Agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy that manages health care activities
Military unit
TheBureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED ) is an agency of theUnited States Department of the Navy that manages health care activities for theUnited States Navy and theUnited States Marine Corps . BUMED operates hospitals and other healthcare facilities as well as laboratories forbiomedical research , and trains and manages the Navy's manystaff corps related to medicine. Its headquarters is located at theDefense Health Headquarters inFairfax County, Virginia .[ 1] BUMED has 41,930 medical personnel and more than a million eligible beneficiaries.[ 2] [ 3]
BUMED was one of the original fiveNavy bureaus formed in 1842 to replace theBoard of Navy Commissioners . It is one of two bureaus still in existence.[ 4] BUMED was headquartered at theOld Naval Observatory from 1942 until 2012.[ 5] [ 6]
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.[ 7] 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.[ 8] Navy Medicine National Capital Area's largest component, the National Naval Medical Center inBethesda, Maryland , was merged in 2011 withWalter Reed Army Medical Center to form the jointWalter Reed National Military Medical Center as a result of the2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission . The merged facility came under the jurisdiction of the newJoint 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.[ 9]
While a 2006 report of theDefense Business Board recommended that the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical commands be merged into asingle joint command , citing savings in budget and personnel, this recommendation was not carried out and in 2012 theDefense Health Agency (DHA) was established separately from the military medical commands.[ 10] 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.[ 4]
The commanding officer of BUMED is theSurgeon General of the United States Navy , aVice Admiral .[ 11] BUMED is divided into ten departments, each referred to with an alphanumerical code. Each of the staff corps is headed by arear admiral , except for the Hospital Corps, which is headed by aforce master chief petty officer because of its status as anenlisted rating . The other department heads are mostly either rear admirals or civilians.[ 12] [ 13] [ 4]
M00: Corps Chiefs 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) Subordinate commands [ edit ] Defense Health Headquarters , Falls Church, VirginiaNaval Medical Center Portsmouth , VirginiaNaval Medical Center San Diego , CaliforniaNaval Hospital Naples , ItalyNaval Hospital Yokosuka Japan Naval Health Clinic Charleston , South CarolinaUSNS Mercy (T-AH-19) off the coast ofEast Timor BUMED operates the following facilities and commands:[ 14]
Naval Medical Forces Atlantic:
Naval Medical Forces Atlantic ,Portsmouth, Virginia [ 15] 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 [ 16] 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:
Other commands:
Naval Medical Research Command ,Silver Spring, Maryland [ 19] 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 [ 17] Navy Medicine Information Systems Support Activity ,San Antonio, Texas [ 17] Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center ,Portsmouth, Virginia [ 17] 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 byMilitary Sealift Command .[ 22] [ 23]
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