The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.

If you have a scheduled appointment or other business at the MTF, please verify with your provider or applicable office within the MTF to ensure there are no changes in schedule. To learn how the lapse in appropriations affects your TRICARE benefit, visit www.tricare.mil/shutdown

Health Services

Vision

Optometry

Services Provided

Eye Exams and Glasses

Eye exams include treating and managing refractive error, binocular function, ocular health, glasses prescriptions, and ocular prescriptions as needed.

Optometry team members order, adjust, and repair military-issued spectacles and gas-mask and ballistic inserts.

Contact Lenses

New contact lens fittings for elective or cosmetic reasons are not performed. However, new fittings are available for patients enrolled in the aircrew contact lens program and for those with medical necessity as determined by the doctor.

Aircrew patients wishing to enroll in the aircrew contact lens program will need to initiate the process with the Flight Medicine clinic.

Contact lens prescriptions are renewed if the patient wears or brings their contact lenses to the appointment along with a copy of the current prescription to include boxes, packages, order invoice with required lens parameters.

Refractive Surgery

The optometry clinic also provides refractive surgery assessments for active duty members who are 21 years or older and meet all surgery criteria. Interested members should schedule a routine eye exam to determine if they qualify.

Appointment Availability

During times of short manning, appointments for retirees and dependents (5 years and older) may be limited. All routine eye exams are scheduled through central appointments or by logging onto TRICARE Online.

Contact Us

Phone

501-987-8811

Hours

Clinic

Monday–Friday
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location

Building 1090First Floor

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