Exhibit 23
                                                                        
                                                                         


                             VSE CORPORATION
                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
                                     
     

   As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
of our reports included and incorporated by reference in VSE Corporation's 
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, into the Company's previously 
filed Registration Statement File Numbers 333-15307, 333-15309, and 333-15311.


                                                      /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP 

                                                      ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Washington, D.C.,
  April 7, 1998