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Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Warrior Transition Battalion expanding
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/01/09/2986258/joint-base-lewis-mcchords-warrior.htmlOfficials say the move, sparked by a consolidation of remote care services, won’t affect current patients
Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Warrior Transition Battalion expanding
By ADAM ASHTON
Staff writer
January 9, 2014 Updated 8 hours ago
The Army is closing some of the medical recovery units it built during the peak of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, reflecting the declining number of troops coming home with combat wounds.
The change will lead to a small expansion of the Warrior Transition Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. It will consolidate remote care services that mostly cater to National Guard and Reserve soldiers who do not live near major military installations and are now handled in Sacramento.
The Sacramento staff already reports to Lewis-McChord; they are expected to physically move here by October.
It’s unclear whether additional wounded and injured patients will come to the base south of Tacoma — and if so, when.