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Lee-Lee

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12. Depends on a number of factors

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 02:50 PM

Aug 2017

Is it correctable with glasses? If so how much is it corrected and how bad is it without.

Certain MOS's have tighter standards for vision than others as well, and being colorblind can limit your selection of MOS's or bar enlistenent depending on how bad it is.

So the answer is a big... it depends.

Do you have someone claiming to be a vet who you question or is this just a philosophical question?

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Question about draftees in Vietnam War. Would a man who had very poor vision be sent [View all] raccoon Aug 2017 OP

If it could be corrected by glasses I assume the answer is yes. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #1

Reagan had bum eyes.... Brother Buzz Aug 2017 #2

My uncle had very poor but correctable vision and the only thing he wasn't allowed to do was fly. pnwmom Aug 2017 #3

It wasn't jungles loyalsister Aug 2017 #4

My vision was bad enough to keep me out of ROTC but not comradebillyboy Aug 2017 #5

I had a teacher who was in WW-II lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #6

My dad had orders MFM008 Aug 2017 #7

My family member with poor (even when corrected) marybourg Aug 2017 #8

I knew a WW II vet who was missing his trigger finger. He was drafted despite that.... Kaleva Aug 2017 #9

No, but bone spurs would keep you out of the service. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #10

I understood that left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #16

My Dad chose the Navy when they drafted him for GreenPartyVoter Aug 2017 #11

The Navy drafted my pops, I don't believe he had any choice Brother Buzz Aug 2017 #13

That's how my Dad said it, but I can't GreenPartyVoter Aug 2017 #14

Depends on a number of factors Lee-Lee Aug 2017 #12

Just wondering if I would've been in the jungles if I'd been male. nt raccoon Aug 2017 #19

If you have "Mr. Magoo" vision, having your glasses knocked off is a death sentence Hekate Aug 2017 #15

One of the issues MyOwnPeace Aug 2017 #17

As I was informed at the induction station in 1966, "You walked up the retread Aug 2017 #18

If the draft doctor signs off on it they will take any body. KWR65 Aug 2017 #20

My very nearsighted dad wore his thick lens Army issue glasses into the late 'sixties as a civilian. hunter Aug 2017 #21

my brother was 4f because of bad vision leftyladyfrommo Aug 2017 #22

As a Vietnam era draftee with REALLY bad eyes.......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2017 #23