Walter Reed Base GuideRecreational ServicesWednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
Karen Wagner Sports Center
The Karen Wagner Sports Center (Bldg. 32) includes a gymnasium, three racquetball courts, a cardio theater consisting of various pieces of cardio equipment such as treadmills and bikes, a weight area consisting of weight resistant equipment, an aerobics room, men and women saunas and men and women locker rooms. A variety of sport programs such as basketball and volleyball are offered. Aerobic classes such as spin and step are also available. In addition there are various programs such as walking programs that can be done with a group or individually. A professional staff is available to assist with the use of equipment, to sign you up for classes and to answer any questions that you may have. The Karen Wagner Sports Center is open Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday 9:00am to 5:00 pm. The facility is closed on Sundays and holidays. For information call (202) 782-3369. Sports Walter Reed Army Medical Center has a diversified sports program consisting of unit level intramural leagues in softball, basketball, soccer, and volleyball. There is post level competition in tackle football, softball, basketball, golf, bowling, and soccer. The Post Level teams for several sports consist of a women's team and a men's team and are also traveling teams. The sports office is located at the Karen Wagner Sports Center (Bldg 32) and is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For information call (202) 782-3369 . Outdoor Recreation The Outdoor Recreation program, located at Forest Glen, includes programs for skiing, white water rafting and canoeing. A variety of camping equipment is available to rent to include tents, Coleman stoves, and sleeping bags. There is an RV storage area where, for a fee, one can store a small boat, an RV etc.. Equipment for picnics such as horse shoes, basketballs, volleyballs plus net and softball gloves⁄balls⁄bats are also available to rent. There are three picnic pavilions that may be reserved⁄rented for functions. Also located at the Outdoor Recreation area are two softball fields, an outdoor basketball court and a small Fitness Center whichhas aerobic equipment such as treadmills, bikes and steppers. Operational hours are Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The telephone number is (202) 441-3218. Arts and Crafts Center Please see listing in Forest Glen section. Post & Patient Library The Post library offers nonfiction and fiction reading for all ages. Other materials available in addition to books include a wide selection of periodicals and magazines, over 200 DVDs including the latest releases at no charge, fiction and nonfiction tittles on CD, large print books and a special book leasing collection that always has all the current best seller and high interest books. The library has eleven computers for your use. Electronic information retrieval is available through the internet, Army knowledge Online system, Net library (e books) and a variety of other on-line databases. Other library services include reference and reader’s advisory, children’s outreach and summer reading program, inter-library loan, ward service and special collection services. The library also supports the Army Continuing Education System with a large collection of study guides. The Post 7 and Patient Library is in the old hospital, Bldg 1. It’s in Room D-110. It’s open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The telephone number is (202) 782-6314 or. Auto Skills Center The Auto Skills center provides the space and tools for service members, their families, retirees, and DOD employees to do their own repair work. Additionally, the Auto Skills Center will perform minor repair and maintenance operations for you. Call for information and to make an appointment for their repair services. The Auto Skills center is in Bldg. 88 across from the fire station. It’s open Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 9 p.m., Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The telephone number is (202) 782-7433⁄4972 Fitness Center The Walter Reed Fitness Center offers a large variety of cardio-pulmonary equipment, including treadmills, cross-trainers, bikes and steppers. It also has an extensive free-weight area and two circuits of resistance equipment. Equipment orientation classes take place several times a week. The center also offers several self-directed programs throughout the year for those who need motivation. Trainers create individual exercise programs upon request. The center is in Bldg. 88. It’s open Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed on federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 782-7022. Facilities
Main Installation Facilities Barber Shops The hospital barber shop is on the third floor of HeatonPavilion Bldg. 2 in Room 3G06.It is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone (202) 722-2209. An additional shop is in the west wing of the old hospital, Bldg. 1 on the first floor. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone (202) 723-1897. Beauty Salon The hospital beauty salon is on the third floor of the Heaton Pavilion, Bldg. 2 in Room 3G03. Salon is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone (202)722-9225. Credit Union Pentagon Federal Credit Union provides worldwide, 24-hour service and a full range of financial products at competitive rates. All Army and Air Force officers, everyone who works at or uses the facilities of Walter Reed or Forest Glen, and their immediate relatives are eligible to join. For more information, see www.PenFed.org. Automatic teller machines are outside the Walter Reed branch office in (old hospital) Bldg. 1, in the first-floor lobby of Heaton Pavilion, Bldg. 2, (main hospital), and at Forest Glen outside Bldg. 161 (Laundry and Dry Cleaning Facility). All are free to members using Pentagon Federal Credit Union ATM or Check Cards. The Pentagon Federal Walter Reed branch is on the first floor of (old hospital) Bldg. 1 in Room E-127. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone (800) 247-5626. Dining Facility The hospital dining facility is on the third floor of Heaton Pavilion (main hospital), and is open to patients, active-duty service members, civilian employees and guests. Dining facility hours, daily except as noted:
Breakfast 6 to 10 a.m. Walt’s Express, near the entrance to the dining facility, offers made-to-order deli sandwiches as well as many ready-to-go meal choices, including, salads, pizzas, hot dogs, sandwiches and beverages. Walt’s open Monday through Friday from 10:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; sandwich bar opens at 10:45 a.m. Flower Shop The flower shop is off the first-floor main lobby of Heaton Pavilion, Bldg. 2. Open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone (202) 722-7878. Medical Library The Walter Reed Medical Library provides a wide variety of knowledge-based information services that support patient care, clinical and management decision-making, graduate medical education, patient and family education and medical research for the Walter Reed community. The library has more than 7,000 medical books in its collection and subscribes to more than 450 journals in print and digital format. In addition, the library offers on-line resources that are accessible through any desktop computer linked to the hospital network. These resources provide access to several information databases as well as the full text of the materials they index. Among the resources provided:
The library’s Web page contains the above links: www.wramc.army.mil⁄departments⁄library⁄MedLibrary.cfm. The Medical Library, located in Heaton Pavilion, Bldg. 2, Area 2-G, is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to8 p.m.; Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone (202) 782-6238 or 6239. Mini Mall Shoppette Located in the west wing on the first floor of the old hospital, Bldg. 1, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone (202) 723-0369. Barber Shop: Open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone (202) 723-1897. Burger King: Open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mologne House The Mologne House is a 200-room hotel in Bldg. 20 at the intersection of Main Drive and 14th Street on the grounds of Walter Reed. It is open to servicemembers, retirees, family members, and Department of Defense civilians visiting Walter Reed or the Washington area for official or leisure travel. The hotel offers a restaurant, lounge, meeting space and free parking. Each room has two double beds, private bath, cable TV, coffee maker, mini-refrigerator, iron, ironing board, and first-class service. Half the rooms are equipped for guests with disabilities. The four-floor, 95,000-square-foot building is named for a former commander of the medical center, Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Mologne, who died in 1988. Guest House The Guest House in Doss Memorial Hall is an annex of the Mologne House and is on Main Drive in Bldg. 17. This bed-and-breakfast type facility provides 32 rooms for people visiting the hospital. The Guest House has rooms with private bath, rooms with a shared bath and rooms with a community bath. The Inn at Delano Hall is another Mologne House annex and is on Main Drive in Delano Hall, Bldg 11. This facility provides 52 rooms for people visiting the hospital. The Inn has rooms with a private bath and rooms with a shared bath. Servicemembers and their families coming for medical purposes receive priority in all accommodations. All other reservations are made only when space is available. We offer special consideration in reservations for families of seriously ill patients. Because of the primary purpose of our facilities, we are a non-smoking facility and are unable to accept pets. For reservations and information, please call (202) 782-4600 or DSN 662-4600. Fisher Houses Walter Reed has three Fisher Houses – two at the Walter Reed main installation and one at the Forest Glen section. The Fisher House Foundation, a charitable organization created by Elizabeth and Zachary Fisher of New York, donated the three facilities. They provide a home away from home for Families of seriously ill patients receiving care at Walter Reed. Each Fisher House has between eight and 11 bedrooms with private bath, plus kitchen, living room, dining room, and laundry facilities. Phone (301) 295-7374 (Forest Glen) and (202) 356-7564 (main installation). The Walter Reed Department of Social Work makes all referrals to the Fisher Houses.
Morale, Welfare and Recreation The Morale, Welfare and Recreation Conference Center is a banquet hall, which includes meeting space, breakout rooms, full-service business center, complete catering services and group hotel room accommodations on the grounds of Walter Reed. The center is available for conferences, special events, trade shows, vendors’ fairs, conventions, hail and farewell parties, wedding receptions and reunions. Services are available to active-duty servicemembers, retirees, Family members and federal employees. The MWR Conference Center is on the second floor of(Delano Hall) Bldg. 11. Phone (202) 782-7610. Visit the center at its Web site, www.walterreedmwr.com. Post Office The U.S. Postal Service Walter Reed Branch offers stamps, money orders, parcel post, express mail, postal insurance, and all other postal services. It is located in the old hospital,Bldg. 1, Room B-133. Open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone (202) 782-3768. PX Hospital Store The PX Hospital Store is on the third floor of HeatonPavilion, Bldg. 2 in Room 3G05. Open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed Sunday. Phone (202) 882-0802. Forest Glen Section Fort Detrick’s Forest Glen section is in Silver Spring, Md., approximately four miles north of Walter Reed Army Medical Center the main installation. Forest Glen has a land area of 164 acres. It includes a contemporary area and a mixed commercial district. The contemporary area is home to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Naval Medical Research Center, and Patient Simulation Center. Forest Glen also includes the medical center’s post exchange, commissary, child development center, arts and crafts center, Fisher House, fabric care facility, motor pool, installation support functions, and a large outdoor recreation and picnic area. The shopping center serves not only Walter Reed and National Naval Medical Center service members, but much of the retired military community of greater Washington as well.
Forest Glen Facilities The Arts & Crafts Center features a wood shop, ceramic studio, do-it-yourself framing studio, general crafts studio, a B&W darkroom and a sales store selling hardwood lumber, plywood, framing supplies, ceramic supplies and more. The staff has expertise in a wide range of media and offers walk in one on one assistance as well as formal classes for children and adults. For more information call or visit the Center during regular business hours or go onto their websiteat www.wramcartsandcrafts.com. It’s telephone number is(301) 295-7386 The Center is open to all active duty military, retirees and DOD civilians, their dependents and guests. The Arts & Crafts Center is in Bldg 163 next to the Childcare Center. It’s open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Automatic Teller Machine A Pentagon Federal Credit Union ATM is outside the Laundry and Dry Cleaning Facility, Bldg. 161. It is free to members using Pentagon Federal Credit Union ATM or Check Cards. For more information, please see the Credit Union listing under ‘‘Main Installation Facilities,” above. Barber Shop The Barber Shop is open Tuesday through Friday from9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone(301) 587-5909 Beauty Salon The Beauty Salon is open Tuesday through Friday from9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone (301)565-0500. Commissary The Walter Reed Commissary is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Monday. Phone (301) 295-7358, ext. 3008. Fabric Care Facility The Fabric Care Facility is in Bldg. 606 at Forest Glen and offers five-day service on individual bundle laundry. Piece rate is also available. Only hospital duty white uniforms are laundered free. No dry cleaning. Open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone (301) 295-7630 or 7631. Fisher Houses Walter Reed has one at the Forest Glen section. The Fisher House Foundation, a charitable organization created by Elizabeth and Zachary Fisher of New York, donated the facility. They provide a home away from home for Families of seriously ill patients receiving care at Walter Reed. Each Fisher House has between eight and 11 bedrooms with private bath, plus kitchen, living room, dining room, and laundry facilities. Phone (301) 295-7374 (Forest Glen) and (202) 356-7564 (main installation). The Walter Reed Department of Social Work makes all referrals to the Fisher Houses. Outdoor Recreation The Outdoor Recreation program, located at Forest Glen, includes programs for skiing, white-water rafting and canoeing. Equipment is available at a nominal cost for snow skiing, camping, boating, fishing, canoeing, golf, and many other outdoor activities. A picnic and athletic area is also available by reservation for company or organization functions. It’s open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The telephone number is (301) 295-8008 or 8010. PX Main Store, Class Six, and Military Clothing Sales The Specialty Class Six and Military Clothing Sales stores are open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Monday. Phone (301) 565-0900. Robin Hood Deli The Robin Hood Deli is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Phone (301) 565-0900. Service Station The Exchange Service Station is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The telephone number is (301) 588-1602. The station is closed Sunday and Monday; 24-hour fuel is available. Sports Walter Reed has a diverse sports program consisting of unit level intramural leagues in softball, tackle football, basketball, soccer, and volleyball; individual events and tournaments in tennis, track and field, cross country; golf, racquetball, and bowling; post-level traveling teams for men and women; and many self-directed activities at Forest Glen, Bldg. 156. It’s open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays. The telephone number is (301) 295-7709.
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