Current NSW/NSO VISION REQUIREMENTS

FINAL clarification on NSW/NSO vision requirements.

ATF/SO (SEAL) - 20/70 worst eye, 20/40 best eye....correctable to 20/25. Effective date 19 February 2009. Anyone possessing an ATF/SO contractprior to this date was grandfathered under the old vision standards(20/200 correctable to 20/20).

ATF/SB (SWCC) - 20/70 worst eye, 20/40 best eye....correctable to 20/25. Effective date 1 May 2009. Anyone possessing an ATF/SB contract priorto this date is grandfathered under the old vision standards (20/200 correctable to 20/20).

ATF/EOD, ND (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Navy Diver)- 20/200 correctable to 20/25. These programs will remainunder the old vision standards. **Notice the correctable vision is nowlisted as 20/25. This is in concurrence with the associated MANMEDarticle. CRUITMAN will reflect this change on the next update.

ATF/AIRR - (Helicopter Search and Rescue) 20/100 correctable to 20/20.

To answer a very popular question, if a candidate is grandfathered intothe ATF/SO program, he is not eligible to reclass to ATF/SB or viceversa. The grandfather clause is only valid for those that obtained thecontract prior to the date, and ship under that specific program. If amember is grandfathered and subsequently attrites, the grandfatherclause will not apply if he is re-written at a later date.