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January/February 2015 SNA/NFO Board

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exNavyOffRec

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rick_s said:
I recommend doing a little research on the depth perception test.
http://www.airwarriors.com/communit...y-2015-sna-nfo-board.42306/page-3#post-796508
Many folks I've talked to had a lot of trouble with it at MEPS, including myself. The machines are outdated but "calibrated annually" psh... I made it through line C which does not pass for pilot. So I saw and ophthalmologist and did a full eye exam including the ARC test. I passed with flying colors, 20-15 in one eye 20-20 in the other and the "most difficult" part of the ARC test was a breeze. I was able to submit my results with my medical information, but I highly recommend avoiding this and passing at MEPS.
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I would add that the most important thing is for the tech to know you are going for Pilot so they give you adequate time to take the test, 99.9% of the people don't need to pass this exam.

The people I had that were given time to take the test properly and still failed, also could not pass the exam at a civilian ophthalmologist.
 
KnightFlight

KnightFlight

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NavyOffRec said:
I would add that the most important thing is for the tech to know you are going for Pilot so they give you adequate time to take the test, 99.9% of the people don't need to pass this exam.

The people I had that were given time to take the test properly and still failed, also could not pass the exam at a civilian ophthalmologist.
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@TheKelso
I'll second that. The prompter made me feel like I had to complete the whole test within 1 minute. In reality you are able to spend as long as you need on it, so don't feel pressured to hurry through it like I did. They wont write down false results because you took 5 minutes rather than 30 seconds.
 
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mz247

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Hey, just stopping by again...please make sure when you go to MEPS, that your recruiter knows what their doing in scheduling your appointment...I for one, thought I was done with my medical, but recently found out I did my medical for my Intel application and I had to do a new one for aviation.

Just be aware and double check with who you're working with, would hate to miss a board especially if they're months apart.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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mz247 said:
Hey, just stopping by again...please make sure when you go to MEPS, that your recruiter knows what their doing in scheduling your appointment...I for one, thought I was done with my medical, but recently found out I did my medical for my Intel application and I had to do a new one for aviation.

Just be aware and double check with who you're working with, would hate to miss a board especially if they're months apart.
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This makes no sense, MEPS doesn't give physicals based on the designator you are going for, they give general military entrance physicals, the scheduling form just distinguishes between officer and enlisted candidates, if MEPS messed something up it is not on your recruiter it is on MEPS.
 
FormerRecruitingGuru

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NavyOffRec said:
This makes no sense, MEPS doesn't give physicals based on the designator you are going for, they give general military entrance physicals, the scheduling form just distinguishes between officer and enlisted candidates, if MEPS messed something up it is not on your recruiter it is on MEPS.
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Even if you got an enlisted vs. officer physical at MEPS, your recruiter can still pick up the physical forms and submit to N3M. There's been instances where applicants applied for both enlisted and officer, so all I did for that was wait until they got the physical/enlisted and picked up the forms to get N3M qualified.
 
TGL78

TGL78

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@NavyOffRec Will this board most likely be the last one for FY15? If so, is there any way of knowing how many slots need to be filled for either SNA or NFO? Thanks in advance.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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RUFiO181 said:
Even if you got an enlisted vs. officer physical at MEPS, your recruiter can still pick up the physical forms and submit to N3M. There's been instances where applicants applied for both enlisted and officer, so all I did for that was wait until they got the physical/enlisted and picked up the forms to get N3M qualified.
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I did the same thing, the only real difference my applicants saw was that the officer applicants seem to be treated a bit better.
 
FormerRecruitingGuru

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kayteedee said:
Is that most likely why I'm not seeing anyone else who's in my 24 May 2015 OCS class yet? Most of them haven't been selected yet?
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Not really. One of my applicants has a 24 May 2015 penciled in OCS date, but at the same time NRC is working on filling March and April OCS classes. You're probably one of the first but certainly won't be the last.
 
kayteedee

kayteedee

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Cool. Hopefully we'll start seeing people come this way soon for that date! Thanks. I wonder why I was pushed back so far if they're still trying to fill earlier classes.
 
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mz247

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NavyOffRec said:
This makes no sense, MEPS doesn't give physicals based on the designator you are going for, they give general military entrance physicals, the scheduling form just distinguishes between officer and enlisted candidates, if MEPS messed something up it is not on your recruiter it is on MEPS.
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I thought so too, but apparently the eye exam is more in depth for pilot/NFO than it was for a regular officer physical. (Which makes perfect sense) I was just a little frustrated finding out a couple months after, that I still wasn't finished with MEPS. Plus I'm traveling over an hour each time I go for my physicals...this Friday will be my 5th time for MEPS visits. I just tell myself it'll be worth all the trouble.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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mz247 said:
I thought so too, but apparently the eye exam is more in depth for pilot/NFO than it was for a regular officer physical. (Which makes perfect sense) I was just a little frustrated finding out a couple months after, that I still wasn't finished with MEPS. Plus I'm traveling over an hour each time I go for my physicals...this Friday will be my 5th time for MEPS visits. I just tell myself it'll be worth all the trouble.
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nope, all are supposed to get the same, sometimes they forget depth perception as that isn't necessary on enlisted physicals, so it is MEPS not reading who the physical is for.
 
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