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Navy lowers entrance exam requirements in bid to get more recruits
« on: December 07, 2022, 06:38:28 am »
Navy lowers entrance exam requirements in bid to get more recruits
By Geoff Ziezulewicz
 Dec 6, 01:32 PM

 As the military struggles to attract new recruits, the Navy on Monday began a pilot program that will let in those who have lower scores on part of the entrance exam used to gauge a recruit’s ability to serve.

Potential sailors are required to take the Armed Forces Qualification Test, or AFQT, to determine whether they are qualified to serve, as part of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, better known as the ASVAB.

Under the Navy’s pilot program, the service will accept lower scores on the AFQT, between the 10th and 30th percentile, as long as the prospective sailor’s ASVAB individual line scores are still high enough to qualify for a Navy rating.

“The change means that prospective Sailors who have high enough ASVAB line scores to qualify for a Navy rating will not be held back by a low AFQT score, which can vary relative to how their peers did on the test,” Navy Recruiting Command spokesman Cmdr. David Benham said in an email.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/12/06/navy-lowers-entrance-exam-requirements-in-bid-to-get-more-recruits/
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Re: Navy lowers entrance exam requirements in bid to get more recruits
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2022, 06:41:34 am »
I think if they just push wokeness more they will attract more of the limited capability types. :facepalm2: 
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Re: Navy lowers entrance exam requirements in bid to get more recruits
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2022, 07:01:30 am »
We see daily reminders of this, where there are articles and events that show standards in this country are dropping rapidly at every angle.

I'll use a real life simplier example.  When is the last time you went to a fast food window, and they got it right?

More debris from impacts of wokeness, and left wing iron rule.
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Re: Navy lowers entrance exam requirements in bid to get more recruits
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