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September 2011 News
- 9-30-11 Gazette.Net: Bracing for a post-BRAC world -- As the Pentagon’s massive base realignment winds down, builders seek new contracts
- 9-30-11 Gazette.Net: Rascovar should get BRAC facts straight -- Commentary by Anthony G. Brown, lieutenant governor of Maryland
- 9-30-11 Bethesda Patch: Union: Parking Restrictions At Walter Reed Bethesda "Unfairly Harm" Support Staff -- Support staff including housekeepers, lab technicians and food service workers are struggling with parking on base, a federal employee union says
- 9-30-11 Washington Examiner: Editorial -- Area traffic gridlock is no accident
- 9-30-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer: MDG completes AAAHC
- 9-29-11 Columbia (MD) Patch: Proposed Bus Route Would Link Columbia To Bethesda Metro -- Will this make your commute easier?
- 9-29-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: WRNMMC Wishes Nathan Farewell, Welcomes Stocks
- 9-29-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Fitness Center hosts grand opening
- 9-29-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Change to Gate Operations
- 9-29-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Military summit focuses on invisible wounds of war
- 9-29-11 Fort Detrick Standard: National Museum of Health and Medicine Opens Its Doors at the Forest Glen Annex
- 9-29-11 Fort Detrick Standard: BRAC Update
- 9-29-11 Fort Detrick Standard: Monarch Butterflies Make Forest Glen A Waystation on their journey
- 9-29-11 Baltimore Business Journal: Maryland vies to emerge as 'epicenter' of U.S. cyber security efforts
- 9-29-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Walter Reed closes, nearby businesses go bust
- 9-29-11 Havre de Grace Patch: Aberdeen Proving Grounds (APG) Traffic Headache is a BRAC Hangover -- A prediction at Wednesday's post-BRAC conference was that one 5.6-mile rush-hour drive will take more than 47 minutes in four years
- 9-29-11 San Antonio Express-News: BRAC: $2.4 billion boon for Fort Sam Houston
- 9-28-11 Scripps Howard News Service: Just Dessert: Gridlock University in D.C. -- Dale McFeatteres commentary
- 9-28-11 Del Ray (VA) Patch: NOVA Lawmakers: BRAC Ain't Over Yet -- Webb, Warner, Moran and Connolly question DoD Transportation Management and Occupation Plans for Mark Center property
- 9-28-11 Association of Defense Communities: Senate Appropriators Urge EDA to Support Growth, Closure Communities
- 9-28-11 Bethesda Patch: Sangamore Federal Facility Will Shift To Intelligence Community Campus -- Upgrades on the former National-Geospatial Intelligence Agency site expected to begin next year
- 9-28-11 Gazette.Net: State approves sidewalk projects for Connecticut, Strathmore avenues -- $1.22 million project will complete sidewalk through Kensington
- 9-28-11 Gazette.Net: White Flint developers eye growth potential of North?Bethesda -- Plans for North Bethesda community expanding as neighborhood takes shape
- 9-27-11 United States Army News Release: Army completes BRAC 2005 on time
- 9-27-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Geospatial intelligence HQ is now DC's 3rd largest federal office building
- 9-27-11 Annapolis Capital: Edge on Employment: What's next after BRAC?
- 9-27-11 Baltimore Sun: Federal spending in Maryland declines -- Drop of $1.4 billion last fiscal year is likely just the beginning, economists say
- 9-27-11 Washington Post: D.C. area is No. 1 nationwide in traffic congestion, study says
- 9-27-11 Austin (TX) American-Statesman: Austin traffic congestion still nation's third worst, study says -- San Antonio, by contrast, fared much better with a travel time index of 1.18 , which ranked 26th nationally , and a commuter stress index of 1.27 , which ranked 28th nationally.
- 9-26-11 United States Army News Release: Prescription abuse down, but challenges face wounded warriors
- 9-26-11 Gazette.Net: The facts about BRAC -- Response to Sept. 23 Barry Rascover column by Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown, chairman of the Governor’s Subcabinet on Base Realignment and Closure
- 9-26-11 Washington Examiner: Traffic woes from military relocations just beginning
- 9-26-11 National Institutes of Health News Release: Imaging of traumatic brain injury patients swifter and safer with new technology at NIH
- 9-25-11 USNavySeals.com: New Fitness Center Opened at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- 9-24-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Pedestrians top priority for BRAC plans
- 9-23-11 Gazette.Net: Bus rapid transit creeps closer to reality in Montgomery County -- Next step: Amendment to county’s highway master plan
- 9-23-11 Gazette.Net: University System of Maryland (USM) diligent in serving BRAC families -- Commentary by William E. "Brit" Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland
- 9-22-11 Bethesda Patch: Funding Priorities Outlined For BRAC Transportation Projects -- Metro crossing project tops the list of BRAC transportation improvements for which county and state officials will request federal funds
- 9-22-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Rear Adm. Stocks to Assume Command of WRNMMC
- 9-22-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commanding Officer's Column -- Change and integration of WRAMC and NNMC
- 9-22-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Austin's Playroom Opens, Lends a Hand to Military Families
- 9-22-11 Washington Business Journal: Fairfax County challenges capital plans for Fort Belvoir
- 9-22-11 Washington Post: Census: More Maryland and Virginia drivers commute to another county than other people in the U.S.
- 9-22-11 San Antonio Express-News: Local military leaders introduce integrated health care system
- 9-21-11 San Antonio Business Journal: Fort Sam Houston to unveil completed hospital expansion
- 9-21-11 Baltimore Sun: Agreement clears way for Andrews cleanup
- 9-21-11 Gazette.Net: BRAC priority list focuses on pedestrian underpass -- County, state target Metro crossing, intersections in Bethesda for funding
- 9-20-11 Gazette.Net: Residential, retail development delayed on Bethesda Avenue -- Utility lines, Capital Crescent Trail need to be re-routed before contstruction can begin
- 9-19-11 Odenton (MD) Patch: Fort Meade Closes HOV Lane -- Installation says usage did not justify staffing, but that more workers are using carpools and vanpools
- 9-19-11 Army Times: Cutting-edge care for wounded warriors
- 9-18-11 Army Times: Wars have changed combat medic training
- 9-17-11 San Antonio Express-News: Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Wilford Hall changes explained -- Commanders say names new but care is the same
- 9-16-11 Gazette.Net: For BRAC, road congestion, education issues remain -- Thursday marked deadline for shifting military jobs
- 9-16-11 U.S. Air Force District of Washington News Release: Malcolm Grow Medical Center's (MGMC) re-designation completes final phase of transformation of military medicine in the National Capital Region (NCR)
- 9-15-11 Bethesda Patch: BRAC Deadline Reached At Newly-Minted Walter Reed National Military Medical Center -- Members of the BRAC Implementation Committee set to discuss the group's future
- 9-15-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: BRAC end-date met with staggered deadlines
- 9-15-11 Washington Post (Associated Press): Officials mark end of military realignment bringing thousands of jobs to Md.
- 9-15-11 Washington Examiner: No 'nightmare' as deadline for military moves passes
- 9-15-11 National Museum of Health and Medicine News Release: National Medical Museum Opens in Silver Spring on Sept. 15, 2011 -- Exhibits will focus on human anatomy/pathology, Civil War medicine
- 9-15-11 Chevy Chase Patch: Friendship Heights is Red-Hot for Bikes -- The county planning department's new bicycle heat map predicts a high demand for bicycle transportation options in Friendship Heights
- 9-15-11 WRC/NBC4 TV: Monitoring BRAC Deadlines and Gridlock
- 9-15-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: A Success: Families Settle in at New WRNMMC
- 9-15-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Austin's Playroom Opens, Lends a Hand to Military Families
- 9-15-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Commander Meets Face-to-Face with Staff
- 9-15-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Patient Shuttle Service at Silver Spring Metro; Additional Carpool Parking Available
- 9-15-11 Fort Detrick Standard: New Residents, New Opportunities as BRAC Comes To An End
- 9-14-11 San Antonio Express-News: Curtain comes down on BRAC productions in San Antonio -- Construction projects buoyed city in recession
- 9-14-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: BRAC Goals Reached, New Walter Reed Looks to Future
- 9-14-11 United States Army News Release: BRAC 2005: On time, on budget in Northeast
- 9-14-11 Washington Post (Associated Press): After 6 years, Sept. 15 BRAC deadline will come and go quietly in northern Va.
- 9-14-11 Gazette.Net: County planners take bicyclists temperature -- New map meant to help focus demand for bikeways
- 9-13-11 Corridor, Inc.: Cybersecurity: A Vital Part of Our Future
- 9-12-11 WJLA/ABC7 TV: AAA: D.C. region to get BRAC traffic influx
- 9-12-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Post-BRAC Walter Reed efforts face power issues
- 9-12-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Program softens housing blow for military, civilians
- 9-12-11 Baltimore Sun: The Real Estate Wonk -- As BRAC officially ends, a snapshot of where people live
- 9-11-11 Association of Defense Communities: OEA Adjusts Selection Criteria for BRAC Transportation Funding
- 9-11-11 Baltimore Sun: Military base expansion effort officially ends this week -- But the effects of 'BRAC' will ripple for years, officials say
- 9-11-11 Tacoma (WA) News Tribune: Washington State military base sees growth after Sept. 11 -- Heightened security fears and two wars propelled growth at Joint Base Lewis-McChord over the past decade, boosting the Army's ranks in the South Sound and injecting billions of dollars into the region's economy
- 9-9-11 ProPublica.org: The Best, Most Damning Reporting of the 9/11 Era
- 9-9-11 San Antonio Express-News: 9/11 transformed Army, San Antonio
- 9-8-11 Gazette.Net: Bethesda residents fear traffic from Walter Reed expansion -- Noise from construction also cited at meeting; second opportunity to comment scheduled for Monday
- 9-8-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: NSAB Assists Commuters as they Seek Alternative Solutions
- 9-8-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Notebok -- Subscription Bus Service (scroll down)
- 9-8-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Chief of Staff for Integration & Transition -- The physical integration and transition is certainly over, but we have work to do as we develop the best practices and policies in our jointly staffed environment.
- 9-8-11 Baltimore Sun / ExploreHarford.com: Officials laud Harford's BRAC achievements as process closes
- 9-8-11 San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio military hospitals completing transition
- 9-7-11 Baltimore Business Journal: Fort Meade Community Job Fair slated for Sept. 14
- 9-7-11 Gazette.Net: Walter Reed seeks community comment about new building construction in Bethesda -- Utility upgrades needed for additional construction
- 9-7-11 Gazette.Net: Downcounty health centers prepare for mass casualties -- Hospitals stepped up preparedness after 9/11, but decreased funding has some worried regression
- 9-7-11 Bethesda Patch: Lot 31 Excavation Work Pushed Back To January -- Public parking garage construction project moved back
- 9-7-11 Military.com (United States Navy News Release): Patient Survey Aims to Enhance Access
- 9-6-11 WTTG/FOX5 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Power Problems Causes Issues For Bethesda Military Hospital Expansion -- Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen talked with FOX 5 to discuss this problem
- 9-6-11 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock -- Where will September’s traffic shocks be worst?
- 9-6-11 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette: As the Eagle Flies -- New bus route opens between Franconia-Springfield Metro Station and Fort Belvoir
- 9-6-11 WMAR/ABC2 TV: Jobs fall short, but BRAC provides benefits -- Incomes and housing jump in Harford County
- 9-6-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Wounded Marine Shares Story of Love and Healing
- 9-6-11 Tacoma (WA) News-Tribune: Traffic relief nears for I-5 corridor between Lacey, JBLM -- Work is progressing on a $2 million project along Interstate 5 that the state Department of Transportation hopes will improve traffic flow between Lacey and Joint Base Lewis-McChord
- 9-6-11 TIME: Battleland blog -- The Pentagon's Shiny New Death Trap
- 9-6-11 Washington Examiner: Editorial -- Another day, another BRAC snafu
- 9-5-11 WUSA9 TV: Brace Yourself: Terrible Tuesday's Coming
- 9-5-11 Inside NoVA.com (Fort Belvoir News Release): World-class health care continues with hospital opening
- 9-4-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Va. congressman says BRAC improvements not enough
- 9-4-11 San Antonio Express-News: GIs bracing for new action -- Device represents a big step forward for GIs with leg injuries
- 9-4-11 Navy Times: Wounded vets applaud new caregivers plan
- 9-4-11 Washington Post: Montgomery police pledge to step up ticketing of jaywalkers
- 9-2-11 National Public Radio: 'Change Is Hard': Army, Navy Hospitals Merge
- 9-2-11 Lorton (VA) Patch: The Inevitability of BRAC: An Interview With Col. Mark Moffatt -- The sixth part in a series of interviews with key officials
- 9-2-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: At Md. college, transitioning from combat to classroom
- 9-2-11 Washington Post (Associated Press): US military’s Landstuhl hospital at forefront of saving lives from a decade of war
- 9-1-11 Baltimore Sun / Explore Harford.com: What's been done for BRAC -- Commentary by Lt. Governor Anthony Brown
- 9-1-11 National Public Radio: Military Medicine's Long War Against Malaria -- Part of our series on the closure of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- 9-1-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Last Patients Move from Walter Reed to New National Military Medical Center
- 9-1-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: FY12 Outlook: Challenging but Manageable
- 9-1-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commander' s Column -- There is still work to be done as we settle in to our new home together, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
- 9-1-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Command Name Change Now Effective
- 9-1-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: A Historic Account
- 9-1-11 Military.com (United States Army News Release): Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Opens
- 9-1-11 Washington Examiner: Bethesda officials, residents push for a Bikeshare program
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