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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.

News

When the classroom dissolves: Four Navy corpsmen and a life on the line

| Feb. 20, 2026

WAUKEGAN, Ill – On the morning of Feb. 3, 2026, four Sailors from the Hospital Corpsman Trauma Training (HMTT) program put practical skills to the test to help save an unexpected patient.The situation began with Field House...

Taking a Brief Respite...Lt. Jill Alyse Becker, Navy Nurse Corps officer, takes a photo pause in being recognized as Junior Officer of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter of calendar year 2025 at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton. As NMRTC Bremerton Primary Care Clinics assistant department head, Becker is charged with supporting the direction of Family Medicine, Urgent Care, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Operational Readiness, and Immunization clinics, directly overseeing more than 120 staff members in the care of [approximately] 13,800 primary care beneficiaries (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

Profile in Readiness – Lt. Jill Becker – at NMRTC Bremerton

| Feb. 19, 2026

It’s not easy to catch up with a Navy Nurse Corps officer helping run half a dozen clinics, oversee over a hundred staff and coordinate healthcare for nearly 14,000 eligible beneficiaries.Even when such efforts have resulted...

Naval Medical Forces Pacific Civilian of the Year Paula Curielabreu, a native of Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines and raised in San Diego, works at her desk at the command's headquarters in San Diego. Driven by a personal mission to serve the same military community as her late brother, Curielabreu has become an indispensable part of the NMFP team. She credits her success to her family, her faith, and her promise to her

A mission of honor: From the Philippines to San Diego, NMFP Civilian of the Year finds purpose in promise

| Feb. 19, 2026

Being named civilian of the year is a significant professional milestone. For Paula Curielabreu, the Naval Medical Forces Pacific’s (NMFP) Fiscal Year 2025 Civilian of the Year, it is more than an accomplishment. In a command...

NMFDC Establishes Online Blended Learning Training Pipeline for Navy Medicine Providers

| Feb. 18, 2026

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) launched a new Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Tier 4 Combat Paramedics/Providers (TCCC CP/P) bridge training course for...

It Takes a Surgical Team…The Association of perioperative Nurses has formally recognized Naval Hospital Bremerton Main Operating Room with the AORN Go Clear Award for successfully eliminating surgical smoke in all operating rooms. The award is specifically related to the elimination of surgical smoke, which can be produced during surgical cases from using energy-producing devices such as electrosurgery, lasers, and other powered instruments. According to Lt. Rowena Gilmore, NHB Surgery Department division officer, the award is the result of the Main OR staff implementing comprehensive smoke evacuation practices. “Our Main OR earned this recognition through a coordinated effort to standardize smoke evacuation policies, educate staff, ensure proper equipment availability, and achieve consistent compliance across all surgical services. This was a multidisciplinary initiative involving surgeons, anesthesia providers, nursing staff, and leadership, all committed to improving the safety of our surgical environment,” said Gilmore (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

Go Clear Award Received by NHB Main Operating Room

| Feb. 17, 2026

The old adage of where there’s smoke must mean there’s fire is not always the [surgical] case.The Association of perioperative Nurses has formally recognized Naval Hospital Bremerton Main Operating Room with the AORN Go Clear...

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