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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

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (Sept. 23, 2025) Cmdr. Christina Jamros, with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, conducts infectious disease research in support of fleet health and operational readiness. 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. For 250 years, Navy Medicine, represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals, has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Stephanie Serna/Released)

Advancing Fleet Readiness Through Infectious Disease Re-search at NAMRU EURAFCENT

| Dec. 30, 2025

Infectious disease poses a constant, evolving, and ever-present threat to deployed U.S. forces. The Sailors at Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, who work at the forefront of medical research, have a...

Staff members from Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms gather for a group photo Dec. 17 in recognition of the hospital earning an “A” safety grade from the Leapfrog Group. The designation reflects the collective efforts of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, technicians and support personnel whose daily commitment to patient safety, quality care and teamwork contributed to the hospital’s Leapfrog Top Hospital recognition. (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher Jones/NMRTC Twentynine Palms Public Affairs Officer)

Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms recognized as Leapfrog Top Hospital for patient care

| Dec. 30, 2025

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms has been recognized as a Leapfrog Top Hospital, a national designation awarded to healthcare organizations that demonstrate exceptional performance in patient safety,...

251217-N-TW242-1006 Okinawa, Japan Dr. Lawless performing the procedure in the USNHO OR under the high powered laparoscope. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy asset)

U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Offers New Spinal Procedure for Pain Relief

| Dec. 29, 2025

CAMP FOSTER, Japan — Providing health care to the nearly 55,000-person beneficiary population and the 188,768-person Western Pacific-eligible referral population in Okinawa presents unique challenges.One challenge for an...

A naval aviation candidate uses a virtual reality (VR) testing station equipped with Assessing Spatial Abilities in Naval Aviation (ASANA) to gather data used in the updating and implementation of the Aviation Standardized Test Battery (ASTB) in the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute's (NAMI) behavioral research lab, Aug. 4. ASANA uses eye tracking, motion, bio metric, reaction time, and behavioral monitoring to collect data in order to pair with a user's aptitude testing data to help determine their viability as an aviation officer candidate. With five detachments, 12 training centers, and facilities in over 60 locations across the United States, NMOTC provides high impact individual medical training for the Navy, other U.S. armed forces, and allied nations around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Russell Lindsey SW/AW)

Honing the “Ghost in the Machine”; How Navy psychologists are building the future of aviation with ASANA

| Dec. 29, 2025

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Images of hot-shot aviators pushing the outer limits of aircraft performance have been popularized through Hollywood films and popular culture, and while there are many traits that hold true, there is a...

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jacob Teeter, a paramedic assigned to En Route Care System (ERCS) 4 from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guam, loads a simulated patient onto an ambulance alongside Cpl. Dakota Solly, a combat lifesaver (CLS) Marine with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 1st Marine Division, during an integrated expeditionary training conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 18. 2025. The training brought together ERCS personnel and CLS Marines to train for patient evacuation across the various levels of care provided by Expeditionary Medicine teams. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kwame Obengyeboah)

ERCS teams partner with 1st Medical Bn and 1st CEB in expeditionary patient movement training

| Dec. 29, 2025

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — En Route Care System (ERCS) course students teamed up with Sailors and Marines from 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (1st CEB), 1st Marine Division,...

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