| About vision at night. I have LASEK corrective surgery (Not LASIK) and I don't have any issues with seeing at night. I did a tour in the Marines with them. Held up all the way. No problems whatsoever.
About things like being afraid that your glasses will reflect light etc., if the authorities don't care, neither should you. Just shooting good enough to qualify for sniper school alone will be hard enough... and then qualifying as a sniper will be even harder still. If you're really worried about it, something as simple as a baseball cap or service cover will solve this and I don't think anyone will give you a hard time for bringing along a service cover on a mission, especially if you say you need the visor to shield your eyes.
I don't know if being left handed will be an issue with the sniper rifle. But it won't be an issue on your basic M-16. The M-16 is far more left hander friendly than the South Korean K-2 but I was still in the team of the 50 best shots from the brigade of 3000 so if you got the talent, you shouldn't have problems with the M-16. I would imagine that the USMC has M-40s designed for left handed shooters because some left handed shooters shoot REAL good. But this you will have to check with someone who knows better. I'll shoot an email to a friend who's a USMC MP sniper. He should know.
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