bob88899
Member
Alright... i went to MEPS Ft. Meade for my physical friday... what a funtime that was... i have bad eyes which i already knew (distance)... they are correctable to 20/20 though. My issue was that i recently just broke my glasses and one of my contacts ripped (the last set). well i got to the depth perception part and i told the lady i only had one contact in (one is better than non for me as everthing blends together and i can see better) she was like well try it both ways.. well w.out them i couldnt see the damn circles!? so i tried it w/it in... and i couldnt see the circles pop out... mind you this isnt the first time ive been to meps (i went 2 yrs ago out of college and applied to OTS NAV/ABM), didnt have any issues then or any problems whenever ive had my yearly eye exam. So i failed the depth perception part of the vision section, but she was nice enough to put it in the uncorrected box, and she told me to come back with both sets anytime to redo it (which i found kind of sketchy). i know NFO requires depth perception, so im kinda feeling gettin nervous. I immediatly went to an eye doctor and they said that the one contact most likely affected my depth perception as the focus point on both eyes werent the same. he also didnt have the depth perception test (how the F does that happen?). i told my recruiter and he said to get my eyes checked by a private eye doctor (one that could test my depth perception) and get some documentation. So wed i booked an appointment to get some tests done. Anyways im pretty sure I dont have problems w.my depth perception and hopefully i confirm this wed and get it in writting. I just see this becoming a big mess if i get selected NFO having failed the MEPS depth perception test and having a private doctor saying im fine.. anyone have some advice on how i should proceed? Other than this Meps was pretty non eventful... Met a few other OCS hopefulls there too..