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FORT CARSON, Colo. — An Army eye clinic that offers free laser eye surgery to soldiers will give highest priority to special forces groups and other units most likely to go to combat in Iraq, according to a published report.

The LASIK or photorefractive surgery must be done at least 90 days before a soldier deploys, the Fort Carson Mountaineer reported Friday, quoting military medical officials at Fort Carson.

"If soldiers wear glasses that get knocked off or lost during patrol, they can be in trouble," said Mike Ives, eye clinic supervisor at Evans Army Community Hospital.

The procedure improves eyesight by altering the shape of the cornea.