stuckindayton

We've seen cases where services transfers had to meet FC I standards and cases where they were considered trained. In part, it has to do with whether you will be flying the same platform in the AF vs. the Army and, in part, it's up to AETC. I can't give you a better answer than that.

I don't know anyone who would do vision therapy for a 6-7 prism diopter exophoria. If everything is as you described, I would just relax and let the system do its thing. Unless there's more to the story you should be fine.

If it's an FC I, it's actually sent to AETC, not the SG. It sounds like a routine waiver. I think you're stressing more than you need to. I don't understand why you'd be seeing a civilian for an FC I exam. That's not how it usually works.

The exophoria standard for IFC I is 6 prism diopters. There is no stated waiver policy, however, I've seen exophoria up to 10 pd waived routinely and in some cases waivers are given for exos slightly larger. At that point it's really a case-by-case basis. I wouldn't seek vision therapy for this personally.

I would not sweat it. Dead Debate is right on that some waivers for excessive phoria are denied, however, sometimes that is due to the fact that they are associated with other conditions that are disqualifying. When waivers are submitted to AETC, they do not approve parts of the waiver and deny others. The entire waiver is either approved or denied. So, let's say that you have a waiver submitted for excessive phoria and color vision. Both will be denied (because color vision is not waived), despite the fact that the phoria might have been approved if it was the sole reason for the waiver. Waivers for excessive phoria are fairly routine. If you were told by docs at Wright-Patt that they were going to recommend a waiver, and the phoria was the only item out of standards, then you're pretty likely to get it approved