[MikefromOhio]

I wonder what condition the building is in. If it is in horrible shape (it is a bit older), it would make absolutely no sense to rebuild it, considering the cost of the land, labor and everything else that goes into remodeling and rebuilding a major hospital, especially in the DC area....

[LasVegasMac]

it would make absolutely no sense to rebuild it,

I don't have the link handy, there are moving it / merging it with another "name" mil hospital.

At least that is what the military thinks thinks it needs to do.

Of course, every politician thinks otherwise.

LVM

[Miss Marple]

The idea is to build a new medical facility that is state of the art and will, in fact, get an increased budget. The name will be retained, it will draw from the best service physicians from all branches, and will be on a par with Johns Hopkins.

This is what the Air Force Surgeon General said today. I don't think this article reflects what he said at all.

[waRNmother.armyboots]

Guess I am a little confused. Walter Reed was completely and I do mean completely updated and remodeled in the late 1970s. Basically gutted and tore down and rebuilt all except the central front facade. I know I was there.

[wtc911]

If it is in horrible shape (it is a bit older), it would make absolutely no sense to rebuild it.....

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I'm there frequently. The facility is in good shape from what I see and the campus contains the first class Mologne House hotel for long term patients. Add the fact that they just built a large training facility and this makes little sense.

[cgbg]

They must want to do this to cover up Forrestal's assassination by aliens. :-)