scope:

Purpose

This regulation provides uniform guidance and prescribes policies for spectacles, contact lenses, and related ocular devices. It includes the manner and conditions under which such eyewear is provided and indicates the source from which eyewear is obtained.

Applicability. This regulation applies to all activities of the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, the U.S . Army Reserve, Navy ships and stations having medical department personnel, and the Air Force.