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Two women wearing personal protective equipment look at a piece of paper on a table outside.

Reviewing Paperwork

Navy Seaman Salma Ochoa, left, and Vanessa Silva, assigned to the COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Naval Base San Diego’s Branch Health Clinic, review COVID-19 testing information at the site’s screening tent in San Diego, Dec. 7, 2020. The testing site is for active duty service members with referrals; it offers anterior swab testing. NMCSD’s mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality health care services, and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. It employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

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