Appropriate Questions for ANG visit.
03-29-2011, 07:06 PM
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Not sure about current policy but you might look into iLasik surgery. The USN allows it now and has for sometime. My nephew got in Navy pilot training having it. I had more trouble with candidates having marginal color vision, it seems the standards are higher than they used to be.
Not sure about current policy but you might look into iLasik surgery. The USN allows it now and has for sometime. My nephew got in Navy pilot training having it. I had more trouble with candidates having marginal color vision, it seems the standards are higher than they used to be.
I put thru about 15 UPT candidates, all of which went on to good careers. Don't give up, either. My squadron and wing, northeast, had a policy of hiring relatively local candidates. I had a guy who couldn't get in the door in a Texas unit. He flew up on his own, introduced himself and persisted for about two years as he finished college. Eventually, I took him at his word that he would stay with unit. He graduated top in his class, became a full timer, six years later moved back to Texas as a full timer there and is now an Operations Officer there.
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03-30-2011, 10:30 AM
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Not disappointed at all, he was a great guy and a great pilot, did exactly what he said and I had no problem recommending him for a transfer.
Vision, you should talk to an AF Flight Surgeon and get a definitive answer on eye surgery. The Navy is very specific on what procedure is done, who does it and how it is handled on the application.
You should be able to get an answer, earlier, not later. You don't want to have a physical issue hanging open when you interview. The unit recruiter should be able to put you in touch with a Flight Surgeon, on base or at an active duty base to get you the answer on what procedure is allowable. If it were to come up at an interview with the commander asking, "Do you have an reason to believe you have a physical limitation?". You want an affirmative answer, "Yes, Sir, it has been looked into and here's how I will handle it.". If you have a definitive procedure and know it is approved, you are confident in the doctor, go ahead with it. My nephew did exactly that in NROTC and was commissioned and went directly to UPT.
Some units are very provincial about hiring locals, some want enlisted time, some don't care one way or the other. I'd recommend going to as many units as you can, talk to a AF Reserve recruiter about applying directly to HQ AFRC. The AF Reserve does take applications directly for presentation to the semi-annual UPT Selection Board. Or you can be sponsored by a unit, but the Board still has the authority to approve or disapprove a UPT application, sponsored by a unit. Recruiters don't meet any recruiting quotas by working UPT applications, but most recruiters like the chance to work one. HQ AFRC is at Robins AFB, GA.
Not disappointed at all, he was a great guy and a great pilot, did exactly what he said and I had no problem recommending him for a transfer.
Vision, you should talk to an AF Flight Surgeon and get a definitive answer on eye surgery. The Navy is very specific on what procedure is done, who does it and how it is handled on the application.
You should be able to get an answer, earlier, not later. You don't want to have a physical issue hanging open when you interview. The unit recruiter should be able to put you in touch with a Flight Surgeon, on base or at an active duty base to get you the answer on what procedure is allowable. If it were to come up at an interview with the commander asking, "Do you have an reason to believe you have a physical limitation?". You want an affirmative answer, "Yes, Sir, it has been looked into and here's how I will handle it.". If you have a definitive procedure and know it is approved, you are confident in the doctor, go ahead with it. My nephew did exactly that in NROTC and was commissioned and went directly to UPT.
Some units are very provincial about hiring locals, some want enlisted time, some don't care one way or the other. I'd recommend going to as many units as you can, talk to a AF Reserve recruiter about applying directly to HQ AFRC. The AF Reserve does take applications directly for presentation to the semi-annual UPT Selection Board. Or you can be sponsored by a unit, but the Board still has the authority to approve or disapprove a UPT application, sponsored by a unit. Recruiters don't meet any recruiting quotas by working UPT applications, but most recruiters like the chance to work one. HQ AFRC is at Robins AFB, GA.
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