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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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Hospital Corpsman Third Class Zalette Mendez serves on the Readiness Team at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Cherry Point. Mendez was recently awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for her accomplishments while serving at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit Meridian, Mississippi.

Mendez and her team conduct flight physicals, separations, periodic health assessments, hearing tests, vision exams and other screenings for active-duty service members stationed at MCAS Cherry Point. The tests and evaluations ensure fitness for duty and deployability to training and overseas operations.

I Keep the Warfighter in the Fight: Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Zalette Mendez

| July 29, 2026

A corpsman serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is part of a team integral to the medical readiness of multiple organizations and units headquartered at the base.Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Zalette Mendez...

Lt. Cmdr. Nicolle R. Leftwich (right), emergency management department clinical nurse specialist and patient-centered medical homeport department head, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches hospital corpsmen how to operate an automated external defibrillator (AED) during the command's Annual Nursing and Corpsmen Skills Fair, April 28, 2026. The hands-on training reinforced critical clinical procedures, emergency response skills and communication to strengthen medical readiness and support the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher Jones, NH/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).

Nurses, corpsmen sharpen clinical abilities at NMRTC Twentynine Palms skills fair

| July 28, 2026

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — More than 200 nurses and hospital corpsmen sharpened critical clinical abilities during Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms' Annual Nursing and Corpsmen Skills...

ASA Human Landing System (HLS) training coordinator Sawyer Mitchell is secured into the cockpit of the Disorientation Research Device, also known as the

NAMRU Dayton’s "Kraken" Certified as Training Platform for Artemis Lunar Missions

| July 28, 2026

Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton was recently certified by NASA to unleash the Disorientation Research Device (DRD), commonly known as the "Kraken," as a research and training platform for the Artemis Human Landing...

The Naval Medical Forces Development Command is Mission-Driven and most importantly People-Powered! Dr. Barry Yates, an Instructional Systems Specialist with NMFDC's Education and Training directorate, plays a central role in ensuring Navy medical personnel are trained with the most current, life-saving knowledge available. NMFDC is the headquarters element designated within the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as a direct subordinate to the Surgeon General of the Navy, charged with leading and managing all medical training, education, professional development, and instruction to produce highly trained and ready medical personnel. Photo taken and graphic created at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, July 17, 2026 (U.S. Navy graphic by Malcolm McClendon).

Mission Driven-People Powered: Dr. Barry Yates

| July 28, 2026

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) is Mission-Driven and most importantly People-Powered! Today we highlight Dr. Barry Yates, an Instructional Systems...

SAN DIEGO (May 14, 2026) — Lt. Cmdr. Kristine Tolentino Parra, right, and Lt. Stephanie Ryan, left, explain how the Expeditionary Medicine teams supported the historic Artemis II space recovery operations in April. Parra, a general surgeon and platform lead for Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System 14 at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, and Ryan, a Navy nurse with En Route Care System 11 at NMRTC San Diego, shared their operational insights at the Naval Medical Forces Pacific headquarters. (U.S. Navy photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr.)

Navy EXMED teams share lessons from historic Artemis II recovery

| July 27, 2026

For the medical teams supporting the historic Artemis II recovery mission this past April, success meant preparing for every possible outcome.Lt. Cmdr. Kristine Tolentino Parra and Lt. Stephanie Ryan recently shared their...

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