Executive Officer

 
Captain Christopher Keith enlisted in the Navy in January 1989.  He earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Jacksonville University and commissioned in 1999.  He earned his Master of Science in Nursing from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in 2011.
 
CAPT Keith currently serves as the Executive Officer at Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Oak Harbor, Wa. He previously served at Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 ALPHA and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton (NMRTC CP), serving as Chief Nursing Officer and Director, Nursing Services. Previously, he has served at his last three commands as Director, Branch Clinics (2020 to 2021), Director, Surgical Services from 2019 to 2020, and as Director, Clinical Support Services (2017 to 2018).     
 
His prior assignments also include staff periOperative positions NMRTC Twentynine Palms, NMRTC Bremerton, U.S. Naval Hospital Guam; duty under instruction at USUHS, Bethesda, Maryland, Adult/Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist track with a PeriOperative focus; PeriOperative/Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Naval Hospital Lemoore with deployment as the sole OR nurse with Charlie Surgical Company in Al Taqaddum, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; staff periOperative nurse at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth; periOperative training at Naval Hospital Jacksonville in 2003; staff nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit and Medical/Surgical ward, Naval Hospital Pensacola.
 
In addition to numerous unit and campaign awards, his personal military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards) and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), Navy Good Conduct (three awards), and Fleet Marine Force Qualified Officer designation.
 
Captain Keith maintains board certification as a Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR).