Exhibit 31.2

                          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
             RULE 13A-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
                            AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, T. R. Loftus, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of VSE Corporation;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant
as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the
registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;

(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
the  end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and

(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the
Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

(a) 	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.





Dated: March 3, 2009   	                 /s/ T. R. Loftus
                                         ___________________________
                                         T. R. Loftus
                                         Executive Vice President and
                                         Chief Financial Officer