Naval Medical Forces Atlantic Explained

Unit Name:Naval Medical Forces Atlantic
Command Structure:Bureau of Medicine and Surgery[1]
Website:https://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/pages/default.aspx

The Naval Medical Forces Atlantic was established August 2005 as Navy Medicine East[2] [3] and is a flag level command reporting directly to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Naval Medical Forces Atlantic is responsible for administrative command over its subordinate commands, and for the provision of health and dental care within its area of responsibility. As of 2017, Navy Medicine East oversees over 100 medical facilities[4] and a staff in excess of 26,000 in the eastern United States as well as overseas.

Despite being located in Maryland, the Naval Medical Research Center has been under the command of Navy Medicine West, not Navy Medicine East, since August 2015.[3]

In February 2019, the Surgeon General of the United States Navy announced plans to rename the command to "Medical Forces Atlantic."[5]

Subordinate Commands

SealNameLocation
Portsmouth, Virginia
Beaufort, South Carolina
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Guantanamo, Cuba
Jacksonville, Florida
Naples, Italy
Pensacola, Florida
Rota, Cádiz, Spain
Sigonella, Italy
Great Lakes, Illinois
Rota, Cádiz, Spain
North Charleston, South Carolina
Cherry Point, North Carolina
Corpus Christi, Texas
Newport, Rhode Island
Patuxent River, Maryland
Quantico, Virginia
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Annapolis, Maryland
North Charleston, South Carolina

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BUMEDINST 5450.165C, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Organization . 22 Dec 2016 . 2019-01-27.
  2. Web site: Navy Medicine East Home. Navy Medicine East. 21 August 2014 . https://archive.today/20140821103301/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/Pages/default.aspx . 21 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Navy Medicine West-About Us . 2019-03-01 . https://archive.today/20190302045700/https://www.med.navy.mil/SITES/NMW/Pages/default.aspx . 2019-03-02 . live .
  4. Web site: Navy Medicine East, a ready, agile and rapidly responsive medical force . 2019-03-01.
  5. Web site: Building Navy Medicine's Future: Taking a bearing . 2019-04-05 . 2019-02-20 . United States Navy . https://archive.today/20190405222538/https://navylive.dodlive.mil/2019/02/20/building-navy-medicines-future-taking-a-bearing/ . 2019-04-05 . live .
  6. Web site: Command Leadership . 2020-03-10 . 2020-03-10 . https://archive.today/20200310231548/https://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/sitepages/lead.aspx . Naval Medical Forces Atlantic.
  7. Web site: Navy Medicine East undergoes change of command in Portsmouth . 2016-12-02 . 2019-03-01 . The Virginian-Pilot.
  8. Web site: United States Navy Biography - Rear Admiral Anne M. Swap . United States Navy . 2017-03-16 . https://archive.today/20190214032604/https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=897 . 2019-02-14 . 2019-02-13 . live .
  9. Web site: Navy Medicine East's new leader wants military health care to be patients' preferred choice . 2019-02-13 . 2015-12-01 . https://archive.today/20190214033024/https://pilotonline.com/news/military/local/article_cc2351ff-3ef0-5475-aa69-594ca5c8aa32.html . 2019-02-14 . The Virginian-Pilot . live .
  10. Web site: New Commander for Navy Medicine East, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth . 2019-02-15 . https://archive.today/20190216055623/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80214 . 2019-02-16 . 2014-04-08 . US Navy . live .
  11. Web site: NMCP holds change of command . 2019-02-13 . 2011-09-29 . The Norfolk Navy Flagship.
  12. Web site: United States Navy Biography - Rear Admiral Elaine C. Wagner. . 2019-01-29 . https://archive.today/20190130014003/https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio_ret.asp?bioID=618 . 2019-01-30 .
  13. Web site: Change of Command Ceremony at NMCP . 2019-02-13 . https://archive.today/20190214045313/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=53204 . 2019-02-14 . 2010-05-08 . US Navy . live .
  14. Web site: First commandant of the Medical Education & Training Campus retires . 19 June 2012 . 2019-02-16 . 2019-02-16 . https://archive.today/20190216191551/https://www.aetc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/261425/first-commandant-of-the-medical-education-training-campus-retires/ . live .
  15. Web site: Rear Admiral Bob Kiser . 2019-02-16 . Military City USA Radio . https://archive.today/20190216191716/https://www.militarycityusaradio.org/main/rear-admiral-bob-kiser-2/ . 2019-02-16 . live .
  16. Web site: Command change at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth . 2019-02-15 . 2007-11-07 . The Norflk Navy Flagship.
  17. Web site: Deputy Navy Surgeon General Retires after 42 Years of Service . https://archive.today/20190216052039/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=55209 . 2019-02-15 . 2019-02-16 . 2010-08-09 . US Navy . live .

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