Thread: 18x prospect
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Old 07-15-2009, 19:17   #13
Qr25
SF Candidate
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Originally Posted by Scimitar View Post
Pretty sure that's fine. Check the Specific 'Spec Op Med Regs' in AR 40-501 for the limits. Be warned MEPS is not a professional eye test and may measure you worst then you are. If you are boarder line take your Optometrist test with you.

If they say "no son your eyes ain’t good enough", pull the line and paragraph of the reg and your Opt test and say you want a consult. They will pay to send you to their Optometrist. I had a guy all ready to go 18X, didn't do this when I told him to, was DXed for his eye sight and took an 11B contract. His eye site was with-in Regs.

Otherwise, I don't think you need to be converned about any of what has happened, just advise your recruiter nively that you will take 18X of a bus ticket home.

HTH

Scimitar
From AR 40-501:
(3) For Special Forces training: Distant visual acuity of any degree that does not correct to 20/20 in both eyes with spectacle lenses.

As long as it can be fixed with surgery to 20/20 I should be ok from what that says?

Great! I feel very confident going to MEPS this time around. Thank you for your help.
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