Planning the transition to a new hospital is a long and arduous task. If the planning process begins early with the right personnel leading and participating in the transition planning process, a detailed plan can be assembled that will most likely lead to a successful move into the new facility. The Department of Defense has built a number of new military hospitals in the past ten years. In particular, the United States Army has been the recipient of three new hospitals in the past ten years. A replacement hospital is currently under construction at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and is projected to open for patient care in late 1999. This case study attempts to show that the transition planning process in use by the United States Army is sound through a comparative analysis of the transition team at Womack Army Medical Center and a number of non-military hospitals and consultant firms specializing in transition planning. The purpose of the study is to provide a reference guide for hospital transition planners and to provide feedback to the leadership at Womack Army Medical Center on how their planning effort can be improved.