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Which institutions joined to form the National Defense University in 1976?
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Stephen Luce, c. 1888.
In 1976, the National Defense University (NDU) was formed through the merger of two institutions:12
- The National War College (NWC)12
- The Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), which was later renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy12