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Can you be an Air Force Sniper if you've had laser eye surgery?

Can you be an Air Force Sniper if you've had laser eye surgery?

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1. I don't see why not, but it's hard to slots for those kind of schools. If you're in the 820th Security Forces Group, you'd probably stand a better chance of getting a slot or if you're on the SWAT team. I know one guy that went to civilian sniper school on weekends and the AF paid his tuition because he was active duty, he was also on the SWAT team.
2. The policy has recently changed to allow those who have had corrective surgery to be snipers.
3. I am an Expert Marksman and have ambliophia...(vision in one eye)
4. You can, however, the AF doesn't have snipers. Security Forces send some of their guys through a quick course through the National Guard and occasionally some civilian counter-sniper courses, but they aren't true sniper courses and they'll never be employed as actual snipers on the battlefield. They're more marksmen than anything else. Air Force Special Operations (PJ/CCT) have actual sniper trained individuals, but their main mission isn't sniping, so missions for such are few and far between and are typically in conjunction with other operations. If you want to be a sniper, your best option is the Army or Marine Corps.