I failed the eye test and was told to go home.
A friend, however, went through Navy boot camp. He finished it in 1978, got his assignment or whatever it is they give you when you graduate and that evening fell down a flight of steps at the base and severely broke his upper leg bone (the Humerus?). After spending significant time in the hospital and six or eight weeks in a cast then some physical therapy he was discharged because one leg was now 1 1/2 inches shorter than the other.
He doesn’t claim any veteran benefits, I am not sure if he’d qualify or not. He does claim to be the clumsiest sailor of all time.
Please note, this is a second-hand story, excuse any irregularities or things that would have happened differently.
He broke the femur.
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I’m doubting he fell down a flight of steps on purpose; but that does suck. =)
On another tangent, i wanted to be a fighter pilot since i was 8 years old, probably before that. It was just something i felt i was meant to do... and at 13 i had my eyes checked and was basically told i could never qualify. I remember it vividly; i’m not saying it’s the same, i never could, but it was like being told you’d never walk again. It wasn’t reality, but at the time that’s how i felt.
~W
>>I failed the eye test and was told to go home.
Roger Staubach, famous Navy and Dallas Cowboys QB, failed his eye exam prior to admission to Annapolis and was passed on.