Naval Medical Research Center

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Group.png Naval Medical Research Center  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Parent organizationBureau of Medicine and Surgery
Type Research and development
Subgroups NAMRU-2
Staff1,600
US Navy biological warfare research activities

The Naval Medical Research Center (originally known as the Naval Medical Research Institute) in located in Bethesda, Maryland. It is a specialised facility to carry out research of interest to the US Navy.

Project CHATTER

Full article: Project CHATTER

The NMRI was the first organisation to research LSD for the purposes of "mind control". Their 1947 Project CHATTER was directed by Lieutenant Charles Savage, under Dr. Theodor Benzinger.[1]

NAMRU-2

Full article: NAMRU-2

In 2010, the Naval Medical Research Unit 2 stopped its activities in Indonesia after public focus on its biological warfare research.


 

An event carried out

EventDescription
Project CHATTERCIA research focused on the identification and testing of drugs in interrogations and the recruitment of agents.
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