Dahlgren Va Military Base
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Dahlgren va military base. With the potomac river and machodoc creek in king george county serving as boundaries the facility along with the beautiful area s more. Base visitors visitors must be sponsored by either military nsasp or supported command personnel be vetted have an expected visitor form submitted and be processed through the pass id office. S t e a m lab to go features easy to follow instruction and supplies that encourages ages 4 and up to think about science technology engineering art and math. Both the military installation and the human community it is located in are named after john a.
Naval support facility dahlgren va was initially established in 1918 on 4 000 acres bounded by the potomac river and machodoc creek in king george county as a remote extension of maryland s. Nestled alongside the potomac river the base enjoys the beauty of the water as well as quick access to a major highway route 301. Welcome to nsf dahlgren va naval support facility dahlgren began as a testing facility in 1918 when the lower station of the naval powder factory was established in the northern neck of virginia. The united states naval surface warfare center dahlgren division nswcdd named for rear admiral john a.
Dahlgren is located in dahlgren virginia with a geographically separated command naval surface warfare center dahlgren division dam neck activity nswcdddna located in virginia beach va in close proximity to the largest fleet concentration area in the navy. Off base services provides assistance with locating off base housing in the maryland virginia and washington d c areas. Dahlgren one of the united states navy leaders and heroes. There are 78 units of single family houses and 125 townhomes that currently serve the needs of the military stationed at nsf dahlgren.
Naval support facility dahlgren is located approximately 30 miles east of fredericksburg va and 68 miles south of washington dc and 55 miles north of richmond va in rural king george county.