First off, don't waste your money on getting eye surgery. Even if you spend a huge amount of money on the best surgeon, there is still a chance something could go wrong and you could have a negative effect that would disqualify you permanently from military flying.

You may think you are medically disqualified from being a pilot because you don't meet the 20/70 standard, BUT YOU ARE WRONG. I can say from personal experience because I am currently an Air Force pilot and my vision is between 20/100 and 20/150 uncorrected. I have a prescription of -2.25 in each eye. As long as you meet the requirements for an FC1A flight physical (which is Nav standards), which means 20/200 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 - then you are waiverable to FC1 (pilot) standards.

Basically it works like this, you apply for and earn a pilot slot. Then when you take your flight physical they will issue you a refractive error/distant visual acuity waiver. As long as you have a stable prescription and you have no other issues with your vision such as depth perception or color vision you should be fine.

As for the guard, I'm not sure how they would approach this situation. I'm guessing you would interview and obtain the pilot slot first, then worry about the physical and waiver later. My guess is they aren't going to pay to have every candidate they interview take a flight physical.

Bottom line, I obtained an active duty pilot slot and passed my flight physical with no problems. I wear glasses or contacts every time I fly. Don't waste the money or risk the laser surgery. Let the military do it for free once you have your slot, and your wings.