Ahh...right up my alley
My vision is about 20/800. Talked to a recruiter on the phone and said that...shouldn't be a problem. My optometerist (sp?) also says I'm a good candidate for laser eye surgery.
Skunk, I can offer a few comments here. This is a road already travelled by the Tall Man.
I enlisted in the USAF with moderate myopia. At the point of my Honorable Discharge four years later, said myopia had increased modestly. The change in my prescription was proportinate, which is to say my lens strength got stronger every year since I received the diagnosis of myopia at age seven.
Several years after my discharge, I elected to invest in LASIK corrective eye surgery. At the time, my myopia had advanced to the point that my prescription was about to exceed the corrective abilities of contact lenses, which I had been wearing for several years. There was no persuasion available to convince this Caucasian to return to glasses!
During the LASIK pre-operative screening appointment, my uncorrected vision was as follows:
Left Eye: -10.5 diopters
Right Eye: -9.5 diopters, with astigmatism
After the procedure, my vision was corrected to 20/20, and the effects of my asigmatism were no longer apparant. During
every post-operative check-up (~7 appointments over 12 months),
every doctor who examined me commented on the extreme degree of oblation (surgical correction) that I underwent, and the positive outcome of my procedure. Certainly, I was well satisfied with the results.
(Tmix - feel free to chime in and explain in layman's terms just how steep my correction was here....)
Having
uncorrected 20/20 vision when in uniform will open a lot of doors for you, Skunk. Contrary to what has been stated, it is not possible to have "fighter pilot vision" when you have corrective lenses perched on your nose. Don't argue here -- I am ex-USAF, after all.
PM me if you want more information here. I could go on all day....
Good luck in your endeavor.
TM