Question about eyesight in the military!!!

[anonymous individual]

For most militaries, what is the maxamine eyesight do they accept in order to join?

[Whistler]

You mean minimum right?

I think it depends on the branch.

IE - If you want to fly a fighter jet you'll need perfect vision, without glasses.

If you want to be an infantry soldier or a sailor on a ship you are probably don't need as good vision.

[Uncle Sam]

I think being a pilot is the most strict...Gotta be perfect.

You can get away with alot more everywhere else.

So, I agree with Whistler

[anonymous individual]

Actually, I believe maxamine is more suitable in this case, bcause how bad your eyesight is can be described in how much "sphere" you have for each eye on your glasses, if I am right medically. But then again I think you are right using mini.

I am looking into joining the army and the navy as a logistical supporter and not the air force because I know I have poor eyesight.

[anonymous individual]

Just wondering, if anyone joined the military as a "four-eye" can tell me about your eyesight at the time if you can remember it?

Thanks for any reply.

[Vance]

Doesn't the military pay for Lasik?

[Uncle Sam]

Dude, if you're not gonna be a pilot, and your eyesight isn't that bad, ie. Blind, I think you will be ok. Hell, they might even offer to do corrective surgery when you get in. You never know.

[Russian Texan]

I still don't get why does US military allow people wearing glasses to be part of the front line troops. Isn't it a huge handicap?
What about other countries?
Does anyone here have experienced a firefight while wearing BCG?

[2Sheds_Jackson]

It depends upon the branch, job etc. Even pilots can get waivered for slightly imperfect vision (though I imagine it helps to know people..) AFACadet can probably shed some light on the various wavers etc..

I've seen some people with "coke bottle" glasses in the military. My wife had (before Lasik) 20/400 and she joined the AirForce. It's also prolly why she married me...no idea what I looked like! :lol:

I read that the Navy was paying for either Lasik or RK, I can't remember which. But in short, there's lots of options.

[AFG]

I still don't get why does US military allow people wearing glasses to be part of the front line troops. Isn't it a huge handicap?


what i thought the marines or army allowed this? damn glasses suck :(

[TriggerPuller]

I still don't get why does US military allow people wearing glasses to be part of the front line troops. Isn't it a huge handicap?
What about other countries?
Does anyone here have experienced a firefight while wearing BCG?Yes.
I had thought about going to BUDs(Navy) before I joined the Marines but they would not take people wearing corrective lenses at the time(not sure now). I joined the Marines specifically to go to get through to the Recon pipeline because they accepted corrective lenses. I have since had the lasik surgery.

TP

[AFACadet]

vision requirements for pilot in the USAF is 20/70 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20.

This is mainly due to the pilot shortage. As soon as that goes away, it will most likely go up to 20/20 again.

PRK is the only offered eye sugery in the USAF for aircrew. Its much more painful, difficult, and takes much longer to heal, but the bonus is that your cornea won't rip off if you eject or pull high-Gs (it happened to a guy).

LASIK has been authorized to personnal needing good eyesight for their job, but not aircrew.

That is only the most common mesure of eyesite. There are dozens of other tests which some civilian eye doctors don't even perform that you can fail.

If there is a problem, sometimes you can get a waiver, or can be corrected by PRK. These are based on the number of pilot slots available every year and usually you can only get a waiver for one problem. If you have two or more, you have slim to no chance of being pilot qualified.

[papasmerf]

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[anonymous individual]

That fact that I have glasses' degrees, around 1000, which is extremely high, gives me insecurity going to the military. I knew some policemen in some country must have eyesight below 400-450 in order to join. That really "screwed" me over into looking forward to join jobs like the military. That was back then when where was virtually no laser-correction technology. Now I have seriously thinking about joining the army as another human target for other countries to shoot at. :D I am planning to join the military after obtaining a university degree so I can get a rank and people can salute me. :D

Just send an email to my local recruiting centre asking about the same question I aksed here. Hopefull, a reply will be available as soon as possible.

[Ian H]

Dunno about the US but in the Royal Navy/ Royal Marines anyone who has had corrective surgery is disbarred from entry. See www.royal-navy.mod.uk for details (follow the links through the careers section). This is an issue for me, my glasses are -4.5, which may prevent me from joining. Still, never mind.

[Seiyuuki]

Yeah...piloting is strict, I still can't be a pilot even if I get laser surgery. You got to have perfect natural vision for it.

[James]

I wear glasses. My vision was the same when I enlisted as it is now - 20/150 in my left eye and 20/50 in my right eye.

GI glasses are so tough you could run them over with a track and they's probably be okay.

Seriously - get a brain strap or glasses with flexible, hook style ear pieces. You won't lose your glasses.

[2Sheds_Jackson]

I wear glasses. My vision was the same when I enlisted as it is now - 20/150 in my left eye and 20/50 in my right eye.

GI glasses are so tough you could run them over with a track and they's probably be okay.

Seriously - get a brain strap or glasses with flexible, hook style ear pieces. You won't lose your glasses.

As you'd find out in basic, once you see your first female wearing them - they're often called BCGs - Birth Control Glasses.

[HumanShield]

I wear glasses. My vision was the same when I enlisted as it is now - 20/150 in my left eye and 20/50 in my right eye.

GI glasses are so tough you could run them over with a track and they's probably be okay.

Seriously - get a brain strap or glasses with flexible, hook style ear pieces. You won't lose your glasses.

As you'd find out in basic, once you see your first female wearing them - they're often called BCGs - Birth Control Glasses.


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