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The Military Health System provides comprehensive women’s health care, including reproductive health care and gender-specific care associated with cardiovascular health, mental health, and...

Women's Health and Pregnancy

The Military Health System provides comprehensive women’s health care, including reproductive health care and gender-specific care associated with cardiovascular health, mental health, and...

TRICARE Open Season 2022 has ended. If you didn’t enroll or make a change to your TRICARE health plan during open season, you must wait until the next open season unless you have a TRICARE Qualifying Life Event (QLE). TRICARE Open Season happens each fall. To learn more, visit: https://tricare.mil/lifeevents.

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TRICARE Open Season 2022 has ended. If you didn’t enroll or make a change to your TRICARE health plan during open season, you must wait until the next open season unless you have a TRICARE Qualifying Life Event (QLE). TRICARE Open Season happens each fall. To learn more, visit: https://tricare.mil/lifeevents.

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Visit our COVID-19 Vaccine Availability page to get the most up-to-date facts on vaccination and how to make an appointment at our facility.

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Walk-in Contraceptive Services

Get all your contraceptive care in one place: the Naval Medical Center San Diego walk-in contraceptive clinic.

All beneficiaries, regardless of gender identity, are eligible for care and counseling at walk-in contraceptive clinics and can receive education on safe sexual practices, contraceptives, and STI prevention and treatment.

The clinic is open:

Monday and Thursday:
8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. or until capacity (7 patients)
12:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. or until capacity (6 patients)

Services Offered

We offer the following products and services:

Patches
Pills
Implants (i.e., Nexplanon)
IUDs (Mirena, Kyleena, Paragard)
Emergency Contraception
Rings (Annovera, NuvaRing)
Depo-Provera injections
Condoms
Spermicides
Vasectomy preoperative evaluations

How it Works

This no-appointment-necessary service streamlines care for the warfighter by offering a same day, full-service walk-in clinic offering all forms of birth control to include long acting contraceptive devices.

NMCSD News and Updates

Equine Therapy Reduces Staff Stress and Anxiety at Military Hospital

Equine Therapy Reduces Staff Stress and Anxiety at Military Hospital

Military facility animals—whose job is to de-stress staff and patients at hospitals and clinics—come in all shapes and sizes.

Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) kicked off the Health and Wellness department’s Week of Wellness, Oct. 17. The week-long event covers a broad range of topics all aimed at improving one’s overall health and wellness. Jacqueline Arvizu, NMCSD Health and Wellness division officer, speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Travis Kelley, NMCSD deputy chief information officer, about dental hygiene and tobacco cessation, the week's first theme. NMCSD's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

Week of Wellness Kicks Off at NMCSD

Naval Medical Center San Diego kicked off the Health and Wellness department’s Week of Wellness fair, Oct. 17. The week-long event covers a broad range of topics all aimed at improving one’s overall health and wellness. October is filled with numerous health and wellness observations ranging from World Smile Day, observed on Oct. 7, to Mental Illness Awareness Week, observed Oct. 2-8.

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 12, 2022) Capt. Kim Davis, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego’s commanding officer (center), speaks with NMRTC San Diego Sterile Processing Department Sailors during a Sterile Processing Week celebration at the hospital. NMRTC San Diego celebrates Sterile Processing Week to recognize the important role its specialists working in the Sterile Processing Department hold in patient care. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raphael McCorey)

NMRTC San Diego celebrates Sterile Processing Department Week

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego celebrated Sterile Processing Department Week with a cake cutting ceremony October 12, 2022.

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 5, 2022) Capt. Kim Davis, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego’s commander (center right), poses for a photo with NMRTC San Diego’s Diversity Committee Team and Sailors during a Hispanic Heritage Month event at the hospital, Oct. 5, 2022. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raphael McCorey)

NMRTC San Diego hosts Hispanic Heritage Month Event

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego’s Diversity Committee team hosted a Hispanic Heritage Month Event in the Fellowship Hall in the hospital’s chapel Oct. 5, 2022.

TRICARE News and Updates

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TRICARE Dental Program Is Your Ally in the Fight Against Oral Cancer

According to the National Institutes of Health, health care providers diagnose about 54,000 new cases of oral cancer per year in the United States. As with all types of cancer, education and early detection are critical. Learn how to spot the warning signs of oral cancer before the disease can spread.

A U.S. Navy hospital corpsman draws a COVID-19 vaccine from a vial.

Get Your Updated COVID-19 Vaccine With TRICARE

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are now available for people ages 6 months and older. Here’s how to get the updated vaccine at no cost.

Dentist performs dental exam

TRICARE Q&A: Getting Care With Active Duty Dental Program

Most active duty service members (ADSMs) get dental care at military dental clinics, also known as military dental treatment facilities (DTFs). However, some care can’t be completed at a DTF. In these cases, you get care from civilian dentists through the Active Duty Dental Program (ADDP).

Anyone Can Get Vaccinated!

New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for 2023-24

This page is being updated based on the Sept. 12, 2023, decision and recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 illness this fall and winter.

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