Here's the List of Military Clinics That Will No Longer Serve Retirees, Families

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Pentagon officials on Wednesday released a list of military treatment facilities and clinics that will no longer provide care to military retirees and active-duty families as part of a shift in focus to supporting active-duty readiness.

"The military health system is in the midst of implementing several significant reforms aimed at building a more integrated and effective system of readiness and health," said Tom McCaffery, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. "We reviewed all facilities through the lens of their contributions to military readiness -- that includes MTFs [being] operated to ensure service members are medically ready to train and deploy. It also means MTFs are effectively utilized as platforms that enable our military medical personnel to acquire and maintain the clinical skills and experience that prepares them for deployment in support of combat operations around the world."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/19/pentagon-releases-list-health-clinics-closing-retirees-military-families.html

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1. Here's the list of facilities slated for changes or closures

Below is a list of facilities slated for changes or closures.

Facilities closing to non-active duty patients include:

Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, outpatient clinic
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, outpatient clinic
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, outpatient clinic
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, outpatient clinic
Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, outpatient clinic
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, outpatient clinic
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, outpatient clinic
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, outpatient clinic
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, outpatient clinic
Navy Weapons Station Earle, New Jersey, Colts Neck Earle clinic
San Onofre Marine Corps Base, California, San Onofre Health Clinic
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Joel clinic and Robinson clinic
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia, Naval Branch Health Clinic Albany
Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Virginia, Naval Branch Health Clinic Dahlgren
Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, Naval Branch Health Clinic Groton
Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland, outpatient clinic
Naval Air Station Belle Chasse, Louisiana, outpatient clinic
Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Tennessee, outpatient clinic
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire, outpatient clinic
Fort Detrick, Maryland, Barquist outpatient clinic
Defense Distribution Center in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, outpatient clinic
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, outpatient clinic
Fort Lee, Virginia, Kenner-Lee outpatient clinic
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Kirk Army Health outpatient clinic

Facilities that have either already transitioned to active duty-only, or are in process:

Fort Riley, Kansas, Farrelly Health Clinic
Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Hood Medical Home and Charles Moore clinic
Naval Support Activity Lakehurst, New Jersey, Naval Behavioral Health Clinic Lakehurst
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Rancho Bernardo clinic
Presidio of Monterey, California, outpatient clinic
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, outpatient clinic
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, outpatient clinic
Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, Naval Health Clinic New England
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, outpatient clinic
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Okubo Medical Home
Fort Carson, Colorado, Robinson-Carson outpatient clinic

Facilities that will close completely to all users:

MacDill Air Force Base's Sabal Park community clinic in Brandon, Florida
Fort Benning, Georgia, North Columbus-Benning clinic
Fort Irwin, California, Department of Behavioral Health

Facilities that could see upgrades:

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, upgrade to Level II Trauma Center
Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, could be closed to non-active duty patients if officials determine that the local community can handle providing the necessary medical care.

Facilities slated for downgrade:

Fort Meade, Maryland, Kimbrough, Ambulatory Care Center to downgrade to a clinic
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Naval Hospital Beaufort downgrade to ambulatory surgery center
Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, downgrade to an ambulatory surgery center and outpatient clinic; McDonald clinic downgrade from ambulatory surgery to an outpatient clinic
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, downgrade from ambulatory surgery to an outpatient clinic

Facilities that may continue to see active-duty families

Naval Technical Training Center Meridian, Mississippi, outpatient clinic
Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Miami, Florida, Gordon outpatient clinic

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2. Thank you.

I am so angry and disheartened by what Trump is doing. He presumes that he'll have a military to command, when young people will stop enlisting, as well they should.

He is going after their benefits, like this, health care for their families, and I can't see why. Eff Trump.

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3. Ok, someone explain this to me in a way that makes sense.

We have the most massive, bloated military budget in the world, yet we can't take care of our military families, pay them decently or provide housing and healthcare for our veterans? What the ever loving fuck? Why do we need more weapons, more planes, more bullshit grift?

My issue with the military budget is that all that money is going to contractors and not those who are ACTUALLY SERVING. It is a fucking game in which the rich get richer at the expense of the poor as usual and those who fight and die for this country get screwed. We could get by without spending one more cent on military hardware. That money needs to go toward providing the troops and their families with a decent standard of living, healthcare, housing and veterans need to be supported tenfold from what the current level is.

So sick of this bullshit!