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The U.S. Navy's Doctrine of Laser Eye Surgery
The New York Times reports that laser eye surgery — now performed on nearly a third of every new class of midshipmen — is transforming Naval careers. Navy doctors are performing these operations with "assembly-line efficiency," allowing older pilots to continue flying, and those who might otherwise have been disqualified to pursue flight school. The number of procedures has reportedly climbed from 50 to 349 over the past five years. The Navy uses a different procedure than that used on civilians — grinding the cornea rather than cutting a flap — out of fears that the flap could come loose in supersonic combat.
the flap could come loose in supersonic combat.
there's a circumsicion joke there somewhere
"Plenty to see here. Cleared for takeoff."
I thought this article was about laser-eye surgery, as opposed to laser eye surgery. Meaning I could FINALLY get surgery allowing me to shoot lasers out of my eyes. Like Superman. I've never been so disappointed in my life.
I had heard that the Naval Academy was a grind...
Oh, yeah, it's not easy to pad these out to 120 characters.
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Love of country. Desire to help the armed forces. Free ticket out of Havana. Instant citizenship. Etc.
And the number one reason that doctors enter the military... That fine butch asshair on all the female cadets.
Nothing to see here, move along.
I'm sure there's a joke in here somewhere...
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I never understood, why is it that the US have such a concentration of pilots in the Navy rather than the air force?
Because we rarely attack Canada and Mexico. Everyplace else is easier to reach by aircraft carrier.
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the Navy grinds instead of cutting a flap.
(carrier landing).
Altitude?
- 1500 feet, sir.
Gear?
-Yes, sir.
Flaps?
- Open, Sir. What the hell? Everything's gone blurry and dark!!!
Not those flaps, Lieutenant!
(Crash... Blammm... splash splash of bits falling into the ocean).
You see, there's a reason they grind instead of do anything involving flaps, and there's also a reason I'm not employed writing comedy dialogue.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
> rather than risk loosing site for life
> I would much rather loose appendages or other sensory organs
It looks like it's too late to save your spelling organ.
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no longer are gas masks a pain in the ass to put on
They're supposed to go on the other end!
You are correct to be very cautious with this. I myself had this procedure done. Sure it's great at first, but after ten years your eyeballs fall out!
"My wife, on the other hand, was blind as a bat without her glasses..."
ObCliffClavin:
It's a little-known fact that bats actually have very good eyesight. The echolocation isn't compensatory.
Learn to spell: nickel, missile, lose, solely, amendment, speech, kernel, probably, ridiculous, deity, hierarchy, versus
Not that the word 'ablate' is any more paletable than 'grind' when it's coupled with the word 'cornea.'
That depends entirely on how good your vocabulary is.
William of Ockham had no beard. The most likely explanation is that it was chewed off by squirrels every morning.
My boss at my previous job had his wisdom teeth removed while he was in the army. After he came to from the anaesthetic, the end of his tongue felt funny. Turns out it was getting in the dentist's way, so he put a suture through it and tied it to the chair while he was working. To this day, my boss says it feels funny when he drinks something cold.
There is no God, and Dirac is his prophet.
ObCliffClavin: It's a little-known fact that bats actually have very good eyesight. The echolocation isn't compensatory.
ObGilligan:
Not only that, but their use of sound to locate insects isn't due to bad eyesight.
Why yes, I *AM* new here. Why?
Doctors should heal, not make better killing machines.
...20 years or so being able to see my wife in the morning...
Watch what you wish for, you just may get it.
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
> And if only you could find someone to remove your nitpicking, superiority complex...
Thanks, I'll try not to loose site of my humility.
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my girlfriend doesn't want me peeing on her either, but how does surgery correct this?
> You should leave out the "basically", unless you are writing about PH.
You shouldn't capitalize the 'p' in pH.
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ball's in your court...
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I was hoping the Navy was using sharks with lasers...
welcome our new sharp-sighted American naval overlords!
Considering I'm "overseas" from the US, I sort of wish this were more of a joke than it is.
I want to play Free Market with a drowning Libertarian.
They're supposed to go on the other end!
You've clearly never been in a barracks.
May the Maths Be with you!
Whoosh!!!!!
I guess my wife has some mod points.
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
What?
Only if you live in an area with a lot of trucks carrying strawberries... otherwise it's most likely that you'll be crushed into a meaty pulp.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"