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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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Ms. Krista Fries, PharmD, BCPS was recognized for achieving 100% patient satisfaction for Calendar Year 2024 during a ceremony held Friday, August 15 aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point. Fries serves in the facility’s Patient Centered Medical Home.

Cherry Point Clinic Celebrates “Best of the Best” in Patient Satisfaction

| Aug. 15, 2025

Staff serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrated excellence in patient care and satisfaction Friday, August 15 in the facility’s Patient Centered Medical Home.Ms. Krista L. Fries, PharmD, BCPS was recognized...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. A photo collage highlighting the founding of the Navy Dental Corps of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps. Each year on August 22, Navy Medicine marks the anniversary of the Dental Corps from its beginnings in 1912 to over 1,400 dedicated active duty and reserve dentists representing 17 specialized fields. Collage features a dental operatory used at Naval Hospital Washington, D.C., early members of Navy dentistry, and the sloop of war USS Mohican (1883), a ship that regularly employed enlisted dentists prior to the establishment of the Dental Corps. All photographs except for image of USS Mohican are from the BUMED Archives. The USS Mohican image is from the photographic collection of the Navy History and Heritage Command (NHHC). (U.S. Navy photo collage designed by André B. Sobocinski)

The Roots of Readiness: Setting the Foundation for the Navy Dental Corps

| Aug. 15, 2025

Anniversaries are more than just dates on a calendar. They offer a moment to pause and celebrate the contributions of individuals, both past and present. They also build esprit de corps by helping to define an organization’s...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (Aug. 13, 2025) Capt. Eric Welsh, commander, Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) departs through ceremonial sideboys during NMRC's Change of Command ceremony. The ceremony, presided over by Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, saw Capt. Franca Jones relieved as commander by Welsh. Valdes recently served as commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific. 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 Tommy Lamkin/ released)

Naval Medical Research Command Holds Change of Command

| Aug. 14, 2025

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) held a Change of Command ceremony in the Daniel K. Inouye building on the Forest Glen Annex on 13 Aug.Capt. Franca Jones was relieved as commander of NMRC, and of all...

250708-N-N1574-1002 NAPLES, Italy (August 4-8, 2025) Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) participate in Large Scale Exercise 2025 (LSE 25) for the first time marking a major milestone. Pictured standing, Patient Movement Officers Lt. Cmdr. Alexandra Gracia, and Lt. Cmdr. Samual Woodson, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Sierra Tjader, Future Operations Liaison Officer, and seated, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Asare Baffour, Mr. Gregory Vinciguerra, Director of Operations, and Lt.j.g Afiya Bradshaw, Future Operations Officer develop Task Group Health Service Support/NMFL’s One Brief site during the exercise. Also seen in the background, Lt. Cmdr. Rannie Gibson, Logistics Officer and Cmdr. Ray Posey NMFL Director, Maritime Operations Center (acting) and Forward Officer in Charge for the exercise, plan for the future Naval Medical Readiness Training Command overseas bed expansion and augmentation requirements based on direction of the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander. LSE 2025 merges real-world operations with virtually constructed scenarios to create a realistic training environment that allows our Sailors and Marines to train the way we fight, regardless of geographic boundaries. (U.S. Navy Photo by Cmdr. Tiffany Lerch)

Navy Medicine Projects Power in the Fight: NMFL Participates in Large Scale Exercise 2025

| Aug. 14, 2025

NORFOLK, Va. — For the first time in the command’s history, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) is participating in Large Scale Exercise 2025 (LSE 25), marking a significant milestone in Navy Medicine’s alignment with the...

Customer Service Officer Gina Buffaloe (left), American Red Cross Volunteer Kiera Martin (left-center), Cmdr. Christine Higgins (right-center), and American Red Cross liaison Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Nicholas Suddath (right) pictured at Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, August 5, 2025. The group is part of a renewed effort between the hospital’s Patient and Family Partnership Council and the American Red Cross to reestablish a strong volunteer presence, with Martin— a nursing student and military spouse—already making a notable impact at command events. (Official U.S. Navy Photo by Christopher Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).

American Red Cross volunteer improves patient care, morale at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms

| Aug. 14, 2025

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — The Patient and Family Partnership Council at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and the command’s American Red Cross liaison, Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Nicholas Suddath, have been working together to...

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