scrn rightafety minutes. >> the walter reid army medical. center went active may 1, 1909, congress authorized the hospital in its first authorization had 0 10 patients and was named after meech or walter reid who was an army physician. it is located on 113 acres whrrently in washington d.c., which is where we are basing oun live shotg this morning. as you follow the walter reid of history, you know it is in the process of being moved to twowo locations. joining us tolocations. process us to talkut t talkan other issues is colonel norman kouth. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thankguest: thank you. it is a pleasure to be here today. host: for those of who have not been following that closely, can you give a short history about how this move came to be? guest: we are at 99 days to official closure under the base realignment and closure commission guidelines. this will close down completely, the entire base. we are 51 days from the major transitional ceremony. we start the actual transitional movement north to national naval medical c

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