Leadership

 
Captain Robert Anderson is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He graduated in 1991 from Florida International University (FIU) with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, and then served four years in the U.S. Navy as an enlisted Personnelman.  Upon completion of his active-duty obligation, he returned to civilian life to continue his education.  He was commissioned in 2000 as a Lieutenant Junior Grade through the Navy’s Health Services Collegiate Scholarship Program.  He holds two graduate degrees: a Master of Health Services Administration from FIU and a Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School. 
 
Captain Anderson has held a variety of leadership positions in his 29 years of military service.  Most recently, he served as the Executive Officer, Navy Medicine and Readiness Training Command/Deputy Director, U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, Italy.  He completed Navy Medicine milestone tours as the Director for Administration, Naval Medical Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and as the Officer in Charge, U.S. Branch Health Clinic Atsugi, Japan.  Other health care administration assignments included positions at U.S. Naval Hospitals Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Yokosuka, Japan.
 
His staff assignments include the Medical Service Corps Career Planner at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Special Assistant for Health Affairs at the offices of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in the office of the Secretary of Defense; and Health Care Administrator Detailer within Navy Personnel Command.
 
His operational assignments include tours on board the USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74) as the Medical Administration Officer/Division Officer and the USS SARATOGA (CV-60).  His deployments supported national interests in 6^th Fleet and 7^th Fleet areas of responsibilities.
 
Captain Anderson qualified as a Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer and his personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (fifth award), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (fourth award), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Navy Good Conduct Medal and numerous unit and service awards.
 
He assumed his current role as the Commanding Officer NMRTC Annapolis and Director Naval Health Clinic Annapolis in June 2025.

Master Chief Drew was born in Akron, Ohio. He attended North Akron High School and graduated in June 2002. He enlisted in the Navy on October 5th, 2004.  After completion of RTC, he reported to Hospital Corpsman “A” school graduating in April 2005. 

He reported to Field Medical Service School in July 2005 receiving the 8404 NEC.  Upon graduation, he accepted orders to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-Nine Palms, Ca where he was assigned to 7th Marines 1st Marine Division.  Deployed in support of Operation Iraq Freedom, Al Anbar Province, Iraq from August 2007 to March 2008, where he earned his Fleet Marine Force Warfare qualification and was Combat Meritoriously Promoted to HM3.  

His next tour of duty was USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) Everett, WA, where he served as Medical Administration LPO. While onboard he obtained his Surface Warfare and Aviation Warfare qualifications. After his tour, he then reported to NAVAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP ONE Port Hueneme, CA. As medical department LPO, he also was the Base Ship Shape Instructor and Health Promotions Coordinator, Navy Pride and Professionalism Instructor, and obtained the Master Training Specialist qualification.

HM1 then reported to Surface Warfare Medical Institute for Independent Duty Corpsman School in June 2013 and graduated with honors earning the NEC L10A, Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman.  He selected orders to USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68), Mayport, FL, and reported for duty in June 2014.  He served as the Senior Medical Department Representative and Independent Duty Corpsman. He deployed from January 2016 to September 2016 to 5th Fleet in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He was selected for Chief Petty Officer in 2016. In March 2017 Chief Drew returned to Surface Warfare Medical Institute as an instructor to share his first-hand experiences. In 2018 he was hand-selected by BUMED as Navy Enlisted Advancement Exam Readiness Review member, developed and verified 3,000 bank questions, 12 Hospital Corpsman rating exams for 20,000 Sailors Navy-wide. In January 2020, he reported to Naval Beach Unit SEVEN, Sasebo, Japan as the Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman and Executive Department Leading Chief Petty Officer. He was promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer in 2020.

In March 2023, Senior Drew reported as the Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) for Commander, Naval Surface Group Western Pacific, DET Sasebo, Japan (CNSGWP) and as the Regional Medical Representative (RMR) and TYCOM Medical Executive Agent for nine FDNF-J Ships in the AOR. In May 2023 he was screened for Master Chief and in April 2024 he was frocked to HMCM.

Master Chief Drew’s academic achievements include Associates in Science in Health Care Management, and Bachelor Degree in Organizational Leadership and Management. Master Chief Drew is also a Senior Enlisted Academy (SEA) graduate of class 249.

Master Chief Drew’s personal decorations include Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4th Award), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with COMBAT “V”, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (4th Award), Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Award (6h Award), Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (4th Award), and numerous unit and campaign awards.

 

CAPT Joy Greer is a native of Staunton, Virginia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Eastern University and earned her Doctor of Medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2001 through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. She completed a Transitional Internship followed by an Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in 2005. In 2013, she completed fellowship training in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and received a certificate in Clinical Research at the University of Pennsylvania.   
 
Operationally, CAPT Greer deployed with Task Force-Quantico in support of Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 as one of two Staff Obstetrician and Gynecologists, collaborating with joint and civilian partners to care for 248 pregnant women, resulting in 96 live births. In 2022, she became the Force Surgeon, Commander, Navy Reserve Force. Responsible for the force health protection and medical readiness for the almost 50,000 Selected Reserve sailors, she led her team of 400 to decrease overall non-deployability by 2% and increase medical readiness to 92.4%.
 
CAPT Greer’s first tour as an obstetrician/gynecologist and teaching faculty was at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune from 2005-2010. Elected as Chair, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff from 2008-2010, she enabled the medical staff to drive population health measures above the 90th percentile, earning an $862,000 performance-based budget award, the fourth highest in Navy Medicine. In 2013, CAPT Greer returned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth as a Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgeon and faculty member of the Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics residency program. CAPT Greer was competitively selected to serve as Deputy Director, Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center from 2016-2019 and then as Medical Director from 2019-2022. Under her leadership, the center received Society for Simulation in Healthcare accreditation, providing 21,900 annual learner-contact hours of training to enable a ready medical force. She executed a $1.57 million multi-site research grant that reduced maternal morbidity after team training in obstetric hemorrhage. CAPT Greer collaborated with operational commands to provide the first in situ high-fidelity prolonged field care simulation exercises for Role 2 Light Maneuver teams and damage control surgery training aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth and on various vessels during BALTOPS 2019. She assumed her current role as the executive officer NMRTC Annapolis and deputy director NHC Annapolis in May 2025.
 
CAPT Greer is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is a Joint Professional Military Education-Phase I graduate and has a faculty appointment as Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Her personal awards include Legion of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, one Navy Commendation Medal, and two Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medals.

Surgeon General's Priorities

PEOPLE / PLATFORMS / PERFORMANCE / POWER

People 

Our military and civilian workforce is our greatest strength.

• We enhance performance by improving training and skills sustainment
• We capitalize on talent and shape our force accordingly.
• We ensure our force maintains the highest standards of performance and behavior. Mutual respect is our baseline and excellence is our habit.

Platforms 

Our equipment and capability sets required by our warfighters

• We focus on modernizing and maintaining our equipment sets, increasing speed, flexibility, and interoperability while reducing fielding time and increasing survivability.
• We train to our new and emerging platforms, ever increasing our operational acumen, providing the capabilities necessary to support the warfighter.
• We deploy cohesive teams, on optimized platforms, supporting all phases of operations and operating across the range of military operations at the speed of our warfighters

Performance

Our performance is measured by our support to our warfighters

• We ensure our personnel meet and exceed military medical knowledge, skill, and ability standards
• We leverage high reliability principles, appreciative inquiry, artificial intelligence, and partnerships at all levels across our organization
• We use data driven decisions to optimize a medically ready force and prepare a ready medical force.

Power

Medical power projections will increase survivability

• We integrate elements of the Navy Medicine enterprise to increase power. Every action and investment we take will contribute to our core mission of producing force medical readiness and medical force readiness.
• We leverage our world-class research enterprise to stay on the cutting edge of medical knowledge, rapidly developing solutions for the warfighter.

MISSION
We optimize the healthcare and human performance of the United State Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen, warfighters, stakeholders, and beneficiaries in support of our national defense mission and global maritime interests. 

VISION
To be the premier mission partner, advancing high reliability, health, and operational capabilities.

STRATEGIC GOALS
Readiness: Ensure the medical capabilities of our operational units and platforms are ready. Health: Provide the best care our nation can offer to Sailors, Marines, and their families to keep them healthy, ready and on the job. Partnership: Expand and strengthen our partnerships to maximize readiness and health. Communication: Enhance our communication scheme as a strategic enabler for patients and staff members.