Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

BUMED was one of the original five Navy bureaus formed in 1842 to replace the Board of Navy Commissioners. It is one of two bureaus still in existence. BUMED was headquartered at the Old Naval Observatory from 1942 until 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=67494 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927193954/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=67494 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |last=Pilip-Florea |first=Shonona |title=Navy Medicine Headquarters Moves to Falls Church, Va. |work=America's Navy |date=30 May 2012 |access-date=16 May 2014}}{{Cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://www.med.navy.mil/About-Us/Leadership/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=www.med.navy.mil}}

In 2005, Navy Medicine aligned its shore facilities into four overarching commands: Navy Medicine East, Navy Medicine West, Navy Medicine National Capital Area, and Navy Medicine Support Command.{{cite web|title=Navy Medicine East Home|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/Pages/default.aspx|publisher=Navy Medicine East|access-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140821103301/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}} In 2012, Navy Medicine Support Command was renamed and realigned into the Navy Medicine Education and Training Command, with its non-training units becoming independent under BUMED.{{cite web|title=Navy Medicine Support Command to Reorganize|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=68235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821142700/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=68235|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 21, 2014|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=21 August 2014|date=5 July 2012}} Navy Medicine National Capital Area's largest component, the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was merged in 2011 with Walter Reed Army Medical Center to form the joint Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The merged facility came under the jurisdiction of the new Joint Task Force National Capital Region/Medical, and in 2013, Navy Medicine National Capital Area was disestablished, with its few remaining facilities transferred to Navy Medicine East.{{cite web|last1=Little|first1=Bernard S.|title=Navy Medicine National Capital Area Stands Down|url=http://www.dcmilitary.com/article/20130808/NEWS11/130809867/navy-medicine-national-capital-area-stands-down|publisher=DCMilitary.com|access-date=21 August 2014|date=8 August 2013}}

While a 2006 report of the Defense Business Board recommended that the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical commands be merged into a single joint command, citing savings in budget and personnel, this recommendation was not carried out and in 2012 the Defense Health Agency (DHA) was established separately from the military medical commands.{{cite web|last1=Brewin|first1=Bob|title=Lawmakers Puzzled by New Defense Health Agency|url=http://www.nextgov.com/defense/whats-brewin/2012/03/lawmakers-puzzled-by-new-defense-health-agency/55256/|website=What's Brewin'|publisher=Nextgov|access-date=21 August 2014|date=9 March 2012}} All three military medical commands were, however, all moved to share the new Defense Health Headquarters facility in Falls Church with DHA, again as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure.

The commanding officer of BUMED is the Surgeon General of the United States Navy, a Vice Admiral.{{cite web |title=National Defense Act Fiscal Year 2024 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-118hrpt125/pdf/CRPT-118hrpt125.pdf |website=govinfo}} BUMED is divided into ten departments, each referred to with an alphanumerical code. Each of the staff corps is headed by a rear admiral, except for the Hospital Corps, which is headed by a force master chief petty officer because of its status as an enlisted rating. The other department heads are mostly either rear admirals or civilians.{{cite web|title=Navy Medicine Leadership|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/leadership/Pages/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215205854/http://www.med.navy.mil/leadership/Pages/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2009|publisher=U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery|access-date=20 August 2014}}{{cite web|title=BUMED Codes|url=https://www.med.navy.mil/bumed/Pages/Default.aspx#B4|publisher=U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery|access-date=20 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820120710/http://www.med.navy.mil/bumed/Pages/Default.aspx#B4|archive-date=20 August 2014}}{{cite web |title=About BUMED |url=https://www.med.navy.mil/bumed/Pages/Default.aspx#BUMEDAbout |publisher=U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery |access-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820120710/http://www.med.navy.mil/bumed/Pages/Default.aspx#BUMEDAbout |archive-date=20 August 2014 }}

• M00: Corps Chiefs
• M00C1: Chief, Medical Corps
• M00C2: Chief, United States Navy Dental Corps Dental Corps
• M00C3: Chief, Nurse Corps
• M00C4: Director, Medical Service Corps
• M00C5: Director, Hospital Corps
• M00C6: Director, Civilian Corps
• Deputy Chief, Total Force (DCTF)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Manpower and Resources (M1)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Education and Training (M7)
• Deputy Chief, Business Operations (DCBO)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Fleet Support & Logistics (M4)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Information Management & Technology (M6)
• Deputy Chief, Resource Management/Comptroller (DCRM/C)
• Deputy Director, Financial Management (M8)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Capabilities Requirements (M9)
• Deputy Chief, Operations, Plans & Readiness (OP&R)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Research and Development (M2)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Health Care Operations (M3)
• Assistant Deputy Chief, Patient Safety, Clinical Quality & High Reliability/Office of the Chief Medical Officer (M5)

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BUMED operates the following facilities and commands:{{cite web|title=Navy Medicine Locations|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/SiteInfo/Pages/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211202509/http://www.med.navy.mil/SiteInfo/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 11, 2011|publisher=U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery|access-date=20 August 2014}}

• Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Falls Church, Virginia

Naval Medical Forces Atlantic:

• Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, Portsmouth, Virginia{{cite web|title=Navy Medicine East: Subordinate Commands|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/Pages/SubordinateCommands.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103141926/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/Pages/SubordinateCommands.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2009|publisher=Navy Medicine East|access-date=21 August 2014}}
• 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 Health Clinic Annapolis, (previously Naval Hospital Annapolis) Annapolis, Maryland
• 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 Medical Forces Pacific:

• Naval Medical Forces Pacific, San Diego, California{{cite web|title=Navy Medicine West: Commands|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmw/Commands/Pages/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831012448/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmw/Commands/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2010|publisher=Navy Medicine West|access-date=21 August 2014}}
• Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California
• Naval Hospital Bremerton, Bremerton, Washington
• Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Camp Pendleton, California
• Naval Hospital Lemoore, Lemoore, California
• Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, Oak Harbor, Washington
• Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, Twentynine Palms, California
• Naval Hospital Guam, Agana Heights, Guam
• Naval Hospital Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan
• Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan, Yokosuka, Japan
• Naval Health Clinic Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• 1st Dental Battalion, Camp Pendleton, California
• 3rd Dental Battalion, Okinawa, Japan

Naval Medical Forces Support Command:

• Naval Medical Forces Support Command, San Antonio, Texas{{cite web|title=Navy Medicine Education and Training Command: Organization|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmetc/SitePages/COMMAND%20ORGANIZATION.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705073750/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmetc/SitePages/COMMAND%20ORGANIZATION.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 5, 2013|publisher=Navy Medicine Education and Training Command|access-date=21 August 2014}}Note: on the official website of BUMED (med.navy.mil), the words 'command' and 'center' seems to be used interchangeably depending on the page.
• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
• Navy Medicine Operational Training Command, Pensacola, Florida
• Navy Medicine Training Support Command, San Antonio, Texas
• Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command, Bethesda, Maryland

Other commands:

• Naval Medical Research Command, Silver Spring, Maryland{{cite web|title=NMRC Subordinate Commands|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmrc/Pages/nmrc_labs.htm|publisher=Naval Medical Research Center|access-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727032306/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmrc/Pages/nmrc_labs.htm|archive-date=27 July 2014|url-status=dead}}
• Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California
• Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, Connecticut
• Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
• Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
• Naval Medical Research Unit 2, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Naval Medical Research Unit 3, Cairo, Egypt
• Naval Medical Research Center Asia, Singapore
• Naval Medical Research Unit 6, Lima, Peru
• Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command, Portsmouth, Virginia
• Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland
• Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity, Yorktown, Virginia{{cite web|title=Fabrication of Eyewear|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmlc/Pages/WWD-Eyewear.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703092749/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmlc/Pages/WWD-Eyewear.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 3, 2013|publisher=Navy Medical Logistics Command|access-date=21 August 2014}}
• Navy Medicine Information Systems Support Activity, San Antonio, Texas
• Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, Portsmouth, Virginia
• Navy Drug Screening Lab Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida{{cite web|title=Navy Drug Screening Labs|url=https://www.med.navy.mil/Navy-and-Marine-Corps-Force-Health-Protection-Command/navy-drug-screening-labs/Pages/default/|publisher=Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center|access-date=21 August 2014}}

Hospital ships:

While the Medical Treatment Facility on each hospital ship is operated by BUMED's medical personnel, the ships themselves are operated by civilian mariners employed by Military Sealift Command.{{cite web|title=USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Hospital Ship Fact Sheet|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/usnscomfort/Documents/USNSComfortFactSheet%5B1%5D.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310055259/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/usnscomfort/Documents/USNSComfortFactSheet%5B1%5D.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2014|publisher=Military Sealift Command|access-date=21 August 2014}}{{cite web|title=Service Support (PM4)|url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/PM4/|publisher=Military Sealift Command|access-date=21 August 2014|archive-date=18 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818083158/http://www.msc.navy.mil/PM4/|url-status=dead}}

• USNS Mercy (T-AH-19), San Diego, California
• USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), Norfolk, Virginia

• Army Medical Department (United States)
• United States Air Force Medical Service
• United States Public Health Service

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