Are waivers possible for red/green color blindness?

MAJ Jerry Murray — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:50:35 -0500

Anyone familiar with military waivers for red/green color blindness? My son's friend failed an Air Force Special Warfare physical for a red/green failure but he can distinguish red from green in most cases. Are waivers ever possible?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 28 at 2021 2:36 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 14:36:02 -0500

Usually the red green test for special operations is because of the need to be able to distinguish the red and green lights on airborne operations. For people who fail the regular red green test for Airborne, they administer the Farnsworth Color Lantern Test to see if they can tell the red and green lights apart

Of course, if the MOS itself requires red/green capability, then that's the end of that