Question about the Infantry

[Calvin09]

A really quick and simple question, and yes I have done a search on it, can you have glasses in the Infantry, I don't have alot of trouble seeing without them, but having them definetly helps. Plus, I know that you can be a rifleman, machine gunner, mortarman, or assaultman in the Infantry, do you get to choose or is it chosen for you, because I've heard that you do but I've also heard that you don't.
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[Echo_Four_Bravo]

Yes you can have glasses. The rest of that has been covered here many, many times... search that and you can see the exact process.

[slimmy07]

Yes you can have glasses. The rest of that has been covered here many, many times... search that and you can see the exact process.


People are being jerks kid, they have NO reason to ,yet they do. Yes you can have glasses, and when you enlist you will go for the UH program (infantry). You are guarnteed an infantry job, but you dont choose whether your a rifleman(0311) or a machine gunner (0331) etc. etc. hope this helps kid. Good luck, and you should call a recruiter ASAP if you want infantry because those jobs are first come first serve and they close fast.

[jackson07]

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