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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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Chief Hospital Corpsman Noah Morrison, right, assists U.S. and allied service members during air medical evacuation familiarization training at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, July 15, 2026. The training provided participants hands-on experience with helicopter casualty loading and hoisting procedures in a high-altitude environment. (Courtesy photo).

NMRTD Bridgeport builds air MEDEVAC skills through mountain training

| Sept. 9, 2026

BRIDGEPORT, Calif. — Hospital corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Detachment (NMRTD) Bridgeport strengthened their expeditionary medical skills during air medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) familiarization...

A former hospital corpsman and retired warrant officer has donated a collection of historical photographs and memorabilia to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guam and U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, preserving a vital piece of Navy Medicine’s medical legacy supporting military operations in the Pacific during the Vietnam War.

The photographs capture the raw reality of hospital operations between 1968 and 1969 at the former U.S. Naval Hospital Guam built in 1954 in Agana Heights, Guam. They show medical evacuation, patient care, and hospital staff at work. (Courtesy photo)

Veteran donates Vietnam-era photos of Navy Medicine operations in Guam

| Sept. 8, 2026

A former hospital corpsman and retired warrant officer has donated a collection of historical photographs and memorabilia to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guam and U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, preserving a...

BETHESDA, Md. (Apr. 28, 2026) A researcher with Naval Medical Research Command’s (NMRC) Clinical Trials Center (CTC) holds a self-administered nasal spray called INNA-051, designed to prevent and reduce symptoms of viral respiratory infections like the common cold or flu. The CTC is preparing a study into the effectiveness of INNA-051, planned to begin in September. NMRC, headquarters of Navy Medicine Research & Development, is engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighter health, readiness and lethality, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, operational mission support and epidemiology. (U.S. Navy photo by Sidney Hinds /Released)

Volunteers Wanted: NMRC Clinical Trials Center Prepares for Phase 2 Trial of Respiratory Illness Treatment

| Sept. 8, 2026

BETHESDA, Md. – Staff at Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) are currently recruiting volunteers for a phase 2a study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of INNA-051 a treatment for respiratory tract Illness.INNA-051,...

ATSUGI, Japan (Sept. 1, 2026) — Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Yokosuka and U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit Atsugi pose for a group photo with Japanese Fellows following the closing ceremony for Big Rescue Kanagawa 2026. Big Rescue Kanagawa is a large-scale, multi-agency disaster-response exercise jointly organized by Kanagawa Prefecture and Atsugi City to rehearse patient reception, bilateral triage and emergency-response operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Taylor/USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs)

USNMRTC Yokosuka Strengthens Bilateral Disaster Medical Readiness at Big Rescue Kanagawa 2026

| Sept. 7, 2026

ATSUGI, Japan — U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka Sailors joined U.S. and Japanese military, government, medical and emergency-response organizations for Big Rescue Kanagawa 2026 on Sept. 1...

Leadership from Naval Medical Forces Pacific and members of a visiting Japanese health care delegation pose for a group photo at NMFP headquarters in San Diego, Aug. 25, 2026. The bilateral engagement brought together military medical leaders, government officials, and academic researchers to deepen cooperation in maritime medicine and hospital ship operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr.)

Naval Medical Forces Pacific and Japanese delegation expand bilateral maritime medicine cooperation

| Sept. 4, 2026

Naval Medical Forces Pacific hosted a senior delegation of Japanese government and officials, clinical leaders and academic researchers Aug. 25, 2026, to deepen bilateral medical collaboration and examine the operational...

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