Exhibit 31.1
                          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, M. A. Gauthier, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of VSE Corporation (the
"Registrant");

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 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 officers 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.



Date: April 30, 2009                    /s/ M. A. Gauthier
                                         ____________________________________
                                         M. A. Gauthier
                                         Chief Executive Officer, President
                                         and Chief Operating Officer