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Wearing contacts in boot camp
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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That is correct, no contacts. He can wear them at PIR I understand. They can put a rush on the BC glasses if needed. How "blind" is he? Because there's plenty to do in BC which doesn't require good vision. Does the recruiter know the current policy?
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Permalink Reply by CaliMom (Maryann) on
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I don't think they do. I asked my son to talk about this with his recruiter, and his recruiter told him, "don't worry about it, you will be fine." His vision without his contacts is not so good, 20/200, I think.
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Mine's worse than that and I got by. I worry that you will put money into glasses and they won't let him wear them anyway. If you do, go for cheap, no frills, like America's Best.
Boot camp can do one hour glasses ... honest! They don't like to but they can.
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Permalink Reply by Danner921 on
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I went to bootcamp and didn't have any glasses to take. So when I got there I just let my RDC know that I was wearing contacts. We were able to wear them until we were issued our BCGs. Usually all the medical things get taken care of during the first week of bootcamp which is processing/receiving week. I wouldn't worry about getting him glasses before bootcamp. When I arrived at "A" School they gave me a normal pair of glasses.
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Permalink Reply by gcmb (div 327 PIR 10/1/10) on
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My son did not have glasses, just contacts. He got his glasses I think the day after he arrived. And let me tell you does not like these!
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