Welcome to the California Medical Detachment, at Presidio of Monterey

As a premier health care organization in the Department of Defense, our focus is to provide you world-class medical care in a healing environment that promotes better outcomes for our patients. Our commitment to provide patient- and family-centered care in a Culture of Excellence is unwavering. We are certain you will experience that commitment firsthand while visiting our facility to receive care. Please use this portion of our website to see the types of services we offer.

CAL MED has approximately 9,000 enrolled patients and supports the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, U.S. Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey, the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Support Activity Monterey, the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, and U.S. Coast Guard Station Monterey.

CAL MED also operates the Maj. Gen. William H. Gourley VA-DoD Outpatient Clinic in Marina, Calif., which opened in June 2017. The clinic replaced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System's existing clinic to meet the growing health care need for veterans in the region. It is only the second fully integrated VA-DoD facility in the nation.