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The Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center is a United States Department of Defense medical facility located on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. In conjunction with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the hospital provides the Military Health System medical capabilities of the National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR MD), a joint unit providing ...
The end result for the combined projects at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital was $2.8 billion in construction and outfitting of more than 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m 2) of new and renovated medical and administrative space; consolidation of more than 4,400 civilian personnel; relocation ...
In 1964, the hospital moved to Muenchweiler, Germany, where it again assumed a training posture without patients. On 1 August 1968, the 15th Evacuation Hospital arrived at Fort Belvoir, Virginia after being airlifted from Rhein Mein Air Base, Germany during a period of troop reduction in Europe.
[3] (1942-1974) Although the Army still retains portions of the property as the Forest Glen Annex of Fort Detrick, Maryland, all on-site patient care operations ceased when the Heaton Pavilion (Building 2) on the Main Campus at Walter Reed Army Medical Center opened for patient care in 1974. Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, reorganized and ...
Fort Belvoir (/ ˈ b ɛ l v w ɑːr / 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.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
There are fewer than 30 doctors in the entire state certified to prescribe it. Fort Collins was the closest place where Fischer and his family could find a certified doctor who was accepting new patients. Fischer credits the trips to Colorado with saving his life. With the help of his medication, he has been in recovery for 13 months.
Cameron Station officially closed on 30 September 1995. Most of the organizations were relocated to either Fort Belvoir or Fort Myer. Fort Hamilton, New York, became the newest member of MDW's family of installations when it was transferred to MDW from U.S. Army Forces Command 6 October 1997. The post is 172 years old.