Naval District Washington

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Commandant, Naval District Washington Naval District Washington
Command insignia of Naval District Washington
Active	1903 - present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Region Commander
Role	Management of naval installations and shore staff in the National Capital Region
Part of	Naval Installations Command
HQ	Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC
Nickname(s)	NDW
Commanders
Current commander	RDML Michael Steffen[1]

Naval District Washington is one of eleven current naval regions responsible to Commander, Navy Installations Command for the operation and management of Naval shore installations in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area. The Commandant is currently the only remaining Naval Districts from the 1900s era, making it, by default the oldest of the current naval regions. The Commandant is headquartered at the Washington Navy Yard only a few yards away from the Commander, Navy Installations Command headquarters.

History[]

As part of the formation of most of the Naval Districts in 1903, Naval District Washington was stood up under the command of the Commandant, Washington Navy Yard. Originally named the Potomac River Naval Command, it was formed from the areas of the Potomac River up to the Great Falls, the District of Columbia, and the Counties of Prince Georges, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Stafford, King George, Prince William, and Westmoreland Counties in Virginia, less the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia and the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.^[2]

Subordinate Commands[]

As Echelon III Commander[]

NDW reports to Commander Naval Installations Command as an Echelon III commander over the following installations:

• • Washington Navy Yard
  • Naval Support Facility Naval Research Laboratory
  • Naval Support Facility Suitland, supporting the Office of Naval Intelligence
  • Naval Support Facility Naval Observatory
  • Naval Support Facility Arlington
  • Naval Support Facility Carderock, supporting the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center
• Naval Support Activity South Potomac
  • Naval Support Facility Indian Head supporting Joint Interoperability Test Command, among others
  • Naval Support Facility Dahlgren supporting Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
• Naval Air Station Patuxent River
• Naval Support Activity Annapolis
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Naval Research Laboratory, Chesapeake Beach Detachment
  • Naval Operational Support Center Baltimore
• Naval Support Facility Thurmont, commonly known as Camp David
• Naval Support Activity Bethesda, which hosts the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

As Echelon II Commander[]

NDW maintains a direct reporting role to the Chief of Naval Operations as an Echelon II commander in its role as the immediate superior in command (ISIC) for the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard at Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling, Human Resources Office Washington and Navy Exchange Bethesda.

See also[]

• United States Army Military District of Washington
• Air Force District of Washington
• Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region

External links[]

• Official website

References[]

Coordinates: 38°52′29″N 76°59′41″W / 38.8746°N 76.9946°W / 38.8746; -76.9946