[nabs-l] Blindness and the Military

[Derek Manners]

While I appreciate the opinion and you are certainly welcome to it, I'd encourage everyone to try to be informed about what they say. A flat footed person can join the military now. Now granted they probably wouldn't let someone with flat feet join a special ops unit, however, I know multiple people who have flat feet that are in the military. They've relaxed the standards considerably over the past few decades. 

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Derek

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> On Aug 25, 2014, at 5:19 PM, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Good afternoon, Ryan,
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>        They won't even let flat-footed people in the friggen Army! Find another dream would be my suggestion!
> Car
> 
>> I am curious to know the general opinion on the topic of blind people serving in the US military.  It has always been a dream of mine to serve, but unfortunately, given my blindness, this does not seem possible.  Or is it?  Does anyone know of congenitally blind soldiers?  Personally, I think blind people could serve the military well, especially in the inteligence and communications departments.  They could even opperate distance weaponry )e.g. droans), although that might be a bit more difficult.  What do you all think?  If it is actually against policy for blind people to serve in the armed forces, I think this would be a good cause for the NFB to take up.  Thanks in advance for your feedback.
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>> Ryan L. Silveira
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