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Welcome to the official website of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Annapolis!

At NMRTC Annapolis, our mission is to provide a medically ready force – certifying the warfighters that we care for are ready to fight tonight supported by a ready, well-trained medical force. As the former Surgeon General stated, we “provide well-trained People, working as expeditionary medical experts on optimized Platforms operating as cohesive teams demonstrating high reliability Performance to project Medical Power in support of Naval Superiority”. While we are not an operational or expeditionary unit, we are a platform prepared to support expeditionary medicine at any time – and we must ensure our readiness as medical personnel to respond to that call.

Since 1845, NHC Annapolis has been committed to exemplifying the best of Navy Medicine though innovation, quality care, technology, talent management, and leadership. NHC Annapolis provides health support in six locations across three states. At its core is the care and commissioning readiness of the more than 4,400 members of the Brigade of Midshipmen. NHC Annapolis providers contribute to athlete development on and off the field, and support the Naval Academy as team physicians for 33 varsity sports teams and 26 club sports.

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Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Annapolis Corpsmen Support Joint Blood Mission, Advance Operational Readiness

| June 11, 2026

Story By HM1(SW/AW) Kristen Gordon and HM1(FMF) Giankenneth MolinaJOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST -- For two Navy corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Annapolis, readiness means ensuring...

260608-N-HS756-1037 LIEPAJA, Latvia (June 8, 2026) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dante Hendrix, assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (2nd LAR BN), checks vital signs while using a stethoscope during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) training evolution during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2026, in Liepaja, Latvia, June 8, 2026. BALTOPS 2026, the premiere maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Sea region, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sisi Lopez Barahona)

Faces of BALTOPS: HM3 Dante Hendrix Keeps Marines Mission Ready

| June 11, 2026

LIEPAJA, Latvia (June 8, 2026) For Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dante Hendrix, wearing the Navy uniform was always a matter of family tradition.As he grew up in Southern California, he watched his father serve a full Navy...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 8, 2026) — Lt. Christian Sanchez, staff internist, department head of Internal Medicine and U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) champion for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer measures, poses for a portrait inside the Mammography Department at USNH Yokosuka. Under Sanchez's leadership, the hospital's cancer screening program was recognized by Defense Health Network Pacific Rim as a best practice for improving patient participation in preventive screenings. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Taylor/USNH Yokosuka Public Affairs)

USNH Yokosuka Cancer Screening Program Recognized as Best Practice Across Pacific Rim Network

| June 11, 2026

YOKOSUKA, Japan — U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka's proactive approach to cancer screening has been recognized by Defense Health Network (DHN) Pacific Rim leadership as a best practice, highlighting how targeted outreach,...

A photo illustration highlights the foundation of the Independent Duty Corpsmen, from the selection of hospital stewards for independent duty aboard torpedo destroyers to important role IDCs played in World War I. Graphic features on left: Hospital Steward Alfred Bennett (Frederick Briggs) (R) aboard a torpedo destroyer, ca. 1909. Top right: Pacific Torpedo Fleet moored off of San Diego, ca 1910. Bottom right: charcoal drawing titled USS Shaw (DD-68) by artist George Wright. Drawing depicts aftermath of Shaw’s collision with Aquitania in October 1918. Bennett photograph courtesy of Briggs Family. Torpedo fleet photo and Wright drawing courtesy of Navy History and Heritage Command. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Andre Sobocinski).

Torpedo Destroyers, the Great War, and the Dawn of the Independent Duty Corpsman

| June 10, 2026

On the night of April 17, 1918, the American cargo steamer SS Florence H. lay at anchor in Quiberon Bay off the coast of Brittany, France. Then it caught fire. A fire on any ship is bad, but it is worse when its cargo hold is...

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Paige Stallings, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, intubates a simulated casualty during an En Route care (ERC) training at the Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Center, on June 5, 2026. The ERC program is designed to train hospital corpsmen on necessary en route care, integrating high-fidelity simulators and hands-on training. Final testing for the ERC course was hosted by the Naval Medical Center Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Center (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Woods)

Simulation center provides corpsmen essential transport care training at Camp Lejeune

| June 10, 2026

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Center hosted the final stage of En Route Care (ERC) training for corpsmen across Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.The ERC program is...

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