Not sure on that one, but they do have a better colour perception in that they can see different shades of green a lot more clearly than a normal-sighted person. So they can tell the difference between red and green - one is simply more green than the other :)
Likewise they find it much easier to ...

I didn't think colour blindness was a bar to the majority of careers. If anything I would have thought colourblindness would be a desirable trait in an infantryman...green camouflage doesn't fool them?

Only for pilots/navs I think Muzza. Don't quote me on that though.
I hear colourblind snipers are a prized possession

Guess I have some very serious thinking to do. It's going to extremely difficult to let go.
Thank you very much for your time.

No, my point about the college courses is it's going to tie up an extra 4 years of my life so I'll have it plenty sorted by the time I'm done :)
I fully understand what you're saying, but it is impossible to explain how much I want this - I think about it for at least an hour a day, and it really ...

No, it has been controlled by drugs which I am due to be coming off very soon.
Which is unprecedented, because in the 5 years I've had epilepsy I've never gone more than a month without a seizure, on these new drugs I've been on for a year now, I have not had a single one. Good enough proof that all ...

No he hasn't, but he has spent his entire adult life in the medical profession and is an expert specialist in epilepsy. As it stands currently, I am a normal person just like you and everybody else, the only difference is I used to have a condition. So regardless of what job I end up doing the end ...

As an aside, I even have a letter that my consultant, one of the best neurologists in the country, wrote for me authorising my suitability for any form of military service. And he's right - it's extremely frustrating to be in my shoes, and in practice there is nothing preventing me from doing the ...

I am interested in joining the Marines (preferably as an officer...so the pay is half-reasonable).
However, I have a few concerns (one particularly large!)

Firstly, I'm not really a "lad". I don't enjoy getting drunk, or going to the strip club, or going around the town at midnight in large groups ...