deadweather
Pro-Rec SNA & SNFO
I just got pro-rec'ed for SNA and SNFO. I went to MEPS and got disqualified due to 20/25 correctable vision. The waiver board sent me to an ophthalmologist to, I guess, check and see if I could get PRK done.
Well when I got the consult, they were able to correct my eyes with lenses, and didn't want to do any more tests on me. They sent me back with a letter from the Doctor saying I was correctable to 20/20. I am still waiting to see what the Navy wants to do with this. My liaison at MEPS said this should clear my need for any waivers, but I do not think she knew I was applying for Pilot.
What is going to happen? I kind of wish I could get PRK done because I straddle the 20/25 and 20/20 vision line (only my right eye, I missed 2 letters on the line). Even if I get PQ'ed, I do not want to get my hopes up at OCS and get NPQ'ed there. I just want to know now if my vision is good enough or not. I do not want to spend the next year counting on going to OCS and abandoning other career opportunities and then get sent back home.
Is there somehow, if I get PQ'ed, to get the OCS flight physical done before OCS? How often does it happen that someone gets NPQ'ed at OCS or API due to vision?
Well when I got the consult, they were able to correct my eyes with lenses, and didn't want to do any more tests on me. They sent me back with a letter from the Doctor saying I was correctable to 20/20. I am still waiting to see what the Navy wants to do with this. My liaison at MEPS said this should clear my need for any waivers, but I do not think she knew I was applying for Pilot.
What is going to happen? I kind of wish I could get PRK done because I straddle the 20/25 and 20/20 vision line (only my right eye, I missed 2 letters on the line). Even if I get PQ'ed, I do not want to get my hopes up at OCS and get NPQ'ed there. I just want to know now if my vision is good enough or not. I do not want to spend the next year counting on going to OCS and abandoning other career opportunities and then get sent back home.
Is there somehow, if I get PQ'ed, to get the OCS flight physical done before OCS? How often does it happen that someone gets NPQ'ed at OCS or API due to vision?