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Live in the West Region? There is now a referral approval waiver in place through April 30, 2025. Learn More About The Referral Approval Waiver. Also, you have until April 30 to set up your payment info if you pay by EFT, credit card, or debit card. This is for TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Select, TYA, TRS, and TRR plans. If you miss this deadline, you will be disenrolled back to Jan. 1. Visit www.tricare.mil/west today.

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

Public Health

One Team... One Goal: Success Through Prevention.

Mission

To provide health and preventive medicine services in an effort to mitigate disease, occupational, and environmental threats in order to promote the health, safety, and readiness of the members of the JRTC and Fort Polk community.

Vision

To be a cohesive team of highly competent dedicated professionals that is responsive and provides expertise in the preventive medicine arena to the JRTC and Fort Polk community.

Sections

Environmental Health: 726-780-0829/0912/0909
Health Promotion - 726-780-1367
Hearing Program: 726-780-0866
Industrial Hygiene: 726-780-2933
Occupational Health: 726-780-6131 or 726-780-2706
Public Health Nursing:726-780-2751 or 726-780-0568

Contact Us

Location

OIC/NCOIC
Bldg 3508 Georgia Ave.
Fort Polk, La., 71459

Occupational Health, Army Public Health Nursing
8099 Georgia Avenue, Bldg 3515
Fort Polk La., 71459

Environmental Health, Health Promotion, Industrial Hygiene
8103 Georgia Avenue, Bldg 3516
Fort Polk, La., 71459

Hours

Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Phone

Front Desk

726-780-1149 or 726-780-1367

Don't forget to keep your family's information up to date in DEERS!