Recent content by michdad

OTC You can purchase them at the mid store at USNA, other than that I doubt it. During Plebe summer they were frowned upon and not supposed to be brought to I day.

poor vision Our daughters vision was not good and she is a very happy plebe at USNA. A second eye exam did the trick plus lots of GREAT advice from Retired Navy HM. I would be happy to fill you in on the path we traveled.

RetiredNavy: A Tremendous blessing DOD Director, For so many of us on this site, we had such little knowledge of the academy/DODMERB process that we would have been completely lost if someone had not guided us. RetiredNavyHM is that person. He has unselfishly helped so many families/kids...

I completely agree!! Whistle pig, If it were not for Retired Navy Hm I would have gone crazy a long time ago. He is a huge blessing for any family/young person trying to head down the road our kids are traveling. It is a rarity in this day and age to find such a giving person, A person who...

Thanks Once again we appreciate your prompt response! And we will certainly follow your advice.

A couple more questions for retired navy HM I guess we are curious as to why more testing would be requested. Does the academy want to make sure her vision is correctable to 20/20? Or are they considering whether she is correctable through surgery? Perhaps the first test was not thorough...

Thanks I truley appreciate your prompt response. I also think this is a good sign, at least it is obvious she is being considered our we would have received a DQ letter instead. I also find it interesting we are allowed to go to our own eye doctor. I was under the impression any procedure...

We received a letter today from Dodmerb stating our daughters "service medical waiver has been temporarily deferred". This pending further evaluation of her vision. We are to make an appointment with our physician for a "repeat manifest refraction" test. Basically it appears to ask what her...

Thanks for the information, tough to be patient, but it is obvious there is no other choice here. This is a great site, Thank You.

Perhaps I am an overly concerned parent, but I am getting a little anxious waiting for the word from the USNA and my daughters eye waiver. She attended NASS, did very well, had a great interview with our BG officer and received a "Guaranteed offer of appointment" letter in October, pending...