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{{short description|United States Army hospital in Germany}} {{Short description|U.S. Army post and hospital in southwest Germany}}
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<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change the first paragraph without prior consensus, see ]. Thank you. -->The '''Landstuhl Regional Medical Center''' ('''LRMC'''), also known as '''Landstuhl Hospital''', is a ] post in ], Germany, near ]. It is an amalgamation of '''Marceau Kaserne''' ({{langx|de|Infanterie-Kaserne}}) and '''Wilson Barracks''' (''Kirchberg-Kaserne''), which were merged on October 15, 1951.<ref name="Addison2003">{{cite book|last=Addison|first=William R.|date=2003|title=Selfless Service: A 50 year History of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center|publisher=Landstuhl Regional Medical Center|page=35}}</ref> As a Level II trauma center, it has 65 beds, and is the largest American hospital outside the ].<ref name="nyt23"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://landstuhl.tricare.mil/About-Us |title=Landstuhl Regional Medical Center |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 19, 2019 |publisher=] |access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref> Construction is ongoing for a new hospital facility (the ''Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Replacement'') that will replace the existing hospital. Construction is planned to be completed end 2027.<ref></ref>
The '''Landstuhl Regional Medical Center''' ('''LRMC''') is an overseas ] operated by the ]. It is the largest American military hospital outside the ]. The hospital is located at Wilson Barracks ({{lang-de|Kirchberg-Kaserne}}) in the ] town of ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://home.army.mil/rheinland-pfalz/index.php/about/history |title=History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz |publisher=] |access-date=April 27, 2021 |quote=Wilson Barracks (aka: Landstuhl or LRMC): Named after Cpl. Alfred L. Wilson (Sept. 18, 1919 – Nov. 8, 1944).}}</ref> and was the nearest treatment center for personnel wounded in the ]. It serves members of the ], military retirees and their eligible family members.
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==History== ==History==
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Opened on March 9, 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landstuhl.healthcare.hqusareur.army.mil/resources/history.aspx|title=LRMC History|accessdate=2009-05-29}}</ref> LRMC was formerly known as the 2d<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change to "2nd" as it would be historically inaccurate. Thank you. --> General Hospital and the Landstuhl Army Medical Center (LAMC). In 1980, soldiers who were injured in ] were brought to LAMC. During the 1990s, ] underwent a reorganization, and hospitals in ], ], ], and other bases were gradually closed down, or were downsized to clinics. In 1993, a group of 288 ] personnel augmented the hospital. By 1997, it was the only U.S. medical center in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarnecky|first=Mary T.|title=A contemporary history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMhA82JtgHUC|pages=343–4|publisher=]|isbn=9780160869136}}</ref> Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (originally known as the Landstuhl Army Medical Center) was established on October 15, 1951.<ref name="Addison2003" /> Completion of the 1,000-bed Army General Hospital building occurred on April 7, 1953. In 1980, soldiers who were injured in ] were brought to the hospital. During the 1990s, ] underwent a major reorganization, and U.S. hospitals in ], ], ], and other bases were gradually closed down, or were downsized to clinics. In 1993, a group of 288 ] personnel augmented the hospital.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarnecky|first=Mary T.|title=A contemporary history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMhA82JtgHUC|pages=343–4|publisher=]|isbn=9780160869136}}</ref> As of June 2024, the 86th Medical Squadron continues to supports U.S. Army operations at LRMC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=86th Medical Group - Ramstein Air Base > About Us |url=https://ramstein.tricare.mil/About-Us |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=ramstein.tricare.mil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=86 MDS celebrates 30 years of partnership with LRMC |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/442965/86-mds-celebrates-30-years-partnership-with-lrmc |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref> By 2013, it was the only American military hospital left in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |last=Millham |first=Matthew |date=July 1, 2013 |title=Nachrichten Kaserne latest US facility in Heidelberg to close |url=https://www.stripes.com/nachrichten-kaserne-latest-us-facility-in-heidelberg-to-close-1.228397 |url-access=limited |work=] |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref>

During the ] from 2022, the hospital treated tens of wounded American volunteer veterans who participated in the fighting against Russia.<ref name="nyt23">{{cite news |last1=Philipps |first1=Dave |last2=Schmitt |first2=Eric |title=U.S. Army Hospital in Germany Is Treating Americans Hurt Fighting in Ukraine |work=The New York Times |date=September 23, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/us/us-soldiers-ukraine-hospital-germany.html |access-date=24 September 2023 |agency=New York Times}}</ref>


==Organ donation== ==Organ donation==
LRMC is one of the top hospitals for organ donations in its region in Europe. Roughly half of the American military personnel who died at the hospital from combat injuries from 2005 through 2010 were organ donors. That was the first year the U.S. Armed Forces allowed organs to be donated by military personnel who died at the hospital from wounds suffered in Iraq or Afghanistan. From 2005 through 2010, 34 donated a total of 142 organs, according to the organ transplant organization, ''Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation'' ({{lang-en|German Organ Transplantation Foundation}}).<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Meg |title=A Soldier's Death Gives Life to Another Man|url=http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/germany-us-hospital-landstuhl-organ-donations |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}</ref> LRMC is one of the top hospitals for organ donations in its region in Europe. Roughly half of the American military personnel who died at the hospital from combat injuries from 2005 through 2010 were organ donors. That was the first year the hospital allowed organs to be donated by military personnel who died there from wounds suffered in Iraq or Afghanistan. From 2005 to 2010, 34 donated a total of 142 organs, according to the organization German Organ Transplantation Foundation (''Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation'').<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones|first= Meg|url=https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/soldiers-death-gives-life-another-man|title=A Soldier's Death Gives Life to Another Man|work=]|date=23 April 2011|accessdate=10 September 2023}}</ref>


==Decorations== ==Decorations==
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center has been awarded the following ]s:<ref>{{Citation|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=U.S. Army Human Resources Command Permanent Order 097-04|url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/HRC/2014/097-04_20140407_HRCMD.pdf|date=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=U.S. Army Human Resources Command Permanent Order 155-09 (Corrected Copy)|url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/HRC/2013/155-09_20130604_HRCMD_CC.pdf|date=4 June 2013}}</ref>

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||August 18, 1990 to April 11, 1991
|| For exceptionally meritorious service.
(AGO 1992-06 as 2nd General Hospital)
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||September 12, 2003 to December 1, 2004
|| For exceptionally meritorious service.
(AGO 2009-08/ AGO 2014-61)
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||September 11, 2001 to September 11, 2003 ||September 11, 2001 to September 11, 2003
|| For exceptionally meritorious service. || For exceptionally meritorious service.
(AGO 2019-24)
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||May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015
|| For exceptionally meritorious service.
(AGO 2019-40)
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==Honors==
⚫ ==See also==<!-- EDITORS NOTE: This section should primarily contain lists linked to the main article which are directly related to the hospital. Thank you. -->
* ] Armed Forces Award, ''July 23, 2012''<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Chuck |date=August 17, 2012 |title=LRMC receives 2012 VFW Armed Forces Award |url=https://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/lrmc-receives-2012-vfw-armed-forces-award/ |work=The Kaiserslautern American |access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author=Veterans of foreign Wars of the United States |author-link=Veterans of Foreign Wars |date=2013 |title=Proceedings of the 113th National Convention of the Veterans of foreign Wars of the United States |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-113hdoc35/pdf/CDOC-113hdoc35.pdf |location=Washington |publisher=] |pages=18–19 |access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref>

==Notable people born at LRMC==
* ] (born 1957), actor, director and television host
* ] (born 1961), virologist
* ] (born 1972), German-American former professional basketball player
* ] (born 1972), American Republican politician
* ] (born 1972), American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
* ] (born 1973), American professor of anthropology
* ] (born 1976), American television presenter
* ] (born 1983), American soccer player
* ] (born 1986), American Republican politician

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==Further reading== ==Further reading==
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* {{cite news |last=Fichtner|first=Ullrich|title=A Visit to the US Military Hospital|work=]|date=2007-03-14}} * {{cite news |last=Fichtner|first=Ullrich|title=A Visit to the US Military Hospital at Landstuhl: The German Front in the Iraq War |work=]|date=14 March 2007|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-visit-to-the-us-military-hospital-at-landstuhl-the-german-front-in-the-iraq-war-a-471654.html}}
⚫ * {{cite magazine|title=Kaserne Named in Honor of U.S. Army Aid Man|magazine=Medical Bulletin of the European Command |volume=9 |number=5 |publisher=Medical Division, ] |date=5 May 1952 |page=204|oclc=709889000}}
* {{cite news |last=Jones|first= Meg|url=http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/germany-us-hospital-landstuhl-organ-donations|title=A Soldier's Death Gives Life to Another Man|work=]|date=2011-04-24 |accessdate=2011-05-12}}
* {{cite news|last=Reidel|first=Alexander|date=20 April 2023|title=US military hospital to replace 70-year-old Landstuhl is on track for 2027, officials say|url=https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-04-20/landstuhl-hospital-70-year-legacy-construction-progress-9852236.html|url-access=limited|work=]|location=]|access-date=10 September 2023}}
⚫ * {{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Kaserne Named in Honor of U.S. Army Aid Man |magazine=Medical Bulletin of the European Command |volume=9 |number=1 |publisher=Medical Division, ] |date=January 1952 |page=204}}
* {{cite news |last=Shanker|first=Thom|title=Landstulh Hospital to be Replaced but with What?|work=] |date=2012-06-10}} * {{cite news |last=Shanker|first=Thom|title=Pentagon and Congress Argue Over Hospital for Troops|work=] |date=10 June 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/world/europe/landstuhl-hospital-to-be-replaced-but-with-what.html|access-date=10 September 2023}}
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U.S. Army post and hospital in southwest Germany

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Part of U.S. Army Medical Command
Landstuhl in Germany
Aerial image of Landstuhl Regional Medical CenterLRMC 2008 Aerial Photo
Gate upon a Star of Life with a scroll above itDistinctive Unit Insignia
LRMC is located in GermanyLRMCLRMCLocation in Germany
Coordinates49°24′15″N 7°33′37″E / 49.40417°N 7.56028°E / 49.40417; 7.56028
Site information
OperatorU.S. Army Medical Command
Controlled by United States Army
Open to
the public		No
Websitelandstuhl.tricare.mil
Site history
Built1951 (1951)–1953
Built byU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
In use1951–present
EventsCold War, Global War on Terrorism
Garrison information
Current
commander		Col. Theodore R. Brown

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), also known as Landstuhl Hospital, is a U.S. Army post in Landstuhl, Germany, near Ramstein Air Base. It is an amalgamation of Marceau Kaserne (German: Infanterie-Kaserne) and Wilson Barracks (Kirchberg-Kaserne), which were merged on October 15, 1951. As a Level II trauma center, it has 65 beds, and is the largest American hospital outside the United States. Construction is ongoing for a new hospital facility (the Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Replacement) that will replace the existing hospital. Construction is planned to be completed end 2027.

History

U.S. Army Medical Command Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (originally known as the Landstuhl Army Medical Center) was established on October 15, 1951. Completion of the 1,000-bed Army General Hospital building occurred on April 7, 1953. In 1980, soldiers who were injured in Operation Eagle Claw were brought to the hospital. During the 1990s, U.S. Army Europe underwent a major reorganization, and U.S. hospitals in Frankfurt, Berlin, Nuremberg, and other bases were gradually closed down, or were downsized to clinics. In 1993, a group of 288 U.S. Air Force Medical Service personnel augmented the hospital. As of June 2024, the 86th Medical Squadron continues to supports U.S. Army operations at LRMC. By 2013, it was the only American military hospital left in Europe.

During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine from 2022, the hospital treated tens of wounded American volunteer veterans who participated in the fighting against Russia.

Organ donation

LRMC is one of the top hospitals for organ donations in its region in Europe. Roughly half of the American military personnel who died at the hospital from combat injuries from 2005 through 2010 were organ donors. That was the first year the hospital allowed organs to be donated by military personnel who died there from wounds suffered in Iraq or Afghanistan. From 2005 to 2010, 34 donated a total of 142 organs, according to the organization German Organ Transplantation Foundation (Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation).

Decorations

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center has been awarded the following unit decorations:

Streamer Award Period of service Reason
Army Superior Unit Award August 18, 1990 to April 11, 1991 For exceptionally meritorious service.

(AGO 1992-06 as 2nd General Hospital)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) September 12, 2003 to December 1, 2004 For exceptionally meritorious service.

(AGO 2009-08/ AGO 2014-61)

Army Superior Unit Award September 11, 2001 to September 11, 2003 For exceptionally meritorious service.

(AGO 2019-24)

Army Superior Unit Award May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 For exceptionally meritorious service.

(AGO 2019-40)

Honors

  • VFW Armed Forces Award, July 23, 2012

Notable people born at LRMC

See also

References

  1. Ciccarelli, John (July 13, 2023). "LRMC welcomes new top brass". LRMC. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Addison, William R. (2003). Selfless Service: A 50 year History of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. p. 35.
  3. ^ Philipps, Dave; Schmitt, Eric (September 23, 2023). "U.S. Army Hospital in Germany Is Treating Americans Hurt Fighting in Ukraine". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  4. "Landstuhl Regional Medical Center". Defense Media Activity. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  5. Contract Awarded for Largest Overseas U.S. Military Hospital
  6. Sarnecky, Mary T. A contemporary history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Government Printing Office. pp. 343–4. ISBN 9780160869136.
  7. "86th Medical Group - Ramstein Air Base > About Us". ramstein.tricare.mil. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  8. "86 MDS celebrates 30 years of partnership with LRMC". DVIDS. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  9. Millham, Matthew (July 1, 2013). "Nachrichten Kaserne latest US facility in Heidelberg to close". Stars and Stripes. Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  10. Jones, Meg (April 23, 2011). "A Soldier's Death Gives Life to Another Man". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  11. U.S. Army Human Resources Command Permanent Order 097-04 (PDF), April 7, 2014
  12. U.S. Army Human Resources Command Permanent Order 155-09 (Corrected Copy) (PDF), June 4, 2013
  13. Roberts, Chuck (August 17, 2012). "LRMC receives 2012 VFW Armed Forces Award". The Kaiserslautern American. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  14. Veterans of foreign Wars of the United States (2013). Proceedings of the 113th National Convention of the Veterans of foreign Wars of the United States (PDF) (Report). Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 18–19. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

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