So if only 6 American were killed and there was minimal injuries… then this wouldn’t be happening…
They are freeing up capacity to deal with service members evac’d from the Gulf. https://t.co/3q7TLE17OQ
— Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) March 6, 2026
The largest U.S. Department of Defense hospital abroad is pausing its labor and delivery services until further notice to focus on the needs of the conflict across the Middle East.
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, located near Ramstein Air Base in Germany, is temporarily referring some labor and delivery patients to other hospitals within the local community, hospital officials told Military Times on Thursday.
The medical center sent a notice about the halt in those services to Landstuhl patients through a Tuesday memorandum that circulated on the unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page.
“Our staff is in direct contact with impacted patients to provide additional information and facilitate a smooth transition to our healthcare partners,” center officials told Military Times in a statement.
The memo states that the closure of labor and delivery is due to the hospital’s “primary objective.”
Although the memo doesn’t elaborate on what that objective is, the hospital’s primary role in critical combat care is to treat patients that are injured during training or combat operations throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East, according to the hospital’s website.
During the ongoing U.S. military operations in Iran, the hospital is expected to continue its role in combat care.