About Us

Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command's EXMEDS provide standardized, modular, scalable combat service support and medical/dental capabilities to an advanced base environment across the entire range of joint military operations. These EXMEDS consist of the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) hospitals and Forward Deployed Preventive Medicine Units (FDPMU).

EMF′s Clinical Capabilities include:

Combat Casualty Receiver
Advanced Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy, Blood Bank
ICU and Acute Care Services
OR Surgery - Each table is capable of performing 9 surgeries per day. Surgeries include:
- Trauma, abdominal and vascular
- OB/GYN and Orthopedic
- Thoracic, eye, and neurosurgery
Dentistry
Preventative Medicine

EMFs are self sustaining with its own Base Operating Support (BOS) services!

FDPMUs provide force health protection by rapidly assessing, preventing and controlling health threats in a theater of operations and enhancing organic preventive medicine assets. FDPMUs are comprised of five components:

Preventive medicine
Chemical and radiological
Microbiology
Disease vector
Logistics and administrative support

FDPMUs are staffed preventive medicine and occupational health scientists, microbiologists, epidemiologists, and advanced laboratory and preventive medicine technicians.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
7700 Arlington Blvd. Ste. 5113 Falls Church, VA 22042-5113
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General Navy Medical Inquiries (to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery): usn.ncr.bumedfchva.list.bumed---pao@health.mil

Northern Command: Dial 988 then Press 1
Pacific Command: Call +1 844-702-5493 (off base) or DSN 988 (on base)
European Command: Call +1 844-702-5495 (off base) or DSN 988 (on base)
Central Command: Call +1 855-422-7719 (off base) or DSN 988 (on base)
African Command: Call +1 888-482-6054 (off base) or DSN 988 (on base)
Southern Command: Call +1 866-989-9599 (off base) or DSN 988 (on base)