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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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The only human-rated centrifuge within the Department of Defense is shown at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Five astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing owns and operates the centrifuge. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)
Navy researchers at Wright-Patt seek volunteers for NASA study supporting space exploration and humanity’s return to the Moon
| April 8, 2026
U.S. Navy researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are looking for volunteers to help support a study directly supporting one of the United States’ biggest space exploration goals: returning American astronauts to the...

The NMRTC Cherry Point Occupational Medicine team ensures the health and safety of service members and civilians aboard MCAS Cherry Point and their suitability for the various duties they perform as part of a unit or command assigned to the base.
Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point Celebrates National Public Health Week
| April 8, 2026
In honor of National Public Health Week 2026, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command celebrates our Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine teams.Both play integral roles in “Keeping the Warfighter in the Fight”...

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NMCP Facilitates First HMRP, Plans Future Classes
| April 7, 2026
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen spend months in "A" school undergoing training so that they can provide quality medical care to their fellow service members as well as their families. Now, thanks to advocation and efforts from...

260318-N-OV429-1001 NEWPORT, R.I. (Mar. 18, 2026) Capt. Rona Green, commanding officer, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England presents Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Lydia Horne authorization to assume and wear the uniform of a Petty Officer 3rd Class during a meritorious advancement, held at Naval Health Clininc New England, Newport, R.I., Mar. 10, 2026. NMRTC New England provides operational training to healthcare professionals through healthcare delivery to optimize both medical staff and Warfighter and readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Sydney Wall).
Hospital Corpsman Advance Strengthening Navy Medicine Readiness
| April 6, 2026
Five Sailors, attached to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England were advanced to the rank of Hospital Corpsman Third Class, March 2026.Advancement in rank reflects a Sailor’s growing expertise and...

Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, acting U.S. Navy surgeon general: “By 2027, Navy Medicine will deliver agile, scalable, trained, and certified expeditionary medical teams to provide enduring support to the Navy and joint force.” He joined the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army surgeons general to speak on military medical readiness priorities at the annual meeting of The Society of Federal Health Professionals March 5.
Top military surgeons general discuss future of military medicine: ‘We are ready to fight and win shoulder to shoulder together’
| April 6, 2026
The top military surgeons general stressed the role of military medicine as combat power and the need to adapt and redesign it for future warfare, in which time, distance, and contested access reshape the battlefield.Lt. Gen...


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