eyesight

I have a question, so recently I was told that I have been DQ’d only because my eye sight is not correctable to 20/20. I have been to my eye doctor a few months before, and they have said that my eye sight is correctable to 20/20 ( I wear glasses). Now it says that my medical status is Under...

Hi All, I've been doing some research on the USAF FC1 Refraction requirements for eyesight. My prescription is as follows Right Eye: Sphere: -4.75 Cylinder: -1.00 Axis: 015 Left Eye: Sphere: -5.25 Cylinder: -1.00 Axis: 163 I’m trying to figure out if I will need to get LASIK or PRK in order...

Hey all, I was wondering if there's a limit to how bad your eyes can be, or if they just have to be correctable to 20/20. My current prescription is -8.00 in my left eye and -7.75 in my right eye, however they are both corrected to 20/20 with glasses with slight astigmatism in both. Based on...

Hi y’all I have completed my DODMERB eye and physical exams for Marine option NROTC. During the eye exam, my doctor said I am slightly nearsighted in one eye and have a small astigmatism, which he said shouldn’t be a problem. I always thought I had 20/20 vision and I’ve never had glasses. I...

Does anybody know if the U.S. Naval Academy allows prior corective eye surgery like PRK or LASIK? If so, do they require waivers? Are they hard to get? Can I become a pilot with it?

Hi All, OK, so I've been doing some research on the USAF FC1 Refraction requirements for eyesight. Here are my results from DODMERB: Right Eye: Sphere: -2.25 Cylinder: +0.50 Axis: 0.92 Left Eye: Sphere: -1.00 Cylinder: +0.75 Axis: 0.87 That might be Greek to some people...sorry...