Hello all, I am new to this site, so if this is in the wrong spot, just let me know. I know this question has been asked a bunch of times, but I keep reading conflicting answers. Today, I just spoke with a recruiter about the aviation program and he told me that for a pilot, the vision requirement is 20/400, correctable to 20/20 and you need to have contacts. At first this seemed crazy because it was pretty bad eyesight, but he repeated that this was the case. I'm just really confused about what the right answer is. Also, he mentioned that there is no requirement for flight officers. Once again, I'm just trying to get my facts straight before I get my hopes up. Thanks to all responders.
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Aviation program confusion
- Thread starter muhlryan
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I should have specified that I went to a Marines recruiter and he said that the policy was recently changed. I also just checked the NOMI website and it said that it is 20/400 for SNA's. Does this mean that the Navy is allowing 20/400 as well? It seems that the more I read, the more questions I need to ask.
Chubby
Active Member
I think the 20/400 requirement you are referring to is for current SNA's and Naval Aviators. The 20/40 corrected to 20/20 requirement for applicants seems to still stand. Check out page 4, the section on SNA Applicants.
http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/NAMI/WaiverGuideTopics/Physical Standards.pdf
http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/NAMI/WaiverGuideTopics/Physical Standards.pdf
Your recruiter is right, or so I've been led to believe by several threads on the subject here on Airwarriors. Check wink's 2nd post on this page (4th down):
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13398&page=2&highlight=marines+20/400
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13398&page=2&highlight=marines+20/400
Thisguy
Pain-in-the-dick
muhlryan said:
Unless this has changed, the requirement is no worse than -8.0 diopters. To give you an idea, I wasn't qualified for NFO because of my sweet -9.0 diopters (I looked through my medical record and was recorded at 20/800, boo-yah). Also, if you're outside the NFO limits, PRK won't help you, because your pre-op has to be within -8.00.
Seeing how there was no way to lat xfer into aviation, I said phuck it, and got Lasik.