U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY
The mission of the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity is to provide integrated, quality health care and medical readiness support that is responsive to the needs of the 10th Mountain Division (LI) and the Fort Drum community. The MEDDAC is comprised of many different sections located in various buildings throughout Fort Drum and supports approximately 42,000 beneficiaries.

Primary medical care for active-duty Soldiers is provided at the Conner Troop Medical Clinic. The CTMC Optometry clinic provides primary and secondary eye care for all Soldiers.

Primary and specialty care is available at Guthrie Ambulatory Health Care Clinic, Bldg. P-11050 on Mt. Belvedere Boulevard, to Family members, retirees, and a small number of active-duty beneficiaries.

Guthrie Clinic offers a wide variety of outpatient services to include a Family Medicine Clinic, Acute Care Clinic, ambulance services, and Specialty Clinic (that includes Podiatry, Orthopedics, Immunizations, Dermatology and Physical Therapy), Pharmacy, and Health Care Finder service. The Composite Health Care System is an advanced health care information system in place to support clinic activities. Other Specialty care includes the Fort Drum Obstetrics/Gynecology Clinic located in Watertown and the Behavioral Health Department located on South Post.

The Preventive Medicine department, located at Clark Hall and on South Post, provides overall management of the preventive medicine service, which includes Army Public Health Nursing, Occupational Health, Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene and Force Health Protection.

The Behavioral Health Department, located in the Wilcox Clinic, Bldg. P-36 on South Post, includes Community Mental Health Services (comprised of Psychiatry and Psychology), Social Work Services (comprised of Family Advocacy Section & Clinical Social Work Section), and the Army Substance Abuse Program. These services work in conjunction with Fort Drum programs such as Army Community Services, Divisional Mental Health assets, Installation Chaplaincy and the Suicide Prevention Program to provide mental health evaluation and treatment to Soldiers, Family members, retirees, and civil service employees. In addition, the MEDDAC has partnered with Samaritan and TRICARE to establish a Behavioral Health Clinic off post to meet unmet active-duty demand for services. The 3-85 Mountain Infantry (Warrior Transition Unit) is also assigned to the MEDDAC. This unit provides command and control, administrative support and services, quality primary care and case management services for Soldiers qualifying for Warriors in Transition (IAW AR 40-400); synchronizing clinical care, disposition and transition; and promoting readiness to return to the Army or transition to civilian life.

On a daily basis, the MEDDAC typically fills 1,140 prescriptions, takes 150 X-rays, processes 620 lab specimens, and has 1,135 clinic visits. The MEDDAC and 3-85 staff of approximately 604 military, civilian, and contract personnel all work together to support the organization's mission.

Soldiers and Families assigned to the division and post will directly benefit from several current and planned construction projects. The MEDDAC has assembled more than $80 million in health facility improvements over the next three years. Projects include the Guthrie Clinic Addition and Alterations Project; a battalion headquarters and barracks facility for the 3-85 Mountain Infantry; two pre-engineered buildings; a Short-Term Alternative Child Care facility, and Acute Care Clinic renovations.

Health care delivery at Fort Drum is unique. Although the MEDDAC supports a division, it has no in-patient capability. Therefore, local civilian hospital facilities such as Samaritan Medical Center and Carthage Area Hospital provide most of MEDDAC's inpatient needs.

The MEDDAC has strong partnerships with North Country health care: health care providers in off-post communities, the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization, Syracuse medical facilities, and the TRICARE provider network.