Vision Req for API without having to go to IFS?

[flyingjt2]

I am out of TBS in 4 weeks and i am wondering what my vision requirements are for my intro physical at P-cola. I am not going to IFS. My vision has been decreasing over time and it is hovering around 20/40 or above. I heard rumors that after your initial physical you just have to have 20/100. Anybody have gouge?
Thanks
Lt. Ulyatt

 

[BACONATOR]

Dude, you JUST posted this is an already existant Vision thread RIGHT UNDER where the answers to your question are! READ FIRST, then ask if it hasn't been answered (hint: it was answered IN THE THREAD where you posted this).

 

[flyingjt2]

Dude!

there is no answer to this specific question. DUDE!

 

[BACONATOR]

there is no answer to this specific question. DUDE!

There is because I answered you myself, summarizing what was discussed after you asked it again.

Have you had a flight physical before? If so, then you'll go meet with a flight doc in pcola, get an upchit, and then you're good to go with 20/100. If you STILL NEED a physical, you better be 20/40 in pcola. ONCE YOU PASS that flight physical, your vision can go to 20/100 and you're good to go.

Does this answer your question?

EDIT: IFS has NO bearing on the requirement. ONLY your designation as an SNA (which happens once you get your upchit in pcola)

 

[spitfiremkxiv]

flyingjt2,

Since you're a Marine at TBS it means you've passed a flight physical before. So, according to what bogeyspotter said, 20/100 is your standard now and you have nothing to worry about. Hydrate and get good sleep before your physical and you might make 20/40 anyway, if they do check your eyes. I was also confused about this same thing, but now I'm glad to hear that I don't have to go through a complete physical again before API, having passed a flight physical with NAMI before I commissioned last year.

Was your original flight physical done in pcola?

 

[flyingjt2]

Yes, my original flight physical was done in P-cola. So i am guessing that as long as i am 20/100 when i get there ill be good to go.

Thanks for the help gents!

 

[MIDNJAC]

So just to clarify (sorry if you need to just repeat yourself), does this mean that the flight physical I took during NROTC counts as my 24/40 or better, and I can read as bad as 20/100 on Tues during my API physical? Or does it mean that I need to read 20/40 next week (even though I have had 2 prior flight physicals in the last 24 mo), and then after that I need to read > 20/100? Thanks in advance

There is because I answered you myself, summarizing what was discussed after you asked it again.

Have you had a flight physical before? If so, then you'll go meet with a flight doc in pcola, get an upchit, and then you're good to go with 20/100. If you STILL NEED a physical, you better be 20/40 in pcola. ONCE YOU PASS that flight physical, your vision can go to 20/100 and you're good to go.

Does this answer your question?

EDIT: IFS has NO bearing on the requirement. ONLY your designation as an SNA (which happens once you get your upchit in pcola)

 

[UMichfly]

You need to be 20/40 next week. Your flight physicals prior to checking into NASC won't do anything other than let you skip a few tests at NAMI assuming they're still current. The vision test isn't one of them.

 

[MIDNJAC]

You need to be 20/40 next week. Your flight physicals prior to checking into NASC won't do anything other than let you skip a few tests at NAMI assuming they're still current. The vision test isn't one of them.

Thanks!