New Ireland Army Health Clinic facility opens doors after two-year construction effort

FORT KNOX, Kentucky — (from left) Maj. Gen. John Evans Jr., commanding general of U.S. Army Cadet Command and Fort Knox; Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, director of Defense Health Agency; Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby, deputy commanding general (Support) of U.S. Army Medical Command and the chief of Dental Corps; Col. Hugh McLean, commander of MEDDAC; Brig. Gen. Michael Place, commanding general of Regional Health Command Atlantic; Command Sgt. Maj. Johnnathan Quaye, senior enlisted advisor of MEDDAC; Kelly Ireland, the great great granddaughter of Maj. Gen. Ireland, whom the facility is named after; Col. James Goetschius, deputy commander of U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency; and Roger Grout, of Mortenson Contracting; cut the ribbon for the opening of the new Ireland Army Health Clinic facility Jan. 21, 2020.