The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is a corporate university of the United States Department of Defense offering "acquisition, technology, and logistics" (AT&L) training to military and Federal civilian staff and Federal contractors. DAU is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and is accredited by the American Council on Education (ACE), International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and the Council on Occupational Education (COE). History The University Charter was created in October 1991 by Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.57. Originally a loose consortium of existing training commands, DAU worked to standardize the training courses and establish mechanisms that allowed for centralized management of training funds for the DoD workforce. In the late 1990s, the consortium arrangement was replaced by a centralized structure, more like that of a corporate university. By 2014, DAU had grown to the point of graduating 181,970 students. Leadership DAU was headed by a Commandant until the year 2000 when it became a civilian institution, and since then the chief executive position has the title "President." DAU's Commandants and Presidents have included William L. Vincent (1991-1993), Claude M. Bolton (1993–1996), Richard A. Black (1996–1997), Leonard Vincent (1997–1999), Frank J. Anderson (1999-2010), Katrina McFarland (2011-2012), and James P. Woolsey (2013–present). Locations DAU is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and serves approximately 150,000 members of the defense acquisition workforce in all. DAU also has several other locations across the United States as well an online presence. These locations include: DAU Capital and Northeast, located at Fort Belvoir with access and services to The Pentagon and Washington Department of Defense agencies. It serves an AT&L workforce of about 35,000 people. Defense Systems Management College, located near the Capital and Northeast Region campus DAU Mid-Atlantic, located in California, Maryland (near the Patuxent River Naval Air Station) DAU South, in Huntsville, Alabama (just outside Redstone Arsenal), serving 41,000+ members DAU Midwest, located in Kettering, Ohio (just outside Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), serving 25,000+ members DAU West in San Diego, serving 30,013 people (as of 2021) Various satellite locations at major military commands Admissions and costs Applicants must have a current affiliation with the United States government in order to attend training courses offered by DAU. The United States Military Services and the DoD have internal registration and quotas for DAU class, while the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) accepts applications and registers most non-DoD students. U.S. Federal employees and defense contractors may