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The $1.03 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot facility opened in August 2011, replacing Fort Belvoir's existing medical facility, DeWitt Army Community Hospital, and integrating nearly half of the workforce of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in accordance with 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act.
9 March 2015. The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011. Located on 113 acres (46 ha) in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
Cutler Army Community Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts (1995) [14] [15] DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. (2011) Named for Colonel Ogden Dewitt, former Chief of Surgery, Walter Reed General Hospital. Army-Navy Hospital Hot Springs, Arkansas (1952) Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, 1999
7,637 residents (Fort Belvoir CDP) Fort Belvoir (/ ˈbɛlvwɑːr / BEL-vwar) is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fairfax County was named.
Website. usuhs.edu. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is a health science university and professional school of the U.S. federal government. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home and abroad as uniformed health professionals, scientists and leaders; by conducting ...
The 115th Field Hospital traces its origin to Evacuation Hospital #15, originally organized at Fort Riley, Kansas on 21 March 1918. At the onset of hostilities during World War I, the unit sailed aboard the "S.S. Mataika," departing the United States on 22 August 1918, and arriving in France 3 September 1918.
Courtesy National Museum of the United States Army. Fort Belvoir is spread over several locations, but the main base is in Fairfax County, Virginia and occupies the former "Belvoir" estate of William Fairfax. The post is bisected by US Route 1 ("Richmond Highway"): the area of Ft. Belvoir between US Route 1 and the Potomac River is the "South ...
The Walter Reed Health Care System (WRHCS) is a defunct unit of the United States Army . It was the army's comprehensive and integrated health care delivery system for the National Capital Region. It provides the full range of health care to members of the military and their families as well as members of the federal government.