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Proud Poppa Alert (vanity)
me ^ | 5/13/2016 | lafroste

Posted on 05/13/2016 11:14:10 AM PDT by lafroste

Forgive the vanity. My son just got back from taking the ASVAB for military service. This test attempts to measure aptitude and abilities for service. The highest possible score is 99. The lowest score for a marine corp officer is 74. He scored a 97. That's the highest score I've ever even heard of. So, proud poppa alert.


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To: lafroste

Congratulations—I’m sure he’ll get to choose any career wants.

My son-in-law was one of those rare 99%-ers and they offered him a nuclear engineering position or anything else he chose.


21 posted on 05/13/2016 11:27:11 AM PDT by davandbar
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To: lafroste

Congrats and thanks in advance for his soon-to-be service.


22 posted on 05/13/2016 11:27:45 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: lafroste

That’s awesome!!!


23 posted on 05/13/2016 11:30:02 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: lafroste

Congrats! What branch? My son got 96 on it.


24 posted on 05/13/2016 11:30:13 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: lafroste

High five!


26 posted on 05/13/2016 11:30:55 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: NEMDF

He is looking at the Marines.


27 posted on 05/13/2016 11:31:23 AM PDT by lafroste
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To: lafroste

Here’s a funny for you.

My daughter, a lifetime Army Brat, was raised around military bases. When the time came for her to start dating, she had a lot of soldiers showing interest.

Once they actually asked her on a date, she had one question before she’d accept. “What was your ASVAB score?”

Under 94 and she’d tell them to ‘have a nice day’. (Daddy was MI, so she was a little biased.)

The hilarious part is that guys loved this screening process. She made a lot of true friends this way. She’s now engaged to (roll drums) an MI NCO.


28 posted on 05/13/2016 11:31:59 AM PDT by Marie (The vulgarians are at the gate! MAGA!)
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To: Oriental Girl

Hey! I resemble that remark.


29 posted on 05/13/2016 11:32:15 AM PDT by lafroste
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To: lafroste

Congrats.

You have a smart kid.

(My buddy and I aced it back in 78. I was already headed to a mil college and he was an ivy leaguer. The recruiters were calling us all summer!)


30 posted on 05/13/2016 11:33:22 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who dies)
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To: lafroste

Outstanding! Hope he does well (but you already know that he will).


31 posted on 05/13/2016 11:38:35 AM PDT by laker_dad
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To: lafroste

Nice.


32 posted on 05/13/2016 11:40:25 AM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: lafroste

Congrats...to your son and you!!! There is a reason they call them America’s “best and brightest”...and Thank God for them!!


33 posted on 05/13/2016 11:40:59 AM PDT by soozla (Truth prevails, regardless of who is willing to accept it ~ now or later.)
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To: lafroste
He scored a 97. That's the highest score I've ever even heard of.

Congratulations! I've only heard of one score higher than that ;)
34 posted on 05/13/2016 11:41:02 AM PDT by mmichaels1970 (Hillary lied over four coffins.)
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To: lafroste

Congratulations.


35 posted on 05/13/2016 11:46:09 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: lafroste

Did he tell you his GT score?


36 posted on 05/13/2016 11:47:08 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: PJBankard

He had an entire spreadsheet of various score interpretations. I don’t recall a GT but it is quite possible it was there. What is it?


37 posted on 05/13/2016 11:49:41 AM PDT by lafroste
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To: PJBankard; lafroste

Sorry, should have said congratulations, first.

I got a 91 on mine, the look on my recruiters face when I said I wanted to go into the 03xx field (Infantry) was priceless.


38 posted on 05/13/2016 11:51:30 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: lafroste

With such men among us, there is still hope.


39 posted on 05/13/2016 11:52:04 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: lafroste

General Technical. It’s one of the most important line scores for the ASVAB.


40 posted on 05/13/2016 11:54:21 AM PDT by PJBankard
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