JPurvis
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Hey Guys,
I have been in the process of joining the military for over a year now. I started the process with the Navy through the SEAL Challenge program..long story ,but to some it up, after my MEPS physical I started training with the local SEAL mentors. A few weeks into the training they realized that I was somehow skipped on the Color vision test at MEPS. So upon returning to MEPS to take the color portion I found out for the first time that I have a slight color deficiency. This was a huge shock to me, I have never had a problem in a normal life situation, but the color dot test proved otherwise. Anyways, Since the Special Operations Field is what i have been looking for specifically, I started looking at ways around this issue. I am aware that even slight colorblindness is disqualifying, but I heard from quite a few Airmen that the Air Force would be more likely to waiver anything than the Navy would due to the SEAL challenge programs being flooded with candidates recently. I am currently looking into the AF and what options they have if i have to join and then retrain later. Lengthy intro I know but so far I have had a long disappointing road in trying to join this community, and i hope one day i get that opportunity. Thanks.
I have been in the process of joining the military for over a year now. I started the process with the Navy through the SEAL Challenge program..long story ,but to some it up, after my MEPS physical I started training with the local SEAL mentors. A few weeks into the training they realized that I was somehow skipped on the Color vision test at MEPS. So upon returning to MEPS to take the color portion I found out for the first time that I have a slight color deficiency. This was a huge shock to me, I have never had a problem in a normal life situation, but the color dot test proved otherwise. Anyways, Since the Special Operations Field is what i have been looking for specifically, I started looking at ways around this issue. I am aware that even slight colorblindness is disqualifying, but I heard from quite a few Airmen that the Air Force would be more likely to waiver anything than the Navy would due to the SEAL challenge programs being flooded with candidates recently. I am currently looking into the AF and what options they have if i have to join and then retrain later. Lengthy intro I know but so far I have had a long disappointing road in trying to join this community, and i hope one day i get that opportunity. Thanks.
