It's All About Health
We earned The 2025 Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval
for Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health Care & Primary Care Medical Home
The Guthrie Army Health Clinic and U.S. Army Medical Department Activity- Fort Drum's mission is to provide ready and sustained health service support and force health protection in support of the 10th Mountain Division and Mountain Tough units to enable readiness and improve health outcomes through high quality patient-centered care to all beneficiaries.
The MEDDAC provides integrated, quality healthcare 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 North Country; supports more than 23,000 beneficiaries.
We are here to provide you with world-class healthcare and strive to be the first choice for your healthcare because we share the military culture and values.
Mountain Medics, Care for the Climb!
Patient safety concerns can be reported to The Joint Commission:
* At www.jointcomission.org, using the “Reporting a Patient Safety Event” link in the Action Center
* By fax 630-792-5636
* By mail to Office of Quality and Patient Safety, The Joint Commission, One Renaissance Boulevard, Oak brook Terrace, IL 60181
History
Fort Drum was created in 1908 as Pine Camp, a 10,000-acre summer reserve training camp. From 1942 to 1944, a number of buildings were built for housing and training of the 4th Armored Division and the 27th Infantry Division. During this period, a mobilization hospital was constructed in the old post 2400 area with a capacity to house 540 patients. No name is known for this facility. It was common for medical facilities erected during the rapid expansion of World War II to be designated only by the Post Hospital where they were located. Thus, the facility was probably known as the Pine Camp Hospital.
In 1951, Pine Camp was designated as Camp Drum. Certain portions of the hospital remained occupied to support the reserve training mission. The facility was known subsequently as the U.S. Army Health Clinic, Camp Drum. It was manned by a skeleton staff of military personnel and a civilian nurse, augmented by increments of reserve personnel during Reserve Annual Training. Medical support for Camp Drum was provided at this location until Wilcox Clinic was dedicated in November of 1980.
Wilcox Clinic is named after Brigadier General Timothy Wilcox, who served as the Deputy Surgeon General from 1903 to 1904. General Wilcox was a native of New York and devoted his life to the well-being of his fellow Soldiers. He served with distinction in campaigns from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War, and is said to have performed an amputation in the midst of battle.
Wilcox Clinic served the Reserve population at Camp Drum and was expanded to support the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) in the early years of its activation. It was apparent, however, that plans had to be put in place to provide medical support for the rapidly expanding population. Plans progressed to build a Consolidated Troop Medical Clinic and Ambulatory Health Care Clinic. In 1987, Wilcox Clinic became the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC) – Fort Drum.
In January 1991, Guthrie Ambulatory Health Care Clinic opened its doors and the Fort Drum MEDDAC headquarters moved under its roof. In May of that year, it was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Samuel B. Guthrie (1782-1845), who served as physician and surgeon in the U.S. Army from 1812 to 1817.
In 1991, Conner Troop Medical Clinic opened its doors. It was named in honor of Technician Fifth Class William Conner, who was a medic with the 10th Mountain Division. He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for Gallantry in Action on March 3, 1945, while serving in Italy. Conner was killed while bravely assisting a wounded Soldier.
From 2006 to 2008, Wilcox Clinic was renovated to house the Fort Drum Behavioral Health Department. The facility provides a modern, state-of-the-art treatment facility for Soldiers and their Families. The renovation included a 2,000-square-foot addition to the facility, increasing its overall size from 26,440 to 28,440 square feet. The updated clinic provides an additional 7,000 Square feet of space for the department. The new space features more than 70 new office spaces, three reception areas, multiple group meeting rooms, and multiple video Tele-Psychiatry offices.
In 2009, the Guthrie Ambulatory Health Care Clinic underwent a facility expansion and alteration project. The project included a 49,000-square-foot addition to the Guthrie Clinic and renovations to more than two-thirds of the existing facility. The project, completed in 2011, consolidated primary care and enhanced ancillary services to beneficiaries.
In 2012, the 3-85 Mountain Infantry (Warrior Transition Battalion) complex was completed. The $52 million WTB complex is located across from the Guthrie Clinic, providing convenient access to essential medical services required by the wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers assigned to the battalion.
The complex includes a 200-person barracks, a two-company administration facility Headquarters Company building, and a Soldier and Family Assistance Center.
To further expand healthcare services for 10th Mountain Division Soldiers, a new troop medical clinic was constructed, with groundbreaking taking place in October 2013 and patient care beginning in June 2015. The facility houses 10 exam rooms, a laboratory department, a radiology department, medical records, a procedure room, and a triage area.
In 2016, the 23,000-square-foot facility was later redesignated the Bowe Troop Medical Clinic in honor of Spc. Matthew C. Bowe. A combat medic with the 10th Mountain Division, Bowe was awarded the Bronze Star with “V” device for his valorous actions in Iraq in 2006.
To better serve the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade Soldiers, the Falcon Troop Medical Clinic opened at Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield in November 2018. The nearly 12,000-square-foot facility is ideally placed to provide primary care, case management, behavioral health, auxiliary services, and more to the specific needs of aviation personnel.
As part of the requirements set forth in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), in October 2019, the newly redesignated Guthrie Army Health Clinic and all Fort Drum MEDDAC facilities were reorganized under the umbrella of the Defense Health Agency (DHA). Alignment under DHA ensures health services are unified and integrated across all military branches to support warfighter readiness.
On June 16, 2020, the 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry Warrior Transition Unit was redesignated as the Fort Drum Soldier Recovery Unit (SRU). The change was part of a broader Army-wide restructuring to improve care for wounded, ill, and injured soldiers. As a result, the new structure enables the SRU to better focus on complex case management and allows caregivers to more effectively allocate medical and administrative resources to the Soldiers who need them.
On Oct. 1,2025, the Fort Drum Dental Health Activity (DENTAC) was formally realigned to fall under the Guthrie Army Health Clinic. This change was part of a broader transition in which all Dental Activities were restructured under their local Military Treatment Facilities. Previously, Army dental units fell under the U.S. Army Dental Command, a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Medical Command. The 2025 realignment represents a further integration of medical services into the local medical facility command structure.
The Fort Drum DENTAC offers comprehensive dental care for active-duty service members across two clinics. Stone Dental Clinic, the DENTAC headquarters, is a 36-chair clinic that provides dental exams, in-and-out processing, and general services. Marshall Dental Clinic is a 34-chair clinic that delivers specialty care, including oral surgery, periodontics, prosthodontics, and endodontics.
The Distinctive Unit Insignia for the Fort Drum MEDDAC is a silver metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches in overall height consisting of a maroon cross bearing a silver staff entwined by a light green serpent between and interlaced by two green pine trees. This is all in front of a silver mountain peak with a white snow cap. The maroon and white/silver colors are traditionally associated with the Army Medical Corps. Green denotes hope, good health and growth. A cross denotes medical care and healing. The staff and serpent are adapted from the staff of Aesculapius, the mythological God of Medicine.
Coat of Arms topped by the mountains and pine trees of the MEDDAC Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) and a portrait of Dr. Samuel Guthrie and consisting of a shield with a centered silver medical caduceus. The shield is separated into four equal sections by a maroon cross with the Distinctive Unit Insignias (DUI) of the two units assigned to the Fort Drum Health Service Area filling the top left and lower right corners. The upper right corner contains the MEDCOM and 10th Mountain shoulder sleeve insignia. The lower left corner contains a symbol of each of the four local civilian hospitals in the Health Service Area. The scroll entwined underneath bears the name of the Health Service Area.
Last Updated 3/31/2026