Senior leaders from Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL), Portsmouth, VA, visited Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC), Williamsburg, VA, July 18, to strengthen collaboration and gain firsthand insight into the command’s global medical logistics mission across the Fleet and Joint Force.

NMRLC personnel led the tour showcasing how the command enables global medical readiness through the development, sustainment, and deployment of Expeditionary Medical (EXMED) platforms in support in support of operational plans, exercise support, and real-world operations.

The visit underscored Navy Medicine’s commitment to integrated warfighter readiness. As the logistics backbone of their expeditionary capability, NMRLC plays a critical role in projecting medical power in competition, crisis and combat.


With globally positioned detachments and directorates, NMRLC supports the medical logistics and lifecycle from outfitting ships and training deploying personnel, to delivering prescription eyewear for deployed forward Expeditionary Medical Logistics Units in Williamsburg and Okinawa. The command also provides liaison support to U.S. European Command (EUCOM), U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) through its detachments in Germany.

With a mission to develop, acquire, field, and provide enduring lifecycle support of medical materiel solutions, NMRLC enables Navy Medicine’s operational alignment with the Navy Surgeon General’s 2027 North Star and Line of Effort 1: Deliver Expeditionary Medical Systems.

The command’s impact spans across multiple directorates and detachments worldwide:

• NMRLC Detachment Kaiserslautern, Germany serves as the Navy liaison to the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center–Europe, supporting medical logistics for U.S. European, Central, and Africa Commands in coordination with Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) policies.

• Detachment Fort Detrick, Maryland provides initial medical outfitting and shipboard configuration expertise for afloat platforms, ensuring readiness at sea.

• Detachment Naval Expeditionary Medical Command Atlantic (NEMCL), Portsmouth, Virginia functions as a unit deployment cell, delivering expeditionary training and administrative support to active-duty and reserve personnel assigned to medical platforms.

• NORA, Yorktown, Virginia leads Military Health System optical fabrication and delivers prescription eyewear under the “Sight to Fight” initiative, supporting force health protection and operational vision readiness across the Total Force.

• Three new Expeditionary Medical Logistics Units, two based in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the other in Okinawa, Japan, are being established to provide forward logistical, administrative, and lifecycle support to deployed EXMED units operating in specific areas of responsibility.

Through these capabilities, NMRLC ensures integrated, reliable, and expeditionary medical logistics support to the Fleet, Fleet Marine Force, and Joint Forces—anytime, anywhere.