I am currently a junior in college majoring in a psychology degree. I hold a fairly high GPA of 4.0. I am 19 years old. This summer I plan on obtaining my PPL and racking up as many hours as I can so I go into the ANG with some experience. My overall dream is to become a pilot in the air national guard (fighters would be amazing but tankers is fine).

I just want some input from you guys as to what you did to get where you are and what I should do. Is there anything else that you would recommend me doing to further my future success?

What would benefit me most for a interview with the Guardsmen (i.e. private pilots license, bachelors degree, etc.)?



Another question I have is regarding eyesight. Right now I wear contacts/glasses and my prescription is -1.75 (right) and -2.00 (left). I am pretty sure that based off of this I cannot qualify medically to fly in the ANG. I have heard about the WFG-PRK eye surgery that is provided, yet I am only 18ish and that is way too early for major eye surgery.

Do you think I should...

1) wait for the ANG to assign me to get WFG-PRK (if this is possible what is the wait/chances of this happening)?

2) get the eye surgery now?

Or maybe there is some new alternative. Who knows. Just looking for advice from the friendlies out there. Any advice is greatly appreciated. And if you guys have emails and dont mind chatting back and forth that would be great! If you need anymore information feel free to shoot away.

Thanks.