Navy NEC · Medical

866A Reserve Medical Administration Technician (RMAT)

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

A Reserve Medical Administration Technician manages Navy Reserve Activity medical and dental systems for assigned Selected Reserve Sailors. The technician handles deployability, mobilization, service treatment records, healthcare benefits, injury cases, personnel gains and losses, command assessments, audits, and Reserve Health Readiness Program contract administration.

Core Skills

Medical readiness and mobilization administration
Service treatment record administration
Healthcare benefits and injury case administration
Reserve health readiness contract administration

Civilian Career Paths

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Medical Records Specialists

Service treatment record administration provides directly transferable experience for maintaining civilian patient records.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on electronic health record training focused on patient-record maintenance and data entry; for coding-focused openings, add classification and coding coursework.

What the civilian work involves

Compile and maintain patients' medical records to document condition and treatment and to provide data for research or cost control and care improvement efforts.
Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment into computer.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Epic Systems
eClinicalWorks EHR software
MEDITECH software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 866A
[1] NEC entry "866A - Reserve Medical Administration Technician (RMAT)"; cached text line 22456; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition
Supports: Medical readiness and mobilization administration, Service treatment record administration, Healthcare benefits and injury case administration, Reserve health readiness contract administration, Medical Records Specialists (O*NET 29-2072.00)
O*NET: Medical Records Specialists
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Medical Records Specialists (O*NET 29-2072.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 866A

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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