Letter from County Executive Ike Leggett
This fall, the federal government’s Walter Reed Army Medical Center will close and relocate to the campus of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. This is a result of a decision made by the federal government as part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) law enacted in 2005. These two iconic hospitals will become the consolidated Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, the crown jewel of military medicine serving our nation’s active, wounded, and retired uniformed personnel. ...read more