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01-21-2012, 10:15 PM | #1 |
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Sound like no more Birth Control Glasses!!!! Woo-hoo!
Navy Medicine Announces New Eyeglass Frame
From Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Naval Medicine Logistics Command (NMLC) announced Jan. 19 that all active duty and Reserve personnel, including recruits will soon have a new standard issue eyeglass frame available. Since 1990, military personnel and recruits have received standard issue S9 eyeglass frames, often jokingly referred to as "birth control glasses" or simply "BCGs." Not any longer. "We are happy to announce that the New Year brings with it a new frame option for all personnel serving on active duty and in the Reserves," said Capt. Matt Newton, commanding officer of Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity (NOSTRA) in Yorktown, Va. "Service members have told us that they like the appearance of the new frame. We are confident this frame will increase the likelihood that military personnel will continue to utilize their eyeglasses beyond boot camp." Effective Jan. 1, the current cellulose acetate spectacle frame provided at all Armed Forces initial entry training sites began the transition from male and female, brown "S9" spectacles to a new, unisex, black "5A" frame. The change stems from a study which was directed by the Military Health System's Optical Fabrication Enterprise (OFE) and coordinated by NOSTRA in order to find a suitable frame to add to the standard issue inventory. Selected samples were submitted to U.S. Army Public Health Command for review, and three frames were identified for user tests. Tests were conducted at Recruit Training Center Great Lakes, Ill.; Advanced Infantry Training, Camp Geiger, N.C.; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Knox, Ky. and U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center, Cape May, N.J. Surveys assessed functionality, durability and cosmetic appearance and the 5A frame was selected as the best option. Initial deployment of the 5A frame will occur at all Armed Forces initial entry training sites. Within six months, the 5A frame will be made available to all active duty and Reserve service members with full implementation expected to be completed over a two-year period. Retirees are currently eligible to receive standard issue S9, S91A and Half-Eye frames, and there will be no change to this authorization. However, over the next two years, the OFE will study the feasibility of providing 5A frames to retirees. The OFE was established by Congressional mandate in 1996, with the U.S. Navy Surgeon General charged with managing the program. Upon the closure of the Army Optical Fabrication Laboratory at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, NOSTRA became a joint production lab with Army opticians augmenting Navy and civilian production staff. The OFE is guided by the Optical Fabrication Advisory Board which represents the Surgeons General of the Army, Navy and Air Force. A sampling of OFE initiatives includes managing the military Frames of Choice program, standardization of military combat eye protection inserts, introduction of a new submariner frame, and operational support with the deployment of the new M50 gas mask insert. For the last several years, the OFE has produced approximately 1.5 million pairs of spectacles and optical inserts annually for authorized military personnel. NMLC is responsible for designing, executing and administering individualized state-of-the-art solutions to meet customer medical materiel and health care requirements. NMLC supports the U.S. Navy with acquisition and logistics systems training, health care services strategies, operational forces support, medical equipment and logistics solutions, acquisition management, deployable platforms and eyewear fabrication. Navy Medicine is a global health care network of 63,000 Navy medical personnel around the world who provide high quality health care to more than 1 million eligible beneficiaries. Navy Medicine personnel deploy with Sailors and Marines worldwide, providing critical mission support aboard ship, in the air, under the sea and on the battlefield. For more information, visit www.navy.mil, www.facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter.com/usnavy . For more news from Navy Medicine, visit www.navy.mil/local/mednews/.
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01-24-2012, 08:17 AM | #2 |
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That sucks. I was actually looking foreword to wearing those glasses.
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01-24-2012, 07:06 PM | #3 |
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I kind of was to. How bad are these new A5 glasses though?
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01-24-2012, 07:47 PM | #4 |
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01-24-2012, 09:44 PM | #5 |
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I go in March and will need some sort of glasses. I'll be sure to pass on if these have been phased in by then or not, I don't expect it though.
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01-24-2012, 10:50 PM | #6 |
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Better than the BCG, but not a lot
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01-25-2012, 08:17 AM | #7 |
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I think they are a slight improvement over the old ones.
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01-25-2012, 05:35 PM | #8 |
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they aren't too much better, but glasses are glasses, after BC its back to contacts! and hopefully some of that complementary eye surgery!
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01-25-2012, 10:40 PM | #9 |
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We can wear contacts after boot?! I was always under the impression the only glasses were authorized when on duty.
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One thing you should think about is the Navy preform Lasik surgery at some commands. It is a great, safe, surgery. I had it done and I LOVE IT!!!!....
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02-09-2012, 02:44 PM | #11 |
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Thank god I dont have to wear those ugly ones!
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02-09-2012, 05:06 PM | #12 |
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I know people who still wear their BCGs around base. I'm a little sad to see them go haha
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04-08-2012, 04:20 PM | #13 |
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soo will I get those new ones when I go in may??
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04-08-2012, 04:54 PM | #14 |
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These have been the glasses since first issue of glasses at bootcamp in 2012.
They suck really bad. They break so easy. Not as sturdy as the old BCGs.
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