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You may wear contact lenses except when wearing the chemical/gas mask. A special pair of glasses/lenses with your prescription are perscribed.

In Basic Training you will be issued a pair of black or brown glasses.

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The Army is very strict about the wear of contact lenses. You can wear them in garrison (when at work in the office in the states), but wear is against Army policy in field and deployment environments. The main reason for this is that contact lenses can hold chemicals against the eyes, which would really hurt in a chemical attack!

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Wearing contacts or glasses does not preclude military service. Your corrected vision needs to be good enough to pass the physical. And you may be required to wear glasses in boot camp.

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Wearing contacts or glasses does not preclude military service. Your corrected vision needs to be good enough to pass the physical. And you may be required to wear glasses in boot camp.

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