<p>I am a 4th class here planning to be a pilot as well. I already have my Private Pilot License (earned before Swab Summer started).</p>
<p>One thing I learned so far is that the Coat Guard WILL take care of you. The people here will help you get into flight school (by the way we are going to be required to serve 2 years in the fleet before flight school). Vision is usually never an issue here from what I heard. And I’m pretty sure they pay for it. I entered the academy with the same concerns as you… I really want to be a pilot, but will my vision hurt me in the future? My contacts are a -2.25, so they’re not too bad… But I think you need to decide if it’s the pilot you want, or the academy education with the chance of a pilot that you want. My thought was, even if I dont get flight school, I can serve my 5 years, get out, and go to a flight school and go into the airlines with an academy degree.</p>
<p>I recommend calling DoDMERB, I think that’s what I did.</p>