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What is the Navy's definition of color blindness?
tadpole_t6
07-16-2003, 04:49 PM
Im not sure on the exact definition but its pretty severe. I went through MEPS with a guy who could distinguish green and red but had a hard time distiniguishing different shades of green and red. They said he was colorblind and that was that.
M700Sniper
07-16-2003, 05:07 PM
Below is the vision requirements for the SEALS that I got from their official website (www.sealchallenge.navy.mil). They state that a man looking to become a seal cannot have any color blindness but it may be different for different jobs in the navy.
Vision Requirements
SEALs are required to perform a variety of tasks that require a high vision aptitude. SEAL candidates may qualify for PRK Refractive Surgery to correct their vision. You can read more about the PRK policy on the BUMED PRK Refractive Surgery web site.
Your eyesight may be no worse than 20/40 in one eye and 20/70 in the other, and it must be correctable to 20/20 with no color blindness.
You may request a waiver if vision is 20/70 in one eye and 20/100 in the other, correctable to 20/20.
cridendo
07-17-2003, 12:42 PM
Im not sure on the exact definition but its pretty severe. I went through MEPS with a guy who could distinguish green and red but had a hard time distiniguishing different shades of green and red. They said he was colorblind and that was that.
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The rquirements and testing are documented on the SEAL Challenge web site under the medical FAQ's. Here's a link:
http://www.seal.navy.mil/seal/pdf/medicalfaq.pdf
I'm the guy at MEPs that tadpole_t6 was talking about. tadpole_t6 I lost your e-mail. Send me your e-mail at this address-------> cridendo@navyseals.com or reply to this and give me yours.