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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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KAMAKURA, Japan (May 18, 2026) Leaders and staff from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka and Shonan Kamakura General Hospital pose for a group photo following a bilateral healthcare engagement. The engagement focused on healthcare coordination, regional medical collaboration and strengthening professional relationships between USNH Yokosuka and host-nation healthcare partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Taylor/U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka)
USNH Yokosuka leaders visit Shonan Kamakura General Hospital to enhance healthcare collaboration
| June 8, 2026
YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 18, 2026) — Leaders from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka visited Shonan Kamakura General Hospital (SKGH) May 18 to build professional relationships, discuss regional healthcare collaboration and...

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GUANTAMO BAY, Cuba (June 1, 2026) - Hospitalman Lance Barley, a native of Glen Burnie, Maryland, recently completed the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course while assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 17, 2026. Upon completion of the course, Barley took the National Registry of EMT certification exam and is now nationally recognized as an EMT. (U.S. Navy photo by Emily McCamy)
Glen Burnie Native Serving with Navy Medicine in Guantanamo Bay Earns EMT Certification
| June 8, 2026
vCourtesy story by Megan Lemly, Navy Office of Community OutreachMILLINGTON, Tenn. – Hospitalman Lance Barley, a native of Glen Burnie, Maryland, recently completed the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course while assigned...

Twins, U.S. Navy Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Vanessa Green, senior enlisted leader, education and training, Naval Medical Forces Development Command, and U.S. Army Environmental Command Command Sgt. Maj. Vincent Green pose for a photo, Dec. 5, 2025. For the first time in more than two decades, the siblings are serving together, just one mile apart, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. (Courtesy photo)
Twin senior enlisted leaders bring 50 years of combined service to Fort Sam Houston
| June 8, 2026
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Raised side by side in the Deep South, twin siblings never expected their military careers to bring them to the same installation. Now, for the first time in more than two...

Lt. Brittney Grossman, the Radiation Health Officer assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit Portsmouth, NH, reviews a shipyard worker medical record with the clinics Radiation Health Department personnel, Hospital Corpsman Second Class Qasim Cummingham and Physical Science Technicians, Patti-Anne Hanson and Paul Vasaturo, onboard NMRTC Portsmouth NH, in Kittery, Maine, April 24 ,2026. Navy Radiation Health programs are audited annually by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to ensure regulatory compliance and high reliability.  NMRTU Portsmouth was recognized as having a top-tier program during their April 2026 audit. NMRTU Portsmouth is a branch clinic of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, New England. NMRTC is the comprehensive health care system for the U.S. Navy in the Northeast region, providing medical care to 70,000 eligible beneficiaries. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Jenny Paul)
Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit Portsmouth Earns Top Marks in Radiation Health Audit
| June 8, 2026
KITTERY, Maine. — The Radiation Health team at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit Portsmouth has earned top marks following a recent audit conducted by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, placing the program among the...

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PCU John F. Kennedy Medical Team Builds Foundational Standards through Trauma Drills
| June 5, 2026
In the bustling, industrial environment of a shipyard, danger can strike without warning. For the Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), preparing for the unexpected is not just a...


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