: “Universitat Nacional de Defensa”
- Chinese: “國防大學”
- Chinese: “美国国防大学”
- Chinese: “美國國防大學”
- Czech: “Univerzita národní obrany”
- Danish: “National Defense University”
- Dutch: “National Defense University”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة الدفاع الوطنى”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Defenda Universitato”
- Esperanto: “NDU”
- French: “National Defense University”
- Georgian: “თავდაცვის ეროვნული უნივერსიტეტი”
- German: “National Defense University”
- Hebrew: “האוניברסיטה לביטחון לאומי בארה’ב (NDU)”
- Hebrew: “האוניברסיטה לביטחון לאומי”
- Hungarian: “National Defense University”
- Hungarian: “NDU”
- Italian: “National Defense University”
- Japanese: “アメリカ国家防衛大学”
- Japanese: “アメリカ国防大学”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・ディフェンス・ユニヴァーシティ”
- Japanese: “国防大学校”
- Japanese: “国防総合大学”
- Japanese: “米国国防大学”
- Japanese: “米国国防総合大学”
- Japanese: “米国防大学”
- Korean: “미국 국방대학교”
- Latvian: “ASV Nacionālās aizsardzības universitāte”
- Latvian: “Nacionālās aizsardzības universitāte”
- Malay: “Universiti Pertahanan Nasional”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “National Defense University”
- Norwegian: “National Defense University”
- Persian: “دانشگاه دفاع ملی آمریکا”
- Portuguese: “Universidade de Defesa Nacional”
- Portuguese: “Universidade Nacional de Defesa”
- Pushto: “د ملي دفاع پوهنتون”
- Russian: “Национальный университет обороны”
- Slovenian: “National Defense University”
- Spanish: “Universidad de Defensa Nacional”
- Spanish: “Universidad Nacional de Defensa”
- Swedish: “National Defense University”
- Swedish: “National War College”
- Ukrainian: “Національний університет оборони США”
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