ocated near Fort Shafter on the slopes of Moanalua, Tripler Army Medical Center is an expansive military medical treatment facility. Known as “the pink palace on the hill,” the architecturallydistinctive coral pink buildings and expansive staff provides “patient- and family-centered care in a Culture of Excellence” through a variety of services, as described on Tripler’s website at tripler.tricare.mil or call 888-874-9378 Tripler serves active-duty service members of all branches of service and their eligible family members, military-eligible retirees and their families, veterans and many residents of the Pacific Islands. Health services include urgent and emergency care, hospital care and surgery, cancer care, primary care, mental health, women’s health and pregnancy, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, dental, vision and more specialty care services. TRIPLER AND TRICARE TRICARE is the uniformed services health care program for active-duty service members and their family members, National Guard and Reserve members and their family members, retirees and retiree family members, survivors and certain former spouses worldwide, according to tricare.mil, where more information can be found on the health care program. TRICARE Prime, the military’s managed care option, is available at Tripler Army Medical Center and other on-base clinics on Oahu. In Hawaii, TRICARE is managed in the West Region; for more information or to check the status of your authorization, go to www. tricare-west.com or call 1-844-866-9378. Note that active-duty service members must obtain a referral from their primary care manTRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER 374 Hawaii Military Guide • Summer-Fall 2026 L
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