Naval Support Facility Indian Head

Welcome to Naval Support Facility Indian Head

Naval Support Facility Indian Head was founded in 1890 as the Navy’s first established presence in southern Maryland. What began many years ago as a gun test facility on the Potomac River has evolved and expanded to include numerous scientific and response-force missions serving all branches of the military – Navy, Air Force, Army and Marines.

Installation Information

Surrounded by the Potomac River and Mattawoman Creek, Naval Support Facility Indian Head is strategically situated less than 30 miles south of the nation’s capital. In addition to its military value, the Indian Head Navy installation makes a significant economic contribution to the local community by serving as one of Charles County, Maryland’s largest employers.

Today’s military community on board Naval Support Facility Indian Head represents a diverse and strategically important mix of research and development activities, alongside operational support programs that are protecting the U.S. homeland from terrorist threats, as well as serving U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Army forces deployed worldwide on a daily basis.

3838 Strauss Avenue
Indian Head, MD 20640-5133

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News

Naval Support Activity South Potomac // November 16, 2010

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standards have been developed for the Chesapeake Bay. The TMDL is the level of pollution load a water body can receive and remain healthy. The primary pollutants of concern to be addressed by the new standards are nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous, and sediment from surface runoff.

USO Looking for Volunteers

Naval Support Activity South Potomac // November 16, 2010

With the opening of a new USO Center at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren in July, service members and their families at both Dahlgren and NSF Indian Head have access to a unique “home away from home” at both bases.

Shoreline Project Improves Potomac River Ecosystem

Naval Support Facility Indian Head, MD // November 16, 2010

Deputy Secretary for the Maryland Department of Environment, Robert Summers, toured the on-going shoreline stabilization project at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head recently and was briefed on the overall effort to mitigate erosion along several miles of the base’s shoreline with the Potomac River and Mattawoman Creek.