Dknightfam
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Hey Doc - I posted this on another site today as a reply to someone elses' question, but figured if anyone knew if new rules were being put into place at DODMERB / USNA, you would. Care to comment on what the rep at DODMERB told me on the phone today? Thanks as always!
Thought I'd pass along some info that I just got from a chief over at DODMERB. Apparently DODMERB is in the process of eliminating their posting of the eye DQ category, i.e. where it shows on your DODMERB candidate page as you having a D-#code and the words "Eyes worse than 20/40" etc. He said that since DODMERB is not the one that makes the call on that type of waiver (the SA's do that one themselves?) DODMERB decided it just wasn't needed on thier website anymore.
The same chief, who says he knows his stuff from 15 yrs at the place, also said that USNA is no longer restricting the number of Appointments to cadets with eye waiver needs. Has anyone else seen or heard of this? I.e. he stated that USNA is instituting new rules and that if you need a correctable eye waiver you are no longer put into a limited pool of applicants (and that / thus you are now being compared to the entire pool on your whole person score - again, no limits on the number of "special eye Appointments" like in past years). Sounds great to those of us needing the "waiver", but I'd like to hear if anyone can confirm this...
Dknightfam
Thought I'd pass along some info that I just got from a chief over at DODMERB. Apparently DODMERB is in the process of eliminating their posting of the eye DQ category, i.e. where it shows on your DODMERB candidate page as you having a D-#code and the words "Eyes worse than 20/40" etc. He said that since DODMERB is not the one that makes the call on that type of waiver (the SA's do that one themselves?) DODMERB decided it just wasn't needed on thier website anymore.
The same chief, who says he knows his stuff from 15 yrs at the place, also said that USNA is no longer restricting the number of Appointments to cadets with eye waiver needs. Has anyone else seen or heard of this? I.e. he stated that USNA is instituting new rules and that if you need a correctable eye waiver you are no longer put into a limited pool of applicants (and that / thus you are now being compared to the entire pool on your whole person score - again, no limits on the number of "special eye Appointments" like in past years). Sounds great to those of us needing the "waiver", but I'd like to hear if anyone can confirm this...
Dknightfam