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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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YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 11, 2026) — U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka surgical personnel perform a simulated orthopedic procedure during a bilateral mass casualty drill at USNH Yokosuka. USNH Yokosuka and JSDF Hospital Yokosuka conducted the drill to enhance joint medical response capabilities and lifesaving procedures in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Taylor/U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Public Affairs)
U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and JSDF Hospital Yokosuka Strengthen Medical Alliance with Joint Casualty Drill
| April 14, 2026
YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 11, 2026) – Medical personnel from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka participated in an annual bilateral mass casualty drill March 11 to enhance...
Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, left, commander, Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC), and Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Charles Padilla, NMFDC's acting command master chief, present Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alisha Rogers, center, with a gift in recognition of her selection as the fiscal year 2025 region Senior Sailor of the Year. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shayla D. Hamilton)
NMFDC Names FY25 Senior Sailor of the Year
| April 13, 2026
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) announced the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Region Sailor of the Year (SOY) during an all-hands ceremony at the headquarters building,...
Naval Medical Forces Development Command and the Navy Medicine Training Support Command (NMTSC) are mission driven and people powered. Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arthur Frazier is an instructor supervisor with NMTSC’s Directorate for Academic Support, Hospital Corpsman Basic, and ensures all instructor qualifications are met and maintained for highly qualified instructors to send corpsman to the fleet. (U.S. Navy graphic by Malcolm McClendon)
Mission Driven, People Powered: Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arthur Frazier
| April 10, 2026
Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) is mission driven and people powered.Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arthur Frazier, instructor supervisor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Command's (NMTSC) Directorate...
Capt. J. Russell Linderman, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton Commanding Officer, takes command from Capt. William Howard during the NAMRU Dayton change of command ceremony April 10, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The ceremony was officiated by Capt. Eric Welsh, commander of Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC).
New Commanding Officer takes the helm at NAMRU Dayton
| April 10, 2026
Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton held a change of command ceremony April 10, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where Capt. William Howard formally relinquished command to Capt. J. Russell Linderman. The...
260408-N-TW242-1004 Okinawa, Japan (April 10, 2026) Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang a Navy Medical Corps Officer and Staff Neurosurgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego performed the first uniportal endoscopic spine surgery at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, explains the procedure. (U.S. Navy photo by Courtesy Credit)
Advancing Spine Surgery in the Pacific: First Uniportal Endoscopic Procedure at Naval Hospital Okinawa
| April 10, 2026
Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan – Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang, a Navy Medical Corps Officer and Staff Neurosurgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego performed the first uniportal endoscopic spine surgery at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa...

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