Naval Medical Forces Atlantic

Naval Medical Forces Atlantic
Command seal
FoundedAugust 2005; 19 years ago (2005-08)
Country United States of America
Branch United States Navy
Part ofBureau of Medicine and Surgery[1]
Websitehttps://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.[1] 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.[5]

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."[6]

  1. ^ a b "BUMEDINST 5450.165C, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Organization" (PDF). 22 Dec 2016. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. ^ "Navy Medicine East Home". Navy Medicine East. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Navy Medicine West-About Us". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  4. ^ "Navy Medicine East, a ready, agile and rapidly responsive medical force". Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference pilotonline201612 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Building Navy Medicine's Future: Taking a bearing". United States Navy. 2019-02-20. Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-04-05.