Goodbye ‘Birth Control Glasses’

[lafinjack]

Comments

[xvisqueux]

Not gonna lie, if they came in black I'd want a pair.

[latin_lunatic]

Exactly what I came in here to say.

[lux_roark]

Awww, that's too bad! My husband was stationed at MCAS Miramar and I saw them a lot when the men and women in his barracks didn't want to get "normal" glasses.

[baka_tenshi]

i remember my mom had a pair even though she was part of the army branch.

[lafinjack]

Yeah, they were service-wide. I assume the new ones will be too.

[angry_chick]

Yeah, my friend's husband has a pair, and as soon as he came back from Iraq, they went someplace to never be seen again.

[bnmc2005]

Did Rachel Maddow's popularity have anything to do with this decision? I know hers aren't exactly the same but ... she did revive the big bulky spectacle, no?

Or perhaps I'm just using this as a thin excuse to post an image of Rachel Maddow.

[itcamefromjapan]

I appreciate your ability to make any conversation about Rachel Maddow. :D

[bees_beads]

The Maddow glasses should be issued to everyone, not just recruits.

[13chapters]

Hm, anyone in the military know if there's any exceptions? My prescription is so strong that I have to specifically choose small frames because otherwise the lens would be SUPER SUPER thick. No way could I wear such large glasses.

OTOH it occurs to me that my eyesight is so terrible that it would rule me ineligible to serve in the military.

[lafinjack]

Depending on how bad your vision is they might not let you into the service at all.

[jwaneeta]

I'm legally blind, but correct to 20-20, so they let me in. It depends on what your eyes correct to.

[d00ditsemily]

Might be hard to get in with it now, they are pushing so many people out so who knows what they are doing about waivers anymore.