National War College
The National War College is a school within the United States' National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active.Photo: Ipoellet, Public domain.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: postgraduate joint senior service school at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “NWC” and “Roosevelt Hall”
- Address: 300 D Street, Washington, DC 20024
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Defense University and Audi Field.
National Defense University
University
Photo: Tim1965, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. National Defense University is situated 620 feet north of National War College.
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 2,300 feet northeast of National War College.
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 1,300 feet north of National War College.
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.
Congress Heights
Neighborhood
Congress Heights is a residential neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. The irregularly shaped neighborhood is bounded by the St. Congress Heights is situated 1½ miles southeast of National War College.
National War College
- Categories: staff college, military school, building, and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.86309° or 38° 51′ 47″ northLongitude
-77.01701° or 77° 1′ 1″ westInception
1907Open location code
87C4VX7M+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 67254524OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=militaryWikidata ID
Q137269
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“National War College” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكلية الحربية الوطنية”
- Armenian: “Ազգային ռազմական քոլեջ”
- Azerbaijani: “Milli Hərbi Kollec”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальны ваенны каледж”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальны ваенны коледж”
- Bulgarian: “Национален военен колеж”
- Catalan: “National War College”
- Chinese: “国家战争学院”
- Chinese: “國家戰爭學院”
- Chinese: “美國國家戰爭學院”
- Chinese: “美國國立戰爭學院”
- Dutch: “National War College”
- French: “National War College”
- German: “National War College”
- Hebrew: “מכללת המלחמה הלאומית”
- Hungarian: “Nemzeti Háborús Főiskola”
- Italian: “National War College”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・ウォー・カレッジ”
- Japanese: “国防大学”
- Korean: “미국 국방참모대학교”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “National War College”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “National War College”
- Occitan (post 1500): “National War College”
- Persian: “کالج ملی جنگ”
- Portuguese: “Escola Nacional de Guerra”
- Portuguese: “National War College”
- Russian: “Национальный военный колледж”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Colaiste Nàiseanta a‘ Chogaidh”
- Spanish: “Colegio Nacional de Guerra”
- Spanish: “Escuela Nacional de Guerra”
- Spanish: “NWC”
- Swedish: “National War College”
- Ukrainian: “Національний воєнний коледж США”
- Urdu: “نیشنل وار کالج”
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