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Installation Overview --Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, New Jersey

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Medical Care

The Lakehurst Annex of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) has an Active Duty outpatient clinic on base. There is no inpatient Medical Treatment Facility here or in the general area.

Naval Health Clinic Lakehurst is open for enrollment of the following Tri-Care eligible beneficiaries: Active duty family members age 18 to 65 and Retirees and retiree family members age 18 to 65.

If interested please contact the clinic at 732-323-7098, or come into Bldg 39 to be registered.

Pediatric services are now available.

For all personnel checking into our base, please stop by or call the Health Benefits Advisor (HBA) at the Branch Health Clinic. The HBA has the enrollment forms required for TRICARE Prime. All Active Duty personnel are now on TRICARE Prime and must complete an enrollment/change form.

Members have several options for family medical care coverage: TRICARE Prime, Extra, and Standard or the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP) at St. Vincent's Hospital. For all medical care coverage plans family members must find a civilian Primary Care Manager which can be provided at time of enrollment by the health clinics HBA. Family Members who enroll in TRICARE can enroll at a nearby Medical Treatment Facility, including Paterson Army Medical Clinic and Naval Station Earle.

All family members must be enrolled in DEERS to be eligible for a health care plan. The Active Duty member must go to the Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) at Naval Air Station Willow Grove, PA to ensure that each family member is on the Page 2 in the service record. The Page 2 should be updated anytime there is a change in family status.

The Dental clinic will treat Active Duty personnel in the area of General Dentistry such as filling and pulling teeth. If any dental specialty is required, the member will be referred to nearest military specialized dental treatment facility.

Family members must be enrolled in the Family Member Dental Program. The Health Benefits Advisor maintains a list of dentists who participate in the TRICARE Active Duty Family Member Dental Plan.

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