I'm not worried about the first ACES/NOMI physical, it's the second one that scares me.
My rec' gave me this little speech the other day on the NOMI physicals. He said the one you take for ACES, before they actually accept you up for pilot, people seldom have problems on (surprise!). But for some magical reason, after OCS, after you've been sworn in and owe them time people sometimes tend to get bad news. He hinted ambigiously several times that "things happen in OCS", and then all of the sudden your vision might be off a percent, or you've somehow shrunk or grown a 1/4 inch, throwing off your anthro', all of which was was of course undetectable before you signed up by the same Dr's who'll immediately notice it before API!
Any of this sound familiar...
Not to suggest that any of this is intentional, but the two physical system at NOMI (one to get you in, and one before they actually deliver the promised training) seems like one of the best rackets for filling undesireable slots in the military that I've ever seen. I understand if you suffered some real injury during OCS, but to tell me my eyes will suddenly go bad after three months of studying, and my choices are NFO, or serve out the remainder of my obligated, contracted time in SWO, Supply Corps, Garbage Scowl supervisor etc...when they were just fine after four years of studying, is absolute and utter BS!
I read horror stories on the forum that kind'a go along with this, maybe I'm being paranoid, or maybe bein' a South Jersey guy, I can smell a scam a mile away.
An afterthought: con-men and scam artists don't write textbooks on their craft, but if they did, technically, this one could be filed under the chapter: "The Rope"
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Edited by - Dave Shutter on 09/04/2000 13:26:45