FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
Hi,
There was a Navy Captain who did my physical at MEPS. He commented that my uncorrected vision was poor, and that I was ineligible for SNA specifically. He asked me to tell my recruiter and double check the requirements since it's been a while since he's looked at them and sent me off.
I then went to the Ophthalmology guide from NAMI on med.navy.mil and it says for SNA I must be no more than -1.5 for myopia power, astigmatism more than 1.0, and uncorrected better than 20/40.
This is when I told the recruiter I dont meet these standards, (and at this time MEPS was processing my application due to a couple waivers I was asked to submit). A week later, I was told good news that I've been medically cleared to apply for SNA. So it looks like I was cleared on the basis of those waivers, but they were not for anything ophthalmology related.
Have your recruiter go over the MEPS paperwork, particularly your eye exam results. Could be the CAPT isn't fully aware of vision requirements or oversight on Navy Recruiting Command, or somewhere in between.