Opinion: It’s time for the military to rethink entrance examinations

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Opinion: It’s time for the military to rethink entrance examinations
Are recruits failing the ASVAB, or is the ASVAB failing them?
By Stew Latwin
Apr 5, 11:22 AM
Connecticut Army National Guard soldiers participate in a class to prepare them to retest and raise their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, scores in Middletown, Connecticut, August 6, 2020.
Connecticut Army National Guard soldiers participate in a class to prepare them to retest and raise ASVAB scores. (Sgt. Matthew Lucibello/Army)

Since 1968, the military has used the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, to assess all incoming recruits. This single test predicts academic skills and determines what military occupational specialty, or MOS, the recruit is qualified to perform in their service.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC Gary C. SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Patrick Burke PO2 Marco Monsalve Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Kim Patterson SPC Robert Coventry SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CPT Richard Trione SFC Ralph E Kelley SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell