Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

U.S. Army post and hospital in southwest Germany

49°24′15″N 7°33′37″E / 49.40417°N 7.56028°E / 49.40417; 7.56028Site informationOperatorU.S. Army Medical CommandControlled by

United States ArmyOpen to
the publicNoWebsitelandstuhl.tricare.milSite historyBuilt1951 (1951)–1953Built byU.S. Army Corps of EngineersIn use1951–presentEventsCold War, Global War on TerrorismGarrison informationCurrent
commanderCol. Theodore R. Brown^[1]

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.^[2] As a Level II trauma center, it has 65 beds, and is the largest American hospital outside the United States.^[3]^[4]

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.^[2] 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.^[5] By 2013, it was the only American military hospital left in Europe.^[6]

During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine from 2022, the hospital treated tens of wounded American volunteer veterans who participated in the fighting against Russia.^[3]

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).^[7]

Decorations

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center has been awarded the following unit decorations:^[8]^[9]

Streamer	Award	Period of service	Reason
	Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)	September 12, 2003 to December 1, 2004	For exceptionally meritorious service.
	Army Superior Unit Award	September 11, 2001 to September 11, 2003	For exceptionally meritorious service.

Honors

VFW Armed Forces Award, July 23, 2012^[10]^[11]

Notable people born at LRMC

LeVar Burton (born 1957), actor, director and television host
Jeffery Taubenberger (born 1961), virologist
Shawn Bradley (born 1972), German-American former professional basketball player
David Rouzer (born 1972), American Republican politician
Rob Thomas (born 1972), American singer, songwriter and multi-intrumentalist
Richard McElreath (born 1973), American professor of anthropology
Heather De Lisle (born 1976), American television presenter
Josh Wicks (born 1983), American soccer player
John Anthony Castro (born 1986), American Republican politician

References

^ Ciccarelli, John (July 13, 2023). "LRMC welcomes new top brass". LRMC. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Addison, William R. (2003). Selfless Service: A 50 year History of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. p. 35.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Landstuhl Regional Medical Center". Defense Media Activity. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ Sarnecky, Mary T. A contemporary history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Government Printing Office. pp. 343–4. ISBN 9780160869136.
^ Millham, Matthew (July 1, 2013). "Nachrichten Kaserne latest US facility in Heidelberg to close". Stars and Stripes. Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ Jones, Meg (April 23, 2011). "A Soldier's Death Gives Life to Another Man". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ U.S. Army Human Resources Command Permanent Order 097-04 (PDF), April 7, 2014
^ U.S. Army Human Resources Command Permanent Order 155-09 (Corrected Copy) (PDF), June 4, 2013
^ Roberts, Chuck (August 17, 2012). "LRMC receives 2012 VFW Armed Forces Award". The Kaiserslautern American. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ 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.

External links

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Official website
Army Fisher House at Landstuhl
Landstuhl Army Library
USO Warrior Center

United States Army Medical Command

Category:United States Army

Leadership

Army Medical Department

Officers	Medical Corps Nurse Corps Dental Corps Veterinary Corps Medical Service Corps Medical Specialist Corps
Enlisted	Enlisted medical soldiers

Major Subordinate Commands

Regional commands	North Atlantic RMC Southeast RMC Great Plains RMC Western RMC Europe RMC Pacific RMC
Others	AMEDD Center & School U.S. Army Dental Cmd U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Cmd U.S. Army Public Health Cmd U.S. Army Warrior Transition Cmd

Installations

Fort Sam Houston
Fort Detrick (with Forest Glen Annex)

Medical Centers
(MEDCENs)

Stateside	Augusta MMC Brooke AMC Tripler AMC Eisenhower AMC Madigan AMC Womack AMC Beaumont AMC Darnall AMC
Overseas	Landstuhl AMC

Medical Department Activities
(MEDDACs)

Hospitals	Bassett ACH Jones ACH Blanchfield ACH Allgood ACH Evans ACH Wood ACH Ireland ACH Irwin ACH Keller ACH Martin ACH McDonald ACH Moncrief ACH Reynolds ACH Weed ACH Winn ACH
Clinics	Bliss AHC Barquist AHC Bavaria MEDDAC DiLorenzo TRICARE HC Dunham AHC Fairfax FHC Fox AHC Guthrie MEDDAC Heidelberg MEDDAC Kimbrough ACC Kenner AHC Kirk AHC Lyster AHC Munson AHC Rader AHC Woodbridge AHC Camp Zama

Field medical units

Medical Commands	AR-MEDCOM 807th MCDS 3rd MCDS
Medical Groups	55th Med Gp 67th Med Gp
Medical Brigades	1st Med BDE 2nd Med BDE 5th Med BDE 8th Med BDE 30th Med BDE 32nd Med BDE 44th Med BDE 62nd Med BDE 65th Med BDE 176th Med BDE 139th Med BDE 307th Med BDE 330th Med BDE 332nd Med BDE 338th Med BDE 804th Med BDE
Combat Support Hospitals and Field Hospitals	9th Hosp Ctr 10th Field Hospital (United States) 14th CSH 28th CSH 31th CSH 47th CSH 48th CSH 75th CSH 115th Field Hospital 121st CSH 212th CSH 228th CSH 256th CSH 325th CSH 328th CSH 345th CSH 349th CSH 352d CSH 396th CSH 399th CSH 405th CSH 452th CSH 801th CSH 865th CSH
Forward Surgical Teams	1st FST 2nd FST 8th FST 67th FST 102nd FST 126th FST 135th FST 160th FST 240th FST 250th FST 274th FST (ABN) 402nd FST 541th FST (ABN) 555th FST 624th FST 628th FST 629th FST 691st FST 745th FST 758th FST 759th FST (ABN) 772nd FST 848th FST 874th FST 909th FST 911th FST 912th FST 915th FST 932nd FST 933rd FST 934th FST 936th FST 945th FST 946th FST 947th FST 948th FST 1980th FST 1982nd FST

Education

Centers, schools, etc	AMEDD Center & School U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine Borden Institute
Museums	National Museum of Health and Medicine AMEDD Museum
Courses	Captains Career Course Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course
Products	Textbook of Military Medicine War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq

Research Institutes & Centers

Stateside	Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR) U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research
Overseas	Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science (AFRIMS) United States Army Medical Research Unit- Europe (USAMRU-E) U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (USAMRU-K) Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP)