I am doing my summer externship at a Navy Base. The base where I am is different than most Navy bases. It is mostly higher ranking enlisted and officers so I definitely do a lot of general refractive and presbyopic exams. I have been there for a month and have seen tons of red eyes including one case of herpes simplex keratitis, corneal abrasions, one case of Fuch's, diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy, glaucoma and glaucoma suspects, armd, central serous retinopathy, Graves ophthalmopathy, punctal stenosis, peripheral retinal degeneration (lattice, snail track degen, atrophic holes). I have also seen several PRK post-ops. We don't do any new contact lens fits but if a patient is already a contact lens wearer, we can update their prescription assuming they still have a set of lenses that we can look at on their eyes and do an OR. I'm sure this is still pretty boring stuff for an ophthalmologist though, lol.
The equipment at the base is nice. We have electronic phoropters, auto and nct, a fundus cam and a vf machine. There is no OCT so we do end up sending out a fair amount of patients to an ophtho in town (there is not one on the base) for an OCT.
The optometrist I work with enjoys his job and feels good about his scope of practice. I have definitely learned a lot in my short time as an extern. Obviously I can't speak for any other Navy base in the country or the Navy in general but my experience thus far has been very positive.