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Can you be a Green Beret with bad eyesight?
Yes, you can as long as your vision is fixable. If your vision can be corrected by glasses or contacts then your vision is fixable. For Special Forces training: Distant visual acuity of any degree that does not correct to 20/20 in both eyes with spectacle lenses.
Can Army Special Forces wear glasses?
Standard: Must be at least 20/70 or better in both eyes and both correctable to 20/20 with glasses. Must have normal color vision. Waiver possibilities: If one eye is 20/70 or better and the other no worse than 20/200, or if both eyes are no worse than 20/100.
Can you join the U.S. Army if you wear glasses?
Poor vision typically will not limit your ability to serve in the U.S. Military, so long as your vision problem can be suitably corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses or vision correction surgery. Trendy eyeglasses or sunglasses with initials, designs or other adornments are not authorized for wear.
What color glasses can you wear in military uniform?
Lens colors must be traditional gray, brown, or dark green shades. Personnel will not wear lenses or frames that are so large or so small that they detract from the appearance of the uniform.
Can glasses correct legally blind?
You might feel like you’re legally blind if you can’t see beyond a foot in front of you without wearing glasses, but as long as your vision can be corrected to 20/20 with a visual aid, such as glasses, then you are not considered legally blind.
What is the proper way to wear an army beret?
Proper wear of the Army Beret. Edge binding 1 inch above eyebrows and straight across forehead. Center the flash ad the stiffener above the left eye. Pull excess material between the top an middle of right ear. Hair should not extend below the front bottom edge of the beret. Officers wear their rank centered on the flash.
Do green berets wear glasses?
So yes, there are green berets that wear glasses, but most of them get off market combat tough prescriptions, be it contacts or some other such…and always, and I do mean always, have backup sets or pairs on your gear in an emergency catastrophic failure, such as loss or breakage. Always have a backup plan.
Where do you put the flash on a military beret?
Center the flash ad the stiffener above the left eye. Pull excess material between the top an middle of right ear. Hair should not extend below the front bottom edge of the beret. Officers wear their rank centered on the flash.
Can you wear birth control glasses in the military?
The Army issues “Birth control” glasses to soldiers requiring optical aid. They are big, ugly, and tough glasses that are prescription, and have the elastic rubber strap for wear around the neck. Soldiers going through SFAS selection, do wear these.