Active duty patients needing sick call appointments should call 301-619-7175 or toll free 866-319-8982, Mon - Fri, starting at 7 a.m.to schedule an appointment.

Emergency Care

Call 911 or go immediately to an ER.
Enrolled in a TRICARE Prime plan?
Contact your primary care manager within 24 hours or the next business day after you receive emergency care.

 

Other Resources

Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline

800-273-TALK (8255)

 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
 

U.S Army Wounded Soldier & Family Hotline

1-800-984-8523
 

Military Severely Injured Center

1-800-774-1361
 

Deployment Health Clinical Center

1-800-796-9699
 

Navy Safe Harbor-Severely Injured Support

1-877-746-8563
 

Military One Source

1-800-342-9647

Directions

Fort Detrick
1434 Porter Street
Frederick, MD 21702

Situated between Baltimore, Md., (46 miles) and Washington, D.C., (45 miles), Frederick County, Md., adjoins Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The major highways that access the county are 1-70, I-270, U.S. 15, U.S. 40, U.S. 40A and U.S. 340. Frederick County is easily accessible by automobile, air, train, and motorcoach. Reagan National, Dulles International and Baltimore/Washington International airports are less than an hour from Frederick, which is also served by Frederick Municipal Airport. A Greyhound Bus Service is also located in Frederick City. There is a MARC commuter rail station in downtown Frederick.



 

All visitors must use the Nallin Pond gate.  All visitors must stop at the Visitor's Center located on the right immediately after turning from Opposumtown Pike.

 Nallin Pond gate is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is open for Inbound/Outbound vehicles, pedestrian traffic, visitors, commercial traffic and Federal ID holders.

Directions to Fort Detrick

Directions from Baltimore, Md.

Individuals with Federally Issued Identification

• Take Interstate 695 around Baltimore to Interstate 70 West.
• In Frederick, take Exit #53, Route 15 North.
• Follow Rt 15 North to the 7th Street exit.
• Turn right on 7th Street, follow 4 blocks to Fort Detrick's Main Gate.

Visitors and Deliveries

• Take Interstate 695 around Baltimore to Interstate 70 West.
• In Frederick, take Exit #53, Route 15 North.
• Follow Rt 15 North to the Motter Avenue Exit.
• The exit circles around and you bear to the right an proceed onto Opossumtown Pike. Follow Opossumtown Pike for approximately 1 mile.  Turn left at the traffic signal at Amber Road.
• You must stop at the visitor's center on the immediate right after making the turn to receive a visitor's pass.

Directions from Hagerstown, Md.

Individuals with Federally Issued Identification

• Take Interstate 70 East to Rt. 15 North (Exit #52).
• Follow Rt 15 North to the 7th Street Exit.
• Turn right on 7th Street follow 4 blocks to Fort Detrick's Main Gate.

Visitors and Deliveries

• Take Interstate 70 East to Rt. 15 North (Exit #52).
• Follow Rt 15 North to the Motter Avenue exit.
• The exit circles around and you bear to the right an proceed onto Opossumtown Pike. Follow Opossumtown Pike for approximately 1 mile.  Turn left at the traffic signal at Amber Road.
• You must stop at the visitor's center on the immediate right after making the turn to receive a visitor's pass.

Directions from Washington D. C.

Individuals with Federally Issued Identification

• Take Interstate 495 North to Interstate 270 (Exit #38) toward Rockville, MD.
• At Frederick, Interstate 270 ends and joins Route 15 North.
• Follow Rt 15 North to the 7th Street Exit.
• Turn right on 7th Street follow 4 blocks to Fort Detrick's Main Gate.

Visitors and Deliveries

• Take Interstate 495 North to Interstate 270 (Exit #38) toward Rockville, MD.
• At Frederick, Interstate 270 ends and joins Route 15 North.
• Follow Rt 15 North to the Motter Avenue Exit.
• The exit circles around and you bear to the right an procede onto Opossumtown Pike. Follow Opossumtown Pike for approximately 1 mile.  Turn left at the traffic signal at Amber Road
• You must stop at the visitor's center on the immediate right after making the turn to receive a visitor's pass.

Mission

We are dedicated to providing ready medical forces that enable health service support and force health protection across the Fort Meade MEDDAC AOR to sustain the readiness of the Joint Force. 

Vision

The Fort Meade MEDDAC is a premier team of well trained, caring, adaptive leaders of character who deliver ready medical forces prepared to support the full range of military operations. 

Priorities

The Enduring "Eight" will be the overarching priorities that guide us: P.R.O.V.I.D.E.R.! 

• People - Taking care of people, our staff and our beneficiaries, defines our success. We will deliver safe, quality, patient centered health care that improves outcomes for all those entrusted to care.
• Readiness - We will promote and improve readiness to sustain the health of the force. Leaders at all levels will ensure the readiness and welfare of the Meade MEDDAC Team and our Service Members.
• Organize Our Systems - We must do routine things routinely. We will develop systems at all levels to ensure routine tasks are conducted to standard and tracked. A system consists of a task, a doer and a checker and has a function, a timeline, and assigns responsibility for execution and follow up. 
• Values-Driven - We will live the Army Values 24/7 and set and enforce high standards of competence, physical fitness and conduct. We will act with integrity in all professional, social, and online environments. We will model ethical conduct and produce leaders that hold each other accountable. 
• Inspire Trust - Leaders will build cohesive teams by establishing a safe, positive command climate where everyone is able to thrive while living honorably and achieving results. 
• Develop Leaders - The Army does not hire adaptive leaders of character... we grow them. Leader training, education, talent management, certification and counseling form the foundation for mission success.
• Enhance the Patient Experience - We will improve care processes to be responsive to the needs of our beneficiaries. We will leverage technology to optimize readiness, access, and patient experience, eliminate preventable harm, and integrate high-reliability clinical process improvements. 
• Resource the Mission - We will align resources against priorities that support the commander's intent and achieve mission readiness requirements. Everyone is responsible for the stewardship of unit resources and accomplishing the mission