MRC, East

The U.S. Army Health Services Command was reorganized into regions, known as Health Service Support Areas, in 1992. The support area covering the northeastern United States was the North Atlantic Health Service Support Area, headquartered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

In October of 1993, the U.S. Army Medical Command (Provisional) was established. The new command, combining Army Dental and Veterinary Commands with general medical commands, was permanently authorized in 1994. The North Atlantic Health Service Support Area became the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command. At the time, NARMC was one of the Army's six regional medical commands and was responsible for about 25 percent of MEDCOM's patient load in the United States.

Base Realignment and Closure in 2005 prompted a reorganization of the Army Medical Command. Walter Reed Army Medical Center was closed and integrated with the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda to create Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In addition, the Joint Task Force Capitol-Medical was established. The reorganization afforded the new Northern Regional Medical Command the opportunity to evaluate its health care delivery processes. Northern Regional Medical Comma ndsought to improve access to care for all beneficiaries.

On July 8, 2015, with approval from the Secretary of the Army, followed by operational order from U.S. Army Medical Command, NRMC became Regional Health Command - Atlantic, the largest health command in Army Medicine. The region included all Army medical centers, hospitals, and clinics east of the Mississippi River. In addition, RHC-A was responsible for the Atlantic region's dental and public health commands.

RHC-A was officially redesignated as the U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, East on Sept. 8, 2022, as part of the Army's modernization efforts to build the Soldier of 2030.