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[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 46 points 3 months ago

The Army doesn't either. He scored highly on the test for that.

[-] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 74 points 3 months ago

The ASVAB tests for aptitude, hence the name, not the ability to step into a job without training. Looks up practice questions for the Mechanical Comprehension portion to see the kinds of questions that might suggest someone could be a good mechanic.

The U.S. army absolutely does provide training to its mechanics, and does not assume people know jack shit coming in. I scored high enough on the MM portion of the ASVAB to be one and don't don't know a damn thing about fixing vehicles.

[-] And009@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 months ago

That sounds like the responsible thing to do, with reasonable expectations

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

I thought the army gave recruits an IQ test and then trained them for what it thought they were good for.

[-] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 months ago

Some portions of the ASVAB have questions very similar to those you might find on an IQ test, but it is much more broad than just IQ.

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

My parents didn't let me or my sister to go to school on the ASVAB test day. They didn't want recruiters contacting them constanty.

[-] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

That's probably for the best.

I spent 4 years in the USMC and have a very complicated relationship with my time enlisted. There is a lot I'm proud of, but there's also a lot that would be nice to forget.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Did you file with the VA? If not, you need to. Get all the benefits possible.

I filed three times after getting out, got a lot of “we lost it, file again! Haha!” I told myself since all my limbs are attached, didn’t deserve anything. Someone finally convinced me otherwise and now I get a little extra every month as well as being able to go to the VA for routine stuff.

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 4 points 3 months ago
[-] fishpen0@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Wait. Some school districts actually have everyone take this by default? Our public schools kept the recruiters in a dark corner of an unused hallway behind the library and you had to actually go out of your way to talk to one to make an appointment for ASVAB testing

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

This was a long time ago, and in a city with a military base.

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