Why does laser/ lasik eye surgery restrict the things you can do in the military?

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Dan

I was thinking about joining the army or even the marines. Lately I've read a few things to make sure laser eye surgery is safe. I'm 15 right now but I really would like to join the military when I'm older. So far night vision problems can occur for a few months but that's apparently rare. Other then reasons like that why does the surgery restrict what you can do in the military?

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Have you ever driven at night in the rain, and seen how oncoming head lights are flared ?

Well one of the side effects of lasik eye surgery

is for some people, lights at night, can flare like that, limiting your vision.

Can you have LASIK eye surgery and still be a Special Tactics Officer in the Air Force?

DA99O

I read up on requirements and it said No radial Keraotomy or something to that affect i looked up what that was and it is laser eye surgery. However I proceded to look up LASIK eye surgery which is now much more common and it is not The same as Radial Keraotomy (miss spelling, I know, sorry.) its a different kind of surgery so I don't no. Help please :)

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Jeeper, your advice if someone took it could disqualify them for Air Force SOF service. You should do more research or cease answering questions like this if you aren't interested in providing accurate information.

LASIK will disqualify you for Military Free Fall. If you can't attend MFF, you can't be an STO, CRO, PJ or CCT. It's a requirement for all of those jobs.

PRK and LASEK are your only two options if you wish to serve in Air Force SOF.

We've had better results with PRK and the waiver process is getting faster. For those already on active duty, it's only a 6 month wait now. For those that have the surgery done as civilians, it is still 1 year but if someone really pushes for the waiver, it can be a bit less.

LASEK is a year regardless, active duty or civilian.

Go over to www.specialtactics.com. The policies are posted on the site, it's also the only source you should reference when seeking information about USAF Special Operations.

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