This page focuses in Military and Veterans' Health Care Issues.  Transformation of military medical care, particularly in the National Capital Region, is the main reason for the BRAC action that is establishing the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda. 

• Go to the Resources Page for links to other Military and Veterans Health resources.
• Go to the In The News Page for recent and archived articles about military and veterans health care issues generally or at NNMC in particular.
• For information on proposed road and transit improvement projects, go to the Transportation & Infrastructure Projects Page.
• For more information on the BRAC Environmental Impacts process, or on BRAC impacrts generally in Bethesda, go to the Walter Reed/EIS Page.

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• BACKGROUND:
  • National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) Home Page
  • Walter Reeed Army Medical Center Home Page
  • NNMC BRAC Home Page
  • Fact Sheets:  NNMC  WRAMC
  • Map of National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) Bethesda campus (pdf)
    
    
• BACKGROUND OF REGIONAL BRAC IMPACTS:
  • 2-11-08 Washington Post:  Medical Center Expansion Proposal (graphic)
  • 12-16-07 Washington Post:  A Costly Shuffle -- In this region, the military realignment hailed by political leaders is more a matter of job relocation than job creation. Although the economic benefits might be questionable, the strains in store for roadways are beyond doubt
  • 12-17-07 Washington Post:  One-Two Punch To Area's Budgets -- Housing Woes, Past Spending Test Officials

  • 12-17-07 Washington Post:  Major Relocations
    
    

• BACKGROUND ON MEDICAL-RELATED CONSTRUCTION AT NNMC:

  • March 3, 2008 -- Dept. of Navy Awards Contract for Initial Phase of New Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Project. 

    • Clark Construction Group, LLC

      • Clark Construction, subcontracting opportunities
      • Clark Construction, employment opportunities
      • Balfour Beatty Construction
        • Balfour Beatty subcontracting opportunities
        • Balfour Beatty career opportunities
          
          
    • For information on new Fisher Houses or the National Intrepid Center of Excellence for Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, (TBI/PTSD) that will be constructed on the NNMC campus, go to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund web site.  Information will be posted at the appropriate time.
      
      
      

• MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERANS COMMISSION:

  • 6-9-08 Leggett Introduces Legislation to Establish Veterans Commission
  • 7-22-08 Leggett Legislation to Establish County Veterans Commission Approved by Council
  • 10-31-08 Montgomery County News Release:  Leggett Unveils Findings of Veterans Study; Outlines Initiatives Aimed at Assisting Veterans
  • 10-31-08 Remarks by Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett
  • 10-31-08 The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region has just released a study examining the feasibility of a community-based nonprofit response to meet the needs of local military troops and their families involved with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan:
  • Fact Sheet
  • White Paper
  • Mental Health Association of Montgomery County (Military Outreach Initiative)
    
    
    

• DEFENSE AND VETERANS HEALTH CARE LINKS:

  • U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

  • DOD Military Heath System web site

  • Tricare 

  • President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors (Dole-Shalala Commission)
  • DOD Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care 
    • Final Report, 12-20-07
    • GAO Report, Oct 2007: Defense Health Care -- DOD Needs to Address the Expected Benefits, Costs, and Risks for Its Newly Approved Medical Command Structure
  • Defense Health Board (DHB) Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center 
  • DHB Mental Health Task Force

  • Department of Defense Plan to Achieve the Vision of the DoD Task Force on Mental Health

  • DHB Independent Review Group:  Rebuilding The Trust, Report on Rehabilitative Care and Administrative Processes at Walter Reed
  • Army Announces "Warrior Transition Units:"  U.S. Arm,y Press Release, 6-14-07
  • DOD "Wounded Warrior Diaries"
  • U.S. Medicine Institute for Health Studies
  • The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
  • National Museum of Health and Medicine
  • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC)
  • Washington Post Investigation:  Walter Reed and Beyond
  • How You Can Help:
    • Volunteer Opportunities at WRAMC
    • The Walter Reed Society
    • Wounded Warriors Project
    • Yellow Ribbon Fund
    • Fisher House
    • Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
    • Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
    • American Red Cross:  NNMC Chapter
    • USO, Inc.
    • Army Public Affairs:  Send a Message to Our Soldiers
    • American Red Cross:  Military Members and Families
      
      
      

• DEFENSE HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION ISSUES:

  • Office of Military Medical Care Integration, National Capital Area 
    • Joint Task Force, National Capital Region - Medical
      • Establishment & Command
      • Organization:
      • JTF CapMed Relationships
      • JTF Component Task Organization
      • JTF CapMed Staff Organization
      • CONOPS HQ Stand-up
      • Commander's Guidance
      • Biography of Rear Admiral John M. Mateczun, Commander, Joint Task Force, National Capital Region
      • JTF FAQ
    • Plans for Integration of Military Medical Health Care in the National Capital Region
    • Timeline for Closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Realignment to Bethesda and Fort Belvoir
      
      
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Guidance for 2007-2008 (includes goal of a broad-based, flexible, effective, and affordable joint military health care system)
  • "Walter Reed and Beyond" Washington Post series
  • GAO Report, October 2007: Defense Health Care -- DOD Needs to Address the Expected Benefits, Costs, and Risks for Its Newly Approved Medical Command Structure
  • President's request for $46 billion in FY08 Supplemental War Spending; includes request for $416 million to accelerate completion of WRNMMC in Bethesda and new Fort Belvoir Army Community Hospital by Spring 2010.
    • White House Press Release, October 22, 2007.
    • Detailed Fact Sheet from DOD.

  • Maryland General Assembly Legislation:  SB 210, Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health, 2-19-08:  Montgomery County statement on SB 210
    
    
    

  • CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON MILITARY & VETERANS HEALTH CARE:
    
  • Senate Armed Services Committee hearng, 2-13-08:  "Improvements Implemented and Planned by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Care, Management and Transition of Wounded and Ill Servicemembers"
  • • Statement of Hon. Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army
    • Statement of Hon. Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Hon. Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
    • Statement of Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoonmaker, Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command
      
  • House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing, 2-15-08:  "Army Medical Action Plan and Support for Wounded Service Members from Other Services"
    • Statement of Lt. Gen. (Dr.) James G. Roudebush, Air Force Surgeon General
    • Statement of Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, USN, MC, Surgeon General of the Navy
    • Joint Statement of Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoonmaker, the Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, and Brig. Gen. Mike Tucker, Assistant Surgeon General for Warrior Care and Transition  
      
  • House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing, 3-12-08:  "The Future of the Military Healthcare System"
    • Opening Statement of Chairwoman Susan Davis (D-CA)
    • Testimony of Hon. S. Ward Casscells, M.D, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
    • Testimony of Dr. Gail R. Wilensky, Co-Chairman, Defense Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care
    • Testimony of Ron Z. Goetzel, Ph.D., Research Professor and Director, Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Vice President, Consulting and Applied Research, Thomson Healthcare 
      
  • House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing, 3-14-08:  "Overview on Military Mental Healthcare"
    • Testimony of Hon. S. Ward Casscells, M.D, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
    • Testimony of Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker, Surgeon General, U.S. Army
    • Testimony of Vice Admiral Adam Robinson, Surgeon General, U.S. Navy
    • Testimony of Lieutenant General James G. Roudebush, Surgeon General, U.S. Air Force
    • Testimony of Dr. Shelley MacDermid, Co-Chair, Defense Task Force on Mental Health; Director, The Center for Families at Purdue University; Director, Military Family Research Institute
    • Testimony of Mr. Chris M. Scheuerman, Sr. and Major Bruce Gannaway, U.S. Army
    • Testimony of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Richard G. Gutteridge, U.S. Army

• Go to the Resources Page for links to other Military and Veterans Health resources.
  
  
• For information about the BRAC Environemntal Impact process or about BRAC impacts generally, go to the Walter Reed/EIS Page.
  
  
• For information on proposed road and transit improvement projects at NNMC and in Bethesda, go to the Transportation & Infrastructure Projects Page.
  
  

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