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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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251120-N-FB730-1031 CAMP LEJEUNE. (November 20, 2025) Navy officers assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility Kilo pose with command leadership and Nursing Residency Program staff after the Training-to-Practice Nurse Residency Program graduation, at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, on November 20, 2025. The newly created six-month program orients new nurses to Navy Medicine while also emphasizing professional development and exposure to realistic clinical scenarios they are likely to encounter.
Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune graduates first class of Nurse Residency Program
| Nov. 21, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, NC - On November 20, 2025, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's new Nurse Residency Program graduated its first cohort of nurses. The six-month program expounds upon the Nurse Internship Program, which was...
251121-N-IG466-6209 Reserve Talent Acquisition Group (RTAG) Southwest (Nov. 21, 2025) – Lt. Cmdr. Pamela Resurreccion poses in her dress blue uniform, reflecting the professionalism and dedication that earned her recognition as Medical Officer Recruiter of the Year (U.S. Navy photo by LTJG Adelola Tinubu/Released).
Medical Officer Recruiter of the Year: How One Navy Nurse Found Purpose
| Nov. 21, 2025
For Lt. Cmdr. Pamela Resurreccion, the decision to join the Navy Reserve began with a desire for growth. After years working as an emergency trauma nurse, she realized she had reached a point of comfort. Her routine no longer...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Sept. 25, 2025). Navy Diver 1st Class Connor Houtchens, of Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL), poses with a Big E fair attendee during the Hartford/Springfield Navy Week event. NSMRL, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development and based out of Groton, Connecticut, sustains the readiness and superiority of U.S. undersea warfighters through innovative health and performance research and works to lead the world in delivering science solutions to ensure undersea warrior dominance. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Emily Swedlund /Released)
NSMRL Divers Take Part in Hartford-Springfield Navy Week
| Nov. 21, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Sailors from Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) participated in the Big E festival during the inaugural Hartford-Springfield Navy Week portion of the event on Sept. 25.Navy Week...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Nov. 14, 2025) A photo collage depicts a portrait of Surgeon William S. W. Ruschenberger who developed the Manual off the Medical Department (MANMED), the former building headquarters for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), and MANMED back issues. For over 180 years the MANMED has been a vital part of Navy Medicine—a constantly revised document ensuring the operational readiness, administrative accountability, and professional standards of the entire Navy Medicine Enterprise. This photo illustration was created by combining multiple images overlaid with text and logo. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Andre B. Sobocinski)
Laying the Keel of Navy Medicine: The Board of Consultation and the Origin of the Manual of the Medical Department
| Nov. 21, 2025
Tucked away in a display case located in the command suite at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) in Falls Church, Virginia, lies an unassuming relic: a small, beige book of instructions dated 1917. The casual visitor...
NHB’s Health Promotion and Wellness Center, in conjunction with Mental Health Directorate’s Tobacco Cessation counselors, used the American Cancer Society Great American Smoke Out – held on the third Thursday of November - as a designated date to focus on the perils of puffing, the danger of dipping, and hazards to health from toxic vape vapors.
Keeping Operational Readiness from going up in smoke at NHB
| Nov. 21, 2025
Heard the joke about the servicemember who smoked, dipped, and vaped, who asked his provider one day during a routine physical examination, “What’s the end result of having a nicotine habit?” “Coffin. Not coughing,” replied...

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