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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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Hospitalman Cyerra Yazzie serves as a General Duty Corpsman aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point where she assists in patient care and helps train fellow staff members. Yazzie was honored by the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee with the John C. Beitz Service Person of the Quarter award Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The award celebrates service members whose contributions to communities surrounding MCAS Cherry Point reflect the same energy and dedication they bring to serving in the military.
I Keep the Warfighter in the Fight: Hospitalman Cyerra Yazzie
| Aug. 22, 2025
A Sailor serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point was recently honored for her service to the communities surrounding the installation.Hospitalman Cyerra Yazzie, a Sailor assigned to Naval Health Clinic Cherry...
Cmdr. Danielle Marquis, prosthodontist, gives U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (MI-01) a tour of the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) regional dental laboratory on Naval Base San Diego Aug. 11. Marquis is the department head for DHA’s regional lab. Bergman was in San Diego to visit to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and learn how they support readiness, health care delivery, and the Maxillofacial Restoration Program, an innovative initiative that is transforming dental readiness and patient’s lives. The DHA regional dental lab fabricates dental prostheses and appliances and is located inside one of NMCSD’s branch dental clinics. (DOD photo by Regena Kowitz)
Congressman Bergman’s Visit Highlights NMCSD's Advanced Maxillofacial Restoration Capabilities
| Aug. 20, 2025
Leaders at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), part of the Defense Health Agency’s Defense Health Network Pacific Rim, welcomed U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (MI-01) on Aug. 11 for an official visit focused on readiness, health...
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 14, 2025) – Dr. Darrin Frye, chief science director, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, gives a tour of research facilities to flight nurses from the Royal Thai Air Force at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute. The nurses visited medical commands within Joint Base San Antonio to enhance their nursing knowledge and skills to include advancing quality of nursing practice related to disease management. Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) contributes directly to positive working relationships with partner nation militaries, keeping the scope of Department of Defense capabilities wide, and at the ready, to address emerging threats aboard. NAMRU San Antonio, part of NMR&D, conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Thai Royal Air Force Nurses introduced to PINC at NAMRU San Antonio
| Aug. 20, 2025
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Aug. 14, 2025) – During a visit to the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute, flight nurses from the Royal Thai Air Force received an education on the Preparatory Iraqi...
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Allaiha Carrasquillo, assigned to the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), poses for a photo at NICoE, Bethesda, Md., May, 2025. As a corpsman, she performed a broad range of technical, administrative and patient care support responsibilities. (DOD photo by Ben Lasky)
A Day in the Life of a NICoE Corpsman: HM3 Allaiha Carrasquillo
| Aug. 20, 2025
It's 6:15 a.m. when Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (HM3) Allaiha Carrasquillo arrives at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), a specialized center for traumatic brain injury (TBI) care at Walter Reed National...
The Naval Medical Forces Development Command is always mission driven and most importantly people powered! Ionie Pollard, a Navy Medicine quota manager, ensures every prospective Corpsman has a seat to attend Hospital Corpsman Basic Course (HCB) and any additional specialty training they may require preparing them to provide the best medical care for our Sailors, Marines and their families. Photo taken and graphic created at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Aug. 20, 2025 (U.S. Navy graphic by Malcolm McClendon).
NMFDC: Mission Driven-People Powered - Ionie Pollard
| Aug. 20, 2025
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Naval Medical Forces Development Command is mission driven and most importantly people powered! Today, we highlight Ionie Pollard, a Navy Medicine quota manager, who...

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