Navy to begin accepting more recruits from lowest aptitude percentile amid deepening recruiting cris

[mystery-ak]

 December 6, 2022 10:55am EST
Navy to begin accepting more recruits from lowest aptitude percentile amid deepening recruiting crisis
The Navy will allowed 7,500 recruits to fall into the lowest category allowed by military standards
By Michael Lee | Fox News

The U.S. Navy is set to begin accepting more recruits who score in the lowest aptitude percentile allowed on military entrance tests.

"As we continue to navigate a challenging recruiting environment, changing the AFQT requirement removes a potential barrier to enlistment, allowing us to widen the pool of potential recruits and creating opportunities for personnel who wish to serve," Cmdr. David Benham, a spokesperson for Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, told Military.com in a report Monday.

The new Navy guidelines will allow the service to enlist 7,500 recruits that fall into "Category IV," which are applicants with a high school diploma who scored within the 10th and 30th percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), according to Military.com

Benham noted that the AFQT is graded on a scale against other applicants and is "not the determining factor" for enlistment as long as an applicant has a high school diploma. However, Benham argued the move will help to remove barriers to enlistment as the military's qualified applicant pool continues to shrink, but he also noted that the move will not be a cure-all to the Navy's enlistment woes.

"There'll be folks that score 10 that also don't qualify for a rating, and therefore they're unable to join," Benham said. "There's going to be folks who score 30 or 40 or whatever, but still don't qualify for a rating and therefore would be unable to join."

The change could result in about 20% of this year's active-duty enlisted pool for the Navy falling into the lowest percentile category, though Benham expressed confidence that the move would not result in overall lower-quality applicants.

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[sneakypete]

Desperation is never pretty.

Neither are the results of desperation.

After all,HOW does the U.S. Navy OR America benefit from getting retards to enlist? You can't train them,and you can't even allow them to do stuff like drive trash trucks or answer phones,so all they are REALLY doing is draining the Navy budget.

Whoever the Admiral is that is that created this brain fart needs to be standing on a corner TOMORROW with a tin cup in his hand and begging for donations for lunch money.