Naval Medical Forces Atlantic

Naval Medical Forces Atlantic
FoundedAugust 2005 (2005-08)
Country United States of America
Branch United States Navy
Part ofBureau of Medicine and Surgery[1]
Website[1]

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]

Subordinate Commands

Seal Name Location
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Portsmouth, Virginia
Naval Hospital Beaufort Beaufort, South Carolina
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo, Cuba
Naval Hospital Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida
Naval Hospital Naples Naples, Italy
Naval Hospital Pensacola Pensacola, Florida
Naval Hospital Rota Rota, Cádiz, Spain
Naval Hospital Sigonella Sigonella, Italy
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Great Lakes, Illinois
Naval Hospital Rota Rota, Cádiz, Spain
Naval Health Clinic Charleston North Charleston, South Carolina
Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Cherry Point, North Carolina
Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas
Naval Health Clinic New England Newport, Rhode Island
Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River Patuxent River, Maryland
Naval Health Clinic Quantico Quantico, Virginia
2nd Dental Battalion Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Naval Health Clinic Annapolis Annapolis, Maryland
Naval Health Clinic Charleston North Charleston, South Carolina

Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers
Name Photo Term
Naval Medical Forces Atlantic
RADM Anne M. Swap 2020[7]-Incumbent
First Commanding Officer
Navy Medicine East
RADM Anne M. Swap 2016[5]-2020[8]
Last Commanding Officer
RADM Kenneth J. Iverson 2015[9]-2016[5]
RADM Terry J. Moulton 2014[10]-2015[9]
RADM Elaine C. Wagner 2011[11]-2014[10][12]
RADM Alton L. Stocks 2010[13]-2011[11]
RADM William R. Kiser 2008[14][15]-2010[13]
RADM Matthew L. Nathan 2007[16]-
RADM Thomas R. Cullison 2005-2007[17]

See also

  • Naval Medical Forces Pacific – Equivalent command for the western United States

References

  1. ^ a b "BUMEDINST 5450.165C, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Organization" (PDF). 22 Dec 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. ^ "Navy Medicine East Home". Navy Medicine East. Retrieved 21 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ a b "Navy Medicine West-About Us". Retrieved 2019-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ "Navy Medicine East, a ready, agile and rapidly responsive medical force". Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  5. ^ a b c "Navy Medicine East undergoes change of command in Portsmouth". The Virginian-Pilot. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  6. ^ "Building Navy Medicine's Future: Taking a bearing". United States Navy. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ "Command Leadership". Naval Medical Forces Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-03-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "United States Navy Biography - Rear Admiral Anne M. Swap". United States Navy. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2019-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ a b "Navy Medicine East's new leader wants military health care to be patients' preferred choice". The Virginian-Pilot. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2019-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ a b "New Commander for Navy Medicine East, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth". US Navy. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2019-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ^ a b "NMCP holds change of command". The Norfolk Navy Flagship. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  12. ^ "United States Navy Biography - Rear Admiral Elaine C. Wagner". US Navy. Retrieved 2019-01-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ^ a b "Change of Command Ceremony at NMCP". US Navy. 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2019-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ^ "First commandant of the Medical Education & Training Campus retires". 19 June 2012. Retrieved 2019-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ^ "Rear Admiral Bob Kiser". Military City USA Radio. Retrieved 2019-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ^ "Command change at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth". The Norfolk Navy Flagship. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  17. ^ "Deputy Navy Surgeon General Retires after 42 Years of Service". US Navy. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2019-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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