“Naval Hospital Pensacola, including its ten branch health clinics, will transition to the Defense Health Agency on Oct. 1, 2019.”
“To support the Naval Hospital Pensacola transition, Navy Medicine is establishing a co-located Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command. Navy Medicine, through the NMRTC, retains command and control of the uniformed medical force and maintains responsibility and authority for its operational readiness. This includes the medical readiness of Sailors and Marines, as well as the clinical readiness of the medical force…”
“NMRTCs will report to Naval Medical Forces Atlantic and Pacific, formerly known as Navy Medicine East and West, which in turn are accountable to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery…” Read the full article here.
Source: Naval Hospital Pensacola transitions to DHA, stand ups readiness training commands -By Marcus Henry, September 20, 2019. Health.mil.
