HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW HII FAMILY VISION CENTERS

PASCAGOULA, Miss., June 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced that it has opened two HII Family Vision Centers for its employees and their families. The vision centers are an expansion of the services available at the HII Family Health Centers in Gautier and Newport News, Virginia.

“The addition of vision services to our health centers is another step toward ensuring the overall well-being of our workforce and their families,” Bill Ermatinger, HII’s executive vice president and chief human resources officer, said. “We are committed to the belief that a healthy employee is an engaged employee, and this expansion highlights that commitment.”

The vision center in Mississippi opened on Tuesday, and the vision center in Virginia opened on May 1.

The new vision centers, operated by Vision Services Plan (VSP), offer comprehensive eye care with an optometrist and opticians on-staff. The centers also house retail sections, complete with adult and children’s eyeglasses, safety glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses and more.

Other vision center services include:

The HII Family Vision Centers in Mississippi and Virginia offer comprehensive eye care and house retail sections, complete with adult and children’s eyeglasses, safety glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses and more. Photo by Kianna Mitchell/HII

• Adult and pediatric annual eye exams


• Correction exams


• Diagnosis and treatment of eye conditions such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism


• Vision therapy


• Lens prescriptions


• Frame selection and fitting

The vision centers offer preventive and acute eye care to all HII employees and their dependents. In-network rates and discounts are available to employees enrolled in an HII or union vision plan. Employees are encouraged to contact their vision insurance provider for details and pricing.