but few of them can communicate with one another. The army's three personnel databases cannot read each other's files and can't interact with the separate pay system or the medical recordkeeping databases." This complicated system has required some soldiers to prove they were in the Iraq War or the War in Afghanistan in order to obtain medical treatment and benefits because Walter Reed employees are unable to locate their records. After Walter Reed Army Medical Center moved its operations to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2011, the Army sold Building 18 and much of the rest of the campus to the local Washington, D.C., government. The city razed the building in 2015 and built a new station for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. The new station opened in 2018, housing Engine Company 22, which moved from a location about one mile south on Georgia Avenue. Consequences Less than a week after the article, new Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Walter Reed and said those responsible would be "held accountable": "I endorse the decision by Secretary of the Army Fran Harvey to relieve the Commander, Major General George W. Weightman of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The care and welfare of our wounded men and women in uniform demand the highest standard of excellence and commitment that we can muster as a government. When this standard is not met, I will insist on swift and direct corrective action and, where appropriate, accountability up the chain of command." The army announced it had relieved of command Major General Weightman, a physician who had headed the hospital for only six months. In a brief announcement, the Army said service leaders had "lost trust and confidence" in Weightman's leadership abilities "to address needed solutions for soldier outpatient care." It said the decision to fire him was made by Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey. Harvey then named Army Surgeon General and former Walter Reed commander Kevin Kiley as interim commander, but Harvey himself was forced to resign by Gates on March 2. Gates felt Harvey wasn't getting the army to move fast enough on making necessary changes. Major General Eric Schoomaker was named the new commander of Walter Reed on March 2. On the same day that Kiley was named, the Post reported that he had been aware of the issues at Walter Reed from