Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Fort Belvoir Community Hospital is the newest military treatment facility operated by the Department of Defense . Located at Fort Belvoir , Virginia , south of Washington D . C . , the hospital is part of an integrated health care system under the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical ( JTF CapMed ) providing world - class health care to the nation ’ s service members and their families . The $ 1 . 03 billion , 1 . 3 million - square - foot facility replaced DeWitt Army Community Hospital located on Fort Belvoir and integrated various aspects of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center , Washington , D . C . , officially in August 2011 in accordance with 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Law . History . The former DeWitt Army Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir , Va . , for which Fort Belvoir Community Hospital replaced , was named in honor of Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt , Sr . , ( 1878 – 1949 ) , a surgeon who served in World War I and World War II . The DeWitt Army Community Hospital opened in 1957 , having cost $ 4 . 5 million to construct . It was the second of nine hospitals planned by the Army during the building program following the Korean War . DeWitt was a 46 - bed Joint Commission - accredited facility and the only military inpatient facility in Northern Virginia . It was the center of the DeWitt Health Care Network , which featured the Andrew Rader Army Health Clinic at Fort Myer , Fort A . P . Hill , and the Family Health Centers of Woodbridge and Fairfax in Virginia . As part of a Base Realignment and Closure announcement on May 13 , 2005 , the Department of Defense proposed closing Walter Reed Army Medical Center ( WRAMC ) and merging it with the National Naval Medical Center located in Bethesda , MD , and DeWitt Army Community Hospital . Moving nearly half of Walter Reed ’ s services to DeWitt would greatly expand the hospital ’ s mission . In November 2007 , ground was broken on Fort Belvoir ’ s South Post golf course for the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital . As part of the effort to transform service specific medical facilities into joint service facilities , Fort Belvoir Community Hospital ’ s staff includes Army , Navy , and Air Force medical personnel , making it one of the first joint medical facilities within the Department of Defense . Structure . The state - of - the - art , 120 - bed facility - designed by HDR , Inc . - is one of the first military treatment facilities to use evidence - based design principles to increase patient outcomes , decrease recovery times and to maximize provider and patient safety . Nature and its healing effects also play a large role in the hospital ’ s design and is a heavy theme throughout the facility ’ s five pavilions – Meadows , Sunrise , Oaks , Eagle and River . Fort Belvoir ’ s new hospital has a seven - story main structure , flanked on each side by two outpatient clinic areas providing both primary and specialty care . In total , it consists of five total buildings , 3500 parking spaces , 44 clinics , expanded pharmacy services , 430 exam rooms , 10 operating rooms , two DaVinci surgical systems , two linear accelerator cancer / oncology systems , and one of the military ’ s only dedicated substance abuse programs . The expanded outpatient specialty care brings the care closer to home and reduces the need for patients to drive 30 + miles to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center . Fort Belvoir Community Hospital inpatient services have expanded threefold in volume and encompass a full spectrum of medical specialties , once more placing advanced care closer to beneficiaries in Northern Virginia ( National Capital Region ) . Evidence - Based Design . Fort Belvoir Community Hospital is at the forefront of evidence - based health care design . The facility design creates an environment that is therapeutic , supportive of family involvement and efficient for staff performance . It integrates research - based architectural design and holistic health care practices that result in improved patient outcomes , privacy , comfort and safety for both patients and staff . The design process for the new facility incorporated many evidence - based design concepts . One of which is nature ’ s healing power – each of the five pavilions is inspired by nature , from the color scheme and the floor tile patterns to the wall murals and pictures . Evidence - Based Design Features : Perhaps most noticeable are the four large swoops atop Meadow , Sunrise , Eagle and River Pavilions . The swoops pay homage to Fort Belvoir ’ s large Bald Eagle population and Eagle preserve wetlands near the Potomac River . Functionally , the swoops collect rainwater and funnel it to large cisterns built under the facility . The cisterns are used to irrigate the gardens and other landscaping areas on the medical campus . The swoops also protect heating , ventilation and air conditioning equipment from weather , which increases equipment efficiency and lifespan . New Services : Enhanced Services : Visits / Capacity . Department of Defense officials project the eligible beneficiary population will increase to more than 220 , 000 with approximately 40 percent of the expanded health care system enrolled population consisting of retirees and their family members . The anticipated outpatient workload is expected to grow to more than 600 , 000 visits per year in primary , specialty and ancillary clinics . Selected specialty clinics such as Cardiology , Medical Oncology , Pulmonary , Radiation Oncology and Urology alone will generate approximately 54 , 000 appointments per year . The hospital ’ s Labor and Delivery service delivered 104 babies in its first month of operations .