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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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Lt. Cmdr. Alex R. Stulo (left) and Cmdr. William “PJ” Martin (right) salute one another during a change of charge ceremony for Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit China Lake at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, July 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by NAWS China Lake public affairs).

NMRTU China Lake transfers leadership at change of charge ceremony

| July 15, 2026

CHINA LAKE, Calif. — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) China Lake held a change of charge ceremony on July 10, marking the formal transfer of leadership from Cmdr. William “PJ” Martin to Lt. Cmdr. Alex R...

(260710-N-AJ782-1654) FALLS CHURCH, Va. From left to right, U.S. Navy Capt. Lonnie S. Hosea, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery senior health policy advisor, and his daughter, Ensign Jenna Hosea Baker, a nurse assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, cut his retirement cake as part of a joint ceremony featuring the retirement of Hosea and the commissioning of Baker at Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, July 10, 2026. The ceremony highlighted a continuing legacy of service for Navy Medicine as Hosea closed out a 30-year career and Baker took her first steps into the Nurse Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Kevin Ray J. Salvador)

A Legacy of Care: Navy Captain Retires as Daughter Commissions into Nurse Corps

| July 15, 2026

FALLS CHURCH, Va.— July 10 marked a rare and symbolic changing of the guard for the United States Navy Nurse Corps. On the same day that Capt. Lonnie Hosea concluded a distinguished three-decade military career, his daughter,...

BIZERTE, Tunisia (July 13, 2026) An Aedes albopictus mosquito, commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito. The species was the focus of a recent manuscript published by Medical and Veterinary Entomology journal. The article reported the surveillance study conducted by Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT to better understand its distribution and potential impact on force health protection in operational environments. NAMRU EURAFCENT, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, conducts research, surveillance and studies of vaccines, therapeutic agents, diagnostic assays and vector control measures in the EUCOM, AFRICOM and CENTCOM Areas of Responsibility to better prevent and treat infectious diseases in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health, readiness and lethality. (U.S. Navy photo by Aicha Waja /Released)

NAMRU EURAFCENT Manuscript Published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology

| July 14, 2026

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy – In late May, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT researchers and partners in Tunisia published a study in the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology , identifying key...

U.S. Navy corpsmen and medical officers from across the II Marine Expeditionary Force get hands-on with a TBI assessment device during an end-user touchpoint at the Tactical Medicine Training Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 30, 2026. The event brought together U.S. Navy corpsmen and medical officers from across the II Marine Expeditionary Force to assess new capabilities for evaluating traumatic brain injuries on the battlefield. Participants evaluated Traumatic Brain Injury Field Assessment Program devices in a hands-on session, giving TBI-FAP developers critical feedback directly from the frontline medical providers who may one day use the equipment in austere environments. (Defense Health Agency Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

Preparing for the Austere Battlefield: DHA Partners with Marines to Refine Portable TBI Assessment Technology

| July 13, 2026

Team members with the Defense Health Agency’s Warfighter Readiness, Performance, and Brain Health team hosted an end-user touchpoint at the Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Tactical Medicine Training Center, June 30, 2026.The...

A team of respiratory therapists and a nurse at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam practice setting up an advanced dual-ventilator system on a simulated infant patient. Together, these machines deliver rapid, tiny breaths that safely oxygenate a premature baby while preventing damage to their delicate lungs. USNH Guam is expanding pediatric capabilities to improve care, increase local medical capacity, and strengthen operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific. By increasing treatment capability on island, USNH Guam ensures service members and their families receive the care they need, where they serve.

USNH Guam advances pediatric capabilities for operational readiness

| July 9, 2026

U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam is expanding medical care for newborns and children with several new programs that aim to improve the health of their youngest patients, reduce medical evacuations, and enhance medical...

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