Montgomery County, MD

This page has chronological updates about the BRAC process, including summaries of discussions and presentations at community meetings.

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Overview of BRAC in Bethesda:

• Map of impacted communities and intersections near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (pdf)
• Naval Support Activity-Bethesda home page
• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center-Bethesda (WRNMMC) home page
• Go to the Response Page for updates on proposed road, transit and infrastructure improvements to address BRAC impacts, and the Studies & Reports Page for detailed histories of these projects.
   

COMMUNITY MEETINGS:

• The BRAC Integration Committee ("BIC") meets Quarterly or as needed, generally on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the BCC Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda MD 20814.  WEATHER POLICY:  If County schools or public facilities are closed due to weather, then a BIC Meeting scheduled for that evening will be cancelled.  NOTE:  Please contact the County's BRAC Coordinator if you are having specific issues with BRAC-related construction.
  • Directions to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center
  • B-CC Regional Services Center EVENTS Calendar
     
• Summaries of BRAC Integration Committee Meetings 
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       2016 Committee Meetings:

• October 4, 2016 meeting summary (including transportation project updates)  (4 pp)
  • 10-4-16 MCDOT Presentation: MD 355 (Rockville Pike) Multimodal Crossing Project:  (18 pp)
    • Crossing Project: Historical and Background information
    • Crossing Project:  Construction information and updates
  • Summary of BRAC Transportation Projects and Commuting Options
    • Printable Timeline: Project Schedule and Anticipated Completion
    • Follow Twitter for up-to-the-minute Traffic, Roadwork and Transit U[pdates:
      • RideOn:  @RideOnMCT
      • Metro:   @WMATA
      • Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  @MCDOTNow
      • SHA:  @MDSHA 
    • SHA CONTACT FORMS REGARDING:
      • Rockville Pike (MD 355) / Cedar Lane Intersection Improvement Project.
      • Old Georgetown Road (MD 187) / West Cedar Lane / Oakmont Avenue Intersection Improvement Project.
      • Any State-managed Road (generally, roads identified with numbers, i.e. MD 355 or I-270).
      • Subscribtion to SHA RSS News Feeds for tailored up-to-the-minute info
         
  • 9-20-16 Montgomery County Government:  MCDOT Awards Contract for Pedestrian Crossing and High Speed Elevators at Medical Center Metro Station in Bethesda
    • 9-21-16 WHAG TV4 (Hagerstown):  (VIDEO REPORT)  Pedestrian underpass to be built on MD-355 -- Gives patients and doctors an alternative to crossing the busy road
      • 9-20-16 Washington Post:  More road construction, lane closures coming to Bethesda near NIH, Walter Reed
    • 6-13-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Cost of Rockville Pike Tunnel, Metro Elevators Project Increasing by $36 Million -- Montgomery County says federal government still funding delayed BRAC project
      • 6-28-16 Montgomery County Council:  Amendment to the FY15-20 Capital Improvement Program and Supplemental Appropriation to the FY16 Capital Budget -- Department of Transportation, MD 355 Crossing (BRAC): $36,000,000.
  • 9-28-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Forecasted Rain Could Bring Flooding, Road Closures -- Weather also causes delay in activation of traffic signal for extra turn lane at Jones Bridge Road and Rockville Pike
    • 9-21-16 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA):  New Traffic Pattem Will Ease Congestion on MD 355 in Bethesda -- Dynamic Control Traffic Signal Will Provide Part-Time Double Left Turns During Afternoon Rush Hour at Jones Bridge Road Intersection
  • 9-20-16 Maryland State Highway Administration:  Final Resurfacing for Rockville Pike/Cedar Lane Intersection Project in Bethesda -- Overnight Work Will Close Lanes on MD 355 and Cedar Lane Through Late Fall
  • 5-19-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  MCDOT to Begin Project to Replace Elmhirst Parkway Bridge
    • 5-4-15 MCDOT Division of Transportation Engineering:  Elmhirst Parkway Bridge Project Overview
  • 6-15-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  SHA to Begin Bethesda Trolley Trail Improvement Project
    • 8-11-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Since You Asked: How Did the Bethesda Trolley Trail Get Its Name? -- The federal government-funded intersection improvement project at Old Georgetown Road and West Cedar Lane in Bethesda includes building wider sidewalks for trail users from Charles Street to Alta Vista Road and from Center Drive to Lincoln Drive.
  • 6-16-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Parks:  Planning Board Authorizes Exchange of Land with Montgomery County, Maryland as Mitigation for the Platt Ridge Drive Extended Project
    • More info on Platt Ridge Drive Extended Project
  • 6-16-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Parks:  Planning Board Authorizes Transfer of Land at the Intersections of Wisconsin Ave/Cedar Lane and Connecticut Ave/Jones Bridge Road to the Maryland SHA in consideration for SHA Designing, Permitting and Constructing, at no cost to the Commission, the Sligo Creek Trail Bridge downstream of MD Rte. 320 (Piney Branch Road) in Silver Spring
  • 6-7-16 Maryland State Highway Administration:  Six Mile Resurfacing Project Begins on I-495 Inner Loop in Bethesda -- Motorists Should Expect Single and Double Overnight Lane Closures
  • 5-24-16 Bethesda Magazine:  After Excavation, Garage Construction Begins at Suburban Hospital -- The new parking garage is expected to open next year
    • 5-27-16 Suburban Hospital (Johns Hopkins Medicine):  Suburban Hospital Receives Certificate of Need Approval for Clinical Addition
  • 7-28-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Parking Restrictions Coming to Bethesda, Silver Spring Next Week -- Montgomery County is anticipating additional vehicle traffic because of Red Line single-tracking
    • 7-27-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Metro GM Warns of Major Delays During Upcoming Red Line SafeTrack Surge -- Local commuters may have to plan an extra hour or two of travel time during first week of August
    • 7-27-16 Montgomery County Government:  Red Line Passengers Urged to Seek Alternatives During SafeTrack Surges in August: Surge #6 Begins August 1 and Will Affect the Entire Red Line; Surge #7 Begins August 9 with Greatest Impact at Shady Grove and Rockville
    • 6-3-16 Montgomery County Government:  MCDOT to Provide Supplemental Bus and Other Services During SafeTrack Surges
    • Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Web Site: WMATA's SafeTrack and Montgomery County
  • 7-22-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Planning Board Approves Bethesda Downtown Plan
  • 9-1-16 Washington Business Journal:  New president takes helm of Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • 10-4-16 Washington Post:  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan delays funding for transitway in upper Montgomery
     
  • 8-11-16 U.S. Department of Defense:  WMATA Brings SafeTrack to Montgomery County -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) SafeTrack surges are coming to the Red Line and will impact Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB).
  • 7-26-16 Bethesda Magazine:  East Bethesda Residents Complain of ‘Industrial Hum’ From Bethesda Naval Base -- Official says noise is likely coming from temporary air handling units
  • 9-1-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Construction Update -- Construction upgrades at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and NSAB began in late 2015 and are expected to continue for the next 7 to 10 years
    • 8-4-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Construction Update -- Construction upgrades at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and NSAB began in late 2015 and are expected to continue for the next 7 to 10 years
    • 6-2-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Construction Update - Parking Garage -- Construction has begun on 650-space garage, to be completed March 2017
  • 6-23-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Naval Support Activity Bethesda Parking Ratio, Governing Policies Explained
  • 9-15-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  USUHS President's Column -- The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences was former Louisiana Congressman F. Edward Hebert’s vision following a mass exodus of physicians from the military after World War II. He spoke of a “West Point” for doctors....
    • 8-15-16 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Medical students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda are taking part in combat casualty training -- Aug. 15-17
  • 7-18-16 U.S. Department of Defense:  National Intrepid Center Zeroes In on Traumatic Brain Injury -- This is the first article in a five-part series on the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland, that will highlight its mission, the people who work there, its research and technology, its clinical programs and how it has helped one service member on his road to recovery
     
  • 6-8-16 Reuters:  In the lab: six innovations scientists hope will end malaria
    • 5-31-16 NBC News:  Searching for Superbugs: The Lab Looking for the Next Big Threat -- The sample was loaded into one of the super-fast gene sequencers at the lab inside the bowels of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The small team at the Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN) lab specializes in testing germs for antibiotic resistance, which has become the scourge of hospitals all over the world.
    • 6-6-16 Washington Post:  Behind the scenes of a U.S. superbug discovery that made headlines around the world
      • 6-24-16 Smithsonian Magazine:  Museum Director Calls for Increased Funding for Scientific Collections to Save Lives -- Infectious disease researchers should be using museum collections to fight newly discovered pathogens
  • 9-2-16 Fort Detrick Standard:  Clinical, Virtual Pathways Likely the New Future of TBI Care
    • 9-16-16 Fort Detrick Standard:  Army Medical Materiel Agency Synchronizes Budget Planning, Builds Readiness
  • 6-14-16 U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski:  Mikulski Announces Senate-Passed NDAA Bill Includes her Bipartisan Amendment to Protect Commissary Benefit -- Maryland is home to seven military commissaries at the following installations: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Joint Base Andrews, Forest Glen, Fort Detrick, Fort Meade, Patuxent River Naval Air Station and Naval Support Activity Annapolis.
  • 9-27-16 MilitarySpot.com:  Carderock Wants Researchers to Patent and Technology Transfer Their Inventions
    • 9-16-16 WUSA/CBS TV9:  Teams compete to find clean energy using ocean waves -- In Carderock, Maryland, teams of engineers are coming from all over the country to test newer and more advanced wave energy conversion (WEC) devices. They’re testing it inside a place few people are allowed to see: the hydrodynamic facilities at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. It’s called the Maneuvering and Sea Keeping Basin, but the people work with it simply know it as “the MASK.”
  • 7-1-16 Washington Business Journal:  It's happening: D.C. days away from ownership of Walter Reed
  • 10-4-16 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Fort Belvoir's Pence Gate will close for U.S. 1 widening project
    •  9-1-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  Learn to maximize free time, improve your commute at Commuter Fair
    • 6-3-16 Alexandria (VA) Times:  State completes Mark Center traffic improvements
  • 7-31-16 WTOP 103.5 FM:  New gate at Arlington base to serve only pedestrians, bicyclists -- The Henry Gate pedestrian access to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall will be available to people showing a military ID. One goal of opening the gate just for walkers and cyclists is to convince people to use public transit.
  • 10-6-16 Maryland Capital Gazette:  How Fort Meade's new 'city manager' is tackling the base's continuing growth
    • 8-31-16 Fort Meade Soundoff:  Director of transformation leads Meade into future
       
• May 17, 2016 meeting summary, including transportation project updates  (5 pp)
  • 5-17-16 SHA Updates on BRAC Intersection Projects Under Construction  (3 pp)
  • 4-7-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Major Construction Begins on Naval Support Activity Bethesda
     
  • Summary of BRAC Transportation Projects and Commuting Options
    • Printable Timeline: Project Schedule and Anticipated Completion
    • Follow Twitter for up-to-the-minute Traffic, Roadwork and Transit U[pdates:
      • RideOn:  @RideOnMCT
      • Metro:   @WMATA
      • Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  @MCDOTNow
      • SHA:  @MDSHA 
    • SHA CONTACT FORMS REGARDING:
      • Rockville Pike (MD 355) / Cedar Lane Intersection Improvement Project.
      • Old Georgetown Road (MD 187) / West Cedar Lane / Oakmont Avenue Intersection Improvement Project.
      • Any State-managed Road (generally, roads identified with numbers, i.e. MD 355 or I-270).
      • Subscribtion to SHA RSS News Feeds for tailored up-to-the-minute info
         
  • 5-4-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  MCDOT to Begin Project to Elmhirst Parkway Bridge -- The construction is expected to take about nine months during which Elmhirst Parkway will be closed to traffic and detour routes will be established
    • 5-4-15 MCDOT Division of Transportation Engineering:  Elmhirst Parkway Bridge Project Overview
  • 3-24-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Purple Line-Related Utility Work To Begin in April in Downtown Bethesda -- Washington Gas must replace a gas line before construction of the Bethesda Metro Station South Entrance
    • 3-2-16 Washington Post:  Maryland chooses private team to build, operate light-rail Purple Line
    • 3-2-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Purple Line Transit Partners Selected to Build Light-Rail Line -- Gov. Larry Hogan directs state transportation department to move forward with the project
    • 3-2-16 WUSA TV9:  Md. governor approves Purple Line
  • 4-7-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  MDOT and MCDOT to Hold MD355 Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Planning Study Open Houses, April 28 and May 3
    • 4-29-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Bus rapid transit meeting set for next week -- An ambitious plan would add bus rapid transit along Montgomery County’s Rockville Pike corridor from Bethesda to Clarksburg, and Maryland and Montgomery County officials are trying to educate the public about the plans and their impact. Officials from the state and county held the first of two public meetings Thursday night.
    • 3-2-16 Washington Post:  Ike Leggett proposes $11.5 million for bus rapid transit in Montgomery County
    • 3-2-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Leggett Says Montgomery County Can Bring Bus Rapid Transit to Route 29 By 2020 -- County executive unveiled revised plan for bus rapid transit system that prioritizes heavily traveled route through Silver Spring
    • 3-2-16 Montgomery County Government:  Leggett Announces County Bus Rapid Transit Plans to Move Forward
  • 4-28-16 Bethesda Magazine:  County, Westfield Montgomery Mall Celebrate Opening of New Transit Center -- The $7.1 million facility features more seating and features than existing bus bays near Westlake Terrace
  • 2-18-16 Bethesda Magazine:  County Set to Install Lighting on Bethesda Trolley Trail -- Before project starts, officials will conduct a lighting demonstration to address concerns from abutting homeowners
  • 2-11 16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Installation of New Bikeshare Station at Medical Center Planned for February 23
  • 4-7-16 Montgomery County Sentinel:  The strung out bridges of Montgomery County... And what makes them the worst in the area -- Elmhirst Parkway over tributary to Rock Creek, Bethesda (located near the intersection with Cedar Lane)
  • 2-22-16 WTTG/FOX5 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Stretch of DC beltway known as 'The Roller Coaster' scene of many accidents -- Dangerous Stretch from Old Georgetown Road to Georgia Avenue
     
  • 4-21-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  WRNMMC Town Hall: Leaders Discuss Strategic Plan, Construction
    • 5-5-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Construction Update -- Editor’s Note: This is the second in an ongoing series
    • 4-18-16 U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski:  Mikulski Fights to Put Funds in Federal Checkbook for Maryland Defense Priorities -- $50 million for the Bethesda Medical Center Project. This is the first phase of the project implementing a comprehensive master plan to provide a sufficient military medical facility and an integrated system of healthcare delivery for the National Capitol Region. The project will construct a new addition for in-patient and out-patient medical care, renovate the existing hospital, provide information systems and accommodate appropriate antiterrorism measures.
    • 4-7-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Major Construction Begins on Naval Support Activity Bethesda
      • 4-29-16 Walter Reed National Military Medical Center:  Brown Drive Closure Begins 1 May -- In an effort to improve the Medical Center’s utilities and services to allow the Medical Center to expand upward, as new floors are added and new clinics are created, this summer, Naval Support Activity Bethesda’s Brown Drive will be closed beginning Monday, May 2, 2016 for a period of several months.
  • 2-12-16 U.S. Department of Defense:  Naval Support Activity Bethesda trains for suspicious package
    • 2-10-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Active shooter drill tests NSAB security response
    • 2-4-16 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Shooting drill held at Walter Reed Medical Center
    • 2-4-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  FIRST TWO WEEKS IN FEBRUARY --  NSAB Conducts Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield Training -- “Most of the exercises should not impact operations for the base – at least not in a large scale – the base isn’t just going to get shut down one day out of the blue like that,” he said. “If there is an exercise going on at an entry control point, it might take a little bit longer to get through.”
  • 2-4-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Rear Adm. Lane Takes Helm as WRNMMC’s New Director
     
  • 5-11-16 Baltimore Sun:  State forms group to fight for Maryland in future round of BRAC -- As the Pentagon calls for a new round of military base realignment, officials in Maryland are working to build on the state's gains in previous rounds.
    • 5-11-16 Maryland Dept. of Commerce:  Maryland Creates Advisory Group to Preserve Military’s Role -- The Maryland Military Installation Council has formed a BRAC Advisory Group that will focus on threats and opportunities associated with uncertainties in the defense budge
    • 2-22-16 Association of Defense Communities:  GAO Questions Accuracy of BRAC 2005 Implementation Costs
      • 2-19-16 Association of Defense Communities:  Most BRAC 2005 Moves to Collocate Training Activities Fail to Achieve Jointness, GAO Finds
  • 4-9-16 National Public Radio:  Volunteers Who Say 'Bite Me' Are Helping To Win The War Vs. Mosquitoes -- The headquarters for the U.S. military's longest war isn't at the Pentagon. It's here at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, a modest brick building in suburban Washington
  • 3-9-16 MarineLink.com:  US Navy Enhances Ship Testing Capability -- New prototype enhances ship testing capability at NSWC Carderock Division
  • 2-16-16 WTOP 103.5 FM:  D.C. redevelopment of old Walter Reed site inches forward
  • 1-27-16 Fort Meade Base Guide:  Construction on Fort Meade
  • 3-3-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  Fort Belvoir commander updates local community -- "In recent years, Belvoir has “experienced significant growth” because of the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005.... Over the past six years, we’ve actually grown by 24,000 people … and, as a result of that growth, we’ve had to improve our infrastructure to support the needs of the community that we now support today."
  • 5-5-16 WBAL/NBC TV11:  Maryland research lab works to keep soldiers safe -- Thousands of U.S. troops are serving overseas, and many are in danger every day. A lab in Maryland is working to keep them safe.
    • 5-19-16 U.S. Department of Defense:  Scientists Probe Traumatic Brain Injury Effects at Research Lab
       
• January 19, 2016 meeting summary, including transportation project updates   (4 pp)
  • 1-19-16 SHA Updates on BRAC Intersection Projects Under Construction  (5 pp)
  • 1-19-16 Suburban Hospital (Johns Hopkins Medicine) Update on Hospital Expansion Project  (5 pp)
     
  • Summary of BRAC Transportation Projects and Commuting Options
    • Printable Timeline: Project Schedule and Anticipated Completion  (as of September 15, 2015)
    • Follow Twitter for up-to-the-minute Traffic, Roadwork and Transit U[pdates:
      • RideOn:  @RideOnMCT
      • Metro:   @WMATA
      • Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  @MCDOTNow
      • SHA:  @MDSHA 
    • SHA CONTACT FORMS REGARDING:
      • Rockville Pike (MD 355) / Cedar Lane Intersection Improvement Project.
      • Old Georgetown Road (MD 187) / West Cedar Lane / Oakmont Avenue Intersection Improvement Project.
      • Any State-managed Road (generally, roads identified with numbers, i.e. MD 355 or I-270).
      • Subscribtion to SHA RSS News Feeds for tailored up-to-the-minute info
         
  • 1-20-16 Washington Post:  Be a smarter commuter: What you need to know for getting around the D.C. area in 2016 -- Old Georgetown Road intersection
  • 11-17-15 Construction Equipment Guide.com:  MD 355 Intersection Receives Much-Needed Improvements
    • 10-5-15 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Two New Traffic Signals Activated -- One is located at Cedar Lane and Elmhirst Parkway/Stone Ridge Driveway in Bethesda and was activated on August 24 in time for the opening of school
  • 10-8-15: Montgomery County Planning Board re: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Limited Preliminary Plan Amendment No. 12002096B:  Request to reconfigure an existing Category I forest conservation easement in response to BRAC improvements, located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection with Connecticut Avenue and Jones Bridge Road; Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan  -- REQUEST APPROVED
  • 11-25-15 Maryland State Highway Administration:  WSSC WATER MAIN REPAIRS BEGIN NOV. 30; TEMPORARY LANE CLOSURES -- Beginning Monday, November 30 (weather permitting), the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) will begin comprehensive repairs to a water main along MD 355 (Rockville Pike) between the ramps to I-495 (Capital Beltway) and the MD 355 Cedar Lane/West Cedar Lane intersection. Weather permitting, the work should be complete by mid- to late December.
    • 11-30-15 Washington Post:  Road closures along part of Rockville Pike for five to 10 days -- Drivers beware — Part of MD 355 near Cedar Lane in the Bethesda area will be closed starting Tuesday for road repairs from a major water main break.
    • 10-15-15 Washington Post:  All lanes on Rockville Pike reopen after water main break
    • 10-15-15 WUSA/CBS9 TV:  Road reopens 2 days after Bethesda water main break
  • 12-21-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Circulator Route to Expand Starting Jan. 4 -- Popular free downtown Bethesda bus route will expand to Bradley Boulevard, Battery Lane
  • 1-18-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Capital Bikeshare Station Coming to Medical Center Metro in Bethesda -- Station will be the second installed in the area this month
    • 1-12-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  New Bikeshare Station Installed Today in the Chevy Chase Lake Neighborhood
    • 1-14-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  MCDOT Installs “Bikefixtations” along Bethesda Trolley Trail
  • 12-15-15 Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)/MCDOT/SHA:  Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) MD 355 South Corridor Advisory Committee update  (42 pp)
  • 11-11-15 Fort Meade Soundoff:  Walter Reed Shuttle pickup location moved to Reece Road
  • 11-19-15 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Traffic Safety Awareness – A Message from your Installation Safety Director -- Very recently, a tragic accident occurred just outside our South Gate that claimed the life of a motorcycle rider.
  • 1-14-16 Bethesda Magazine:  In Reversal, National Institutes of Health Decides to Cap Number of Parking Spots on Bethesda Campus -- After outcry from local elected officials, federal agency says it won’t add more parking spots despite addition of up to 3,000 employees
     
  • 1-7-16 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  2015 Year in Review -- New construction, partnerships and continued integration led the way in 2015 for the “flagship of military medicine” – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
  • 10-1-15 MD Magazine:  Combining the Best of Military and Civilian Medicine at Walter Reed Means Best Treatment for Patients -- As the hub of military medicine in the United States Walter Reed National Military Medical Center combines the talents of both military and civilian medical personnel to provide care for nearly one million patients every year
    • 11-20-15 WAMU 88.5 FM:  Saying Goodbye To Building 18 — Symbol Of Neglect For Military's Medical System -- At the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Walter Reed's neglected Building 18 became a brick-and-mortar symbol of the troubles wounded soldiers encountered.
    • 10-8-15 U.S. Department of Defense:  Warrior Transition Brigade (WTB) squad leaders lend helping hand to transitioning troops -- With a motto that reads “heal, educate, transition” as their mantra, outpatient squad leaders for the Warrior Transition Brigade-National Capital Region at both NSAB and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, work to ease some of the headaches that wounded, ill or injured (WII) Soldiers experience as they prepare to transition either back to duty or to the civilian world.
    • 10-20-15 Phys.Org:  (BOOK REVIEW)  What is life really like after fighting a war? -- After War: The Weight of Life at Walter Reed
    • 10-29-15 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NNMC Journal:  National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) Turns Five
    • 11-16-15 Pittsburgh Tribune-Revoew:  After 30-year career in Navy, Hempfield native looks forward to next step -- Retirement from a long military career will mean more time to help civilians for Hempfield native Dr. David Bitonti.
  • 1-1-16 Naval Support Activity Bethesda/WRNMMC:  2016 Base Guide
    • 1-1-16 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC:  Welcome Aboard Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB)! -- Serving as host to more than 40 tenant commands and activities on this installation, our primary mission is to create an environment that enables patients to heal, staff to thrive, and guests to feel at home.
    • 1-8-16 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Base Guide:  Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: Where our nation heals its heroes!
    • 1-8-16 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Base Guide:  Wounded Warrior Care
    • 1-8-16 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Base Guide:  Parking and Commuter Information
  • 10-22-15 Association of Defense Communities:  McCain Expresses Regrets over Past BRAC Recommendations -- He also criticized the 2005 BRAC recommendation to close Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and consolidate it at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland over the tens of millions of dollars being spent to upgrade the roads and Metrorail station in Bethesda.
     
  • 10-7-15 Association of Defense Communities:  DOD Report Chronicles States’ Reliance on Defense Spending
  • 10-8-15 Government Executive:  Intel Community Opens Campus in Suburban Maryland -- Some 3,000 employees of the 17-agency intelligence community have begun switching their commute to report to a “state-of-the-art” campus that opened on Wednesday in Bethesda, Md
    • 10-15-15 ICCB Public Presentation
    • 10-15-15 Community Traffic Committee comments
    • 10-15-15 Community Stormwater Committee comments
  • 11-15-15 Washington Post Magazine:  How Nazi scientists and their wind tunnels ended up in D.C.’s suburbs -- It was more than 70 years ago, at the chaotic end of World War II, that the singular fate of the 660 acres that would become the Naval Surface Weapons Center was decided. Five miles from the District line and alongside New Hampshire Avenue in a neighborhood known as White Oak, the land was wooded and the surroundings were country; suburbia was still a decade away.
  • 12-11-15 Fort Detrick Standard:  Restoration Efforts at Forest Glen Lead Discussion -- For more information on this topic, Fort Detrick will hold the next Forest Glen Annex Restoration Advisory Board Meeting Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Armed Forces 11Pest Management Board conference room, Building 172.
    • 10-9-15 Frederick News-Post:  Fort Detrick liaison is link between children and schools -- She also coordinates with parents working at Fort Detrick’s Forest Glen Annex who have children in Montgomery County Public Schools in the Silver Spring area
    • 1-8-16 Fort Detrick Standard:  #FlashbackFriday Forest Glen: Always a Haven for Education and Rejuvenation
  • 11-17-15 Frederick News-Post:  16 buildings at Fort Detrick to be demolished or leased -- 16 buildings at Fort Detrick, including the current home of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, will be demolished or repurposed over the next five years.
  • 1-8-16 Virginia Department of Transportation:  I-395 HOV Ramp at Seminary Road to Open Early Next Week -- As early as next Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) plans to open a new ramp linking the I-395 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes to Seminary Road in Alexandria, providing a direct connection for HOV drivers heading to and from the Mark Center and Seminary Road.
    • 12-16-15 Washington Post:  Traffic alert for I-395 on Friday night: Crews will install girders for the new pedestrian bridge near the Mark Center -- This is one part of a set of transportation projects designed to make travel easier around the nearby Mark Center, where many federal employees were transferred under the Base Realignment and Closure program (BRAC).
  • 9-18-15 Joint Base Andrews Gazette:  New Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics, Surgery Center update
    • 12-4-15 Joint Base Andrews Gazette:  Phase I construction nears completion at Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center