Surgical hardware's impact on a USAF recruit?

Not to sound too negative but there's a huge difference in what
the Military will accept when you're already a member and before
you are one.

I know, having battled a high-pitch hearing loss at every annual
aircrew medical for years.
--

-Gord.



Hi Gord.

You're not sounding negative. In fact, your comments are appropriate to this
thread. I entered the Academy with 20/20 vision and graduated with 20/50
vision. I still attended and graduated UPT along with many other classmates
who were in this situation.

I offered the information to the original poster to assist in their decision
making process and to reassure them that their situation did not have a black
and white outcome.





Kurt Todoroff


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Consent, not compulsion.

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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:48:03 -0600,
Raptor wrote:
My gf has a kid who's an airplane nut. He just enrolled in JROTC in his
high school and is suddenly motivated about school. He had a broken arm
(skater d00d) that was repaired with the usual metal plates, which he
still has.

Should this impact his flight eligibility? She's got great health
insurance and is tempted to have them removed if it does.


it could. he and his mom need to sit down and talk with the treating
orthopod and discuss the issue.

however he has time and who knows by the time he is ready to raise his
right hand, he might decide being a tank gunner is better.

interesting site that discusses this sort of thing from the navy perspective
is:

www.vnh.org/AeroWaiverGuide/toc97.html