Fort Bragg lists sequester-related cuts

Pharmacies. medical and dental clinics that serve a military population will see reduced hours through the summer, a cost savings imposed by the federal budget cuts known as the sequester.

Posted 7:02 p.m. Jun 25, 2013 — Updated 1:38 a.m. Jul 3, 2013

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Pharmacies. medical and dental clinics that serve a military population will see reduced hours through the summer, a cost savings imposed by the federal budget cuts known as the sequester.

Six outlying clinics of Womack Army Medical Center will be closed on Fridays from July 8 to Sept. 30. They are: Clark Health Clinic, Joel Health and Dental Clinic, Robinson Health Clinic, Troop and Family Medical Clinic, Fayetteville Medical Home and Hope Mills Medical Home.

Fort Bragg dental clinics will be closed Fridays from July 12 through Sept. 30. Dental emergencies will be treated at Davis and Laflamme Dental Clinics on those days.

Three pharmacies, Womack Army Medical Center Main Outpatient Pharmacy, Refill Distribution Center Pharmacy and the Post Exchange Pharmacy will see additional limitations. The main outpatient pharmacy will be closed on Sundays; the refill distribution center on Saturdays after noon and the P/X pharmacy from 1 to 2 p.m. beginning July 8.

The cuts will be most in evidence on Fridays from July 12 through Sept. 30, when the following services will be curtailed:

Army Community Services
Soldier and Family Assistance Center
Drug Testing
Army Substance Abuse Prevention Centers
Military Personnel Office (Including official passports)
Identification Card Center
Department of Defense Schools (Five days of teacher furlough beginning in August)
Housing Referral and Residential Communities Initiative offices
DA photo lab
Training Support Center
Force Modernization office
Classified Material Destruction Facility
Flight Simulators
Visual Information and Multimedia
Garrison Command and Business offices
Stray Animal Facility
Throckmorton Library
Central Vehicle Wash Facility
Non-housing trash collection and landfill operations
Call-for- Fire Trainers
Soldier Readiness Center
Pest Management
Recycling Operations
Range Operations, scheduling and maintenance
Custodial services in garrison facilities
Facility Maintenance response
Post-wide Police Call (in grounds)

In addition, Simmons and MacKall Army airfields will be closed each week Friday through Sunday; the installation shuttle will run on a reduced schedule and commissaries will be closed on Mondays.

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