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Welcome

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

The Navy Medicine Training Support Command held a memorial service for Hospital Corpsman Third Class John T. Fralish at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 6, 2026. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Fralish’s passing during the War on Terror. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Christine Walters).

NMTSC honors fallen Corpsman

| March 3, 2026

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO- FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - The Navy Medicine Training Support Command (NMTSC) honored Medal of Honor recipient, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class John T. Fralish during a memorial ceremony held here on Feb...

170226-N-JC800-1002 BETHESDA, Md. (Feb. 17, 2026) - Students a part of the Advanced Readiness Officer Course host by Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command pose for a group photo on the front steps at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Heath Zeigler/Released)

NMLPDC Hosts AROC

| March 3, 2026

Naval Medical Leadership and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC) hosted a 10-day Advanced Readiness Officer Course (AROC) led by the Leader Develop Directorate from 5 – 16 January 2026 consisting of 40 Navy Medical...

Hands on airway management… Under the watchful gaze of Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton Tactical Combat Casualty Care instructors, 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel hone their medical response skills in treating traumatic injuries on the field of battle. The visiting Air Force personnel from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, received intensive didactic module training before undergoing and completing their educational effort with actual hands-on application in the field. Amidst a mock firefight exploding around them, faux patient screams and bellowing demands from instructors, the 315th team were tested on conducting – with timely urgency - primary and secondary assessments, casualty movement, airway management, hemorrhage control, chest needle decompression, applying splinting and pressure dressings, and more (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

TCCC a joint Navy-Air Force collaboration at NMRTC Bremerton

| March 3, 2026

The U.S. Navy Tactical Combat Casualty Care course has long prepared hospital corpsmen for deploying to such locales as an isolated forward operating base to perilous stretch of littoral.Navy Medicine Readiness Training...

260202-N-FT324-8515. ROTA, Spain (February 2, 2026)-Pictured left, Cmdr. Brian Barlow, orthopedic surgeon assigned to Navy Medicine and Training Command Rota, performs a computer-assisted knee replacement procedure with his surgical team at Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, using navigation technology to enhance precision and support warfighter readiness. Service members with medical limitations due to hip and knee injuries who undergo replacement surgery can be returned to full operational capability. (U.S. Navy Photo Taken by Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Phillips)

Innovation in Action: Naval Hospital Rota First in Europe to Deliver Computer-Assisted Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

| March 2, 2026

ROTA, Spain (February 2, 2026). U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rotahas become the first military treatment facility in the Defense Health Network–Europe to perform computer-assisted hip and knee replacement surgery, marking a...

U.S. Navy Lt. Hannah Cunningham, left, assigned to En-route Care System (ERCS) Team 52, and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Daniel Rodriguez, right, assigned to ERCS Team 52, treat a patient aboard a small boat during a ship-to-shore medical evacuation exercise as part of ARCTIC EDGE 2026 (AE26) in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2026. AE26 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Abigayle Lutz)

Navy medical teams test life-saving capabilities during exercise ARCTIC EDGE 26

| Feb. 28, 2026

KODIAK, Alaska (Feb. 27, 2026) – U.S. Navy expeditionary medical teams trained in the harsh Alaskan environment as part of ARCTIC EDGE 2026 (AE 26), a large-scale joint and multinational exercise running from February 23 to...

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