Can I have wavefront lasik surgery for Navy SEALS?
Joshua
I know that LASIK is approved before going into BUD/S but is wavefront lasik surgery approved? Also can you just have the surgery by yourself and wait 6 months until you enlist and apply for BUD/S or do you have to get a waiver from WEPS before doing the surgery? Please help. Thanks!
Answer
BUD/S is a 6-month US Navy special operations SEAL training course held at the Naval Special Warfare Training Center in Coronado, CA.
Wavefront is a method of mapping higher order aberrations to help guide the excimer laser during Lasik. Conventional laser guidance uses a patient's eyeglass prescription. A wavefront analysis looks at nuances of the patient's vision. Think of the image of a square grid entering the eye. The eye's natural aberrations cause the grid to end up wavy by the time it is focused on the retina and "seen". Wavefront guided Lasik attempts to make corrections so a square grid enters the eye and a square grid is seen at the retina.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-wavefront-custom.htm
A waiver is necessary for vision correction surgery. No special waiver is required for wavefront-optimized vision correction surgery as opposed to conventional vision correction surgery.
You are more likely to gain a waiver for PRK than for Lasik, although the Navy has approved Bladeless Lasik for Top Gun pilots and you might get a Lasik waiver. Vision recovery is slower with PRK, but there is a lower probability of complications, especially long term.
As of 19 February 2009, BUD/S candidates' worst eye can be no worse than 20/70, best eye no worse than 20/40 and both eyes correctable to 20/25 or better. Whether or not you need to have vision correction surgery to be able to enter BUD/S depends upon your current refractive error.
It would probably be advantageous to have the military provide laser vision correction rather than going to an independent Lasik surgeon. That way the military is responsible for the outcome and its effect upon your ability to serve.
Good luck with BUD/S. The washout rate is about 80%.It is a grueling program.
Read:
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcsd/patients/pages/refractivesurgerycenter.aspx
Reference:
CNO Washington DC 212221Z Dec 99 (NAVADMIN 341/99) Photorefractive Keratectomy Surgery Program for Active Duty Service Members;
NAVMED P-117, Manual of Medical Department;
BUMED Washington DC 0613444Z Apr 00 Corneal Refractive Surgery Physical Standards and Waiver;
NAVMED Policy 07-001 Policy Guidance on LASIK (Laser in-situ Keratomileusis) of Oct 06;
NAMI Aeromedical Reference and Waiver Guide, Current Edition;
BUD/S is a 6-month US Navy special operations SEAL training course held at the Naval Special Warfare Training Center in Coronado, CA.
Wavefront is a method of mapping higher order aberrations to help guide the excimer laser during Lasik. Conventional laser guidance uses a patient's eyeglass prescription. A wavefront analysis looks at nuances of the patient's vision. Think of the image of a square grid entering the eye. The eye's natural aberrations cause the grid to end up wavy by the time it is focused on the retina and "seen". Wavefront guided Lasik attempts to make corrections so a square grid enters the eye and a square grid is seen at the retina.
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-wavefront-custom.htm
A waiver is necessary for vision correction surgery. No special waiver is required for wavefront-optimized vision correction surgery as opposed to conventional vision correction surgery.
You are more likely to gain a waiver for PRK than for Lasik, although the Navy has approved Bladeless Lasik for Top Gun pilots and you might get a Lasik waiver. Vision recovery is slower with PRK, but there is a lower probability of complications, especially long term.
As of 19 February 2009, BUD/S candidates' worst eye can be no worse than 20/70, best eye no worse than 20/40 and both eyes correctable to 20/25 or better. Whether or not you need to have vision correction surgery to be able to enter BUD/S depends upon your current refractive error.
It would probably be advantageous to have the military provide laser vision correction rather than going to an independent Lasik surgeon. That way the military is responsible for the outcome and its effect upon your ability to serve.
Good luck with BUD/S. The washout rate is about 80%.It is a grueling program.
Read:
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcsd/patients/pages/refractivesurgerycenter.aspx
Reference:
CNO Washington DC 212221Z Dec 99 (NAVADMIN 341/99) Photorefractive Keratectomy Surgery Program for Active Duty Service Members;
NAVMED P-117, Manual of Medical Department;
BUMED Washington DC 0613444Z Apr 00 Corneal Refractive Surgery Physical Standards and Waiver;
NAVMED Policy 07-001 Policy Guidance on LASIK (Laser in-situ Keratomileusis) of Oct 06;
NAMI Aeromedical Reference and Waiver Guide, Current Edition;
When should I get laser eye surgery in the Marines?
Thomas Hob
If I go through the NROTC program and go to OCS and intend to become a Marine Pilot, when should I declare I want to go into the air option? And when should I get vision corrective surgery in that process?
Note: The navy does allow people with lasik to serve as pilots if they enter into a certain study and get a waiver.
Answer
It is not considered a good idea to get any type of laser eye correction before 20 years old because the vision has not yet stabilized. It can get worse after the surgery.
Q: Can I be guaranteed flight school after graduation?
A: The Navy does not give such a guarantee. However, experience has shown that a solid academic performance at Colorado, and high scores on the aviation aptitude exam, plus being physically qualified for aviation, will give a Midshipman an excellent chance of getting aviation. The Marine Corps does offer flight guarantees, which can be granted by meeting the requirements any time up to 90 days before graduation.
http://www.colorado.edu/NROTC/faq.html
"AVIATION APPLICANTS
Applicants who desire to apply for a guaranteed position in aviation must pass two additional requirements, a cycloplegic eye exam and the Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB). Aviators (pilots) must have 20/40 or better vision in each eye. However, as of 1 June 2005, applicants outside those requirements may apply for a contact lens waiver. Applicants must have uncorrected vision better than 20/400 and be correctable to 20/20 with soft contacts. In addition, they must be able to show they�ve worn soft contacts for at least six months without any type of problems. Naval Flight Officers (co-pilots/navigators) must simply have vision correctable to 20/20. Applicants who have had their vision surgically corrected should be aware that only vision correction through the PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) procedure is eligible for aviation. Applicants who has had their vision corrected through the LASIK (Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) procedure are disqualified for aviation, but may apply for the ground or law program."
http://und.edu/org/mao/MarineProgams.pdf
It is not considered a good idea to get any type of laser eye correction before 20 years old because the vision has not yet stabilized. It can get worse after the surgery.
Q: Can I be guaranteed flight school after graduation?
A: The Navy does not give such a guarantee. However, experience has shown that a solid academic performance at Colorado, and high scores on the aviation aptitude exam, plus being physically qualified for aviation, will give a Midshipman an excellent chance of getting aviation. The Marine Corps does offer flight guarantees, which can be granted by meeting the requirements any time up to 90 days before graduation.
http://www.colorado.edu/NROTC/faq.html
"AVIATION APPLICANTS
Applicants who desire to apply for a guaranteed position in aviation must pass two additional requirements, a cycloplegic eye exam and the Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB). Aviators (pilots) must have 20/40 or better vision in each eye. However, as of 1 June 2005, applicants outside those requirements may apply for a contact lens waiver. Applicants must have uncorrected vision better than 20/400 and be correctable to 20/20 with soft contacts. In addition, they must be able to show they�ve worn soft contacts for at least six months without any type of problems. Naval Flight Officers (co-pilots/navigators) must simply have vision correctable to 20/20. Applicants who have had their vision surgically corrected should be aware that only vision correction through the PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) procedure is eligible for aviation. Applicants who has had their vision corrected through the LASIK (Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) procedure are disqualified for aviation, but may apply for the ground or law program."
http://und.edu/org/mao/MarineProgams.pdf
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