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Now is the time to review your and your family member's current health plans, consider your needs for 2025, and learn about your coverage choices. TRICARE Open Season begins Monday, Nov. 11 and ends Tuesday, Dec. 10. Enrollment changes made during TRICARE Open Season will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

TRICARE Open Season 2024

Now is the time to review your and your family member's current health plans, consider your needs for 2025, and learn about your coverage choices. TRICARE Open Season begins Monday, Nov. 11 and ends Tuesday, Dec. 10. Enrollment changes made during TRICARE Open Season will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

The Defense Health Agency’s Virtual Education Center is an online educational platform with more than 50,000 resources covering 60 medical topics. The Virtual Education Center puts the power in your hands to research health topics before you talk to your provider.

Visit our new Virtual Education Center!

The Defense Health Agency’s Virtual Education Center is an online educational platform with more than 50,000 resources covering 60 medical topics. The Virtual Education Center puts the power in your hands to research health topics before you talk to your provider.

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TRICARE News and Updates

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TRICARE Open Season 2024: A Message from Chief Johnson

The Defense Health Agency's Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Y. Johnson, provides a message about TRICARE Open Season 2024.

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TRICARE Now Covers Hearing Aids for Children of Military Retirees

TRICARE has recently expanded its hearing aid coverage to include eligible children of retired service members. This new coverage results from a new statute. It aims to improve access to life-changing medical technology and help eligible children of retired service members get the hearing aids they need.

"OPEN SEASON IS HERE!"

TRICARE Open Season 2024 Is Here

TRICARE Open Season is Nov. 11–Dec. 10, 2024. Open season applies to you if you're enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime, the US Family Health Plan, or TRICARE Select.

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TRICARE Open Season 2024 Begins: Learn if You Need To Take Action

Have you considered changing your family’s TRICARE health plan for 2025? Now is your opportunity: TRICARE Open Season starts Nov. 11 and runs through Dec. 10.

633rd Medical Group News and Updates

U.S. Air Force Officer Maj. Kimberly McKenna, 633rd Medical Group Family Advocacy officer, poses for a photo at the Langley Mental Health Clinic, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June 11, 2021. McKenna is a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, Bachelor of Science in Social Work. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st. Lt. Paige Skinner)

PTSD, What You Should Know

According to the National Center for PTSD-Department of Veterans Affairs, PTSD is a mental health issue that one may develop after witnessing or experiencing a life-threatening event such as a natural disaster, combat, sexual assault, or car accident. They also specify that anyone can develop PTSD and at any time in their life after a traumatic event.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, director of the Defense Health Agency, left, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darin K. Via, director of the Tidewater Market, and commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, unfurl the Defense Health Agency flag during a socially distanced establishment ceremony to mark the standup of the Tidewater Market, April 28, 2021.

By Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Dowell

Tidewater Market is on the leading edge of the Military Health System’s historic change, following its certification by the Defense Health Agency on April 19, 2021.

DoD Safe Helpline

DOD Safe Helpline

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Links to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office

DOD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office

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