As long as the ASVAB still controls what MOS they can get into, don’t have a problem with this. There are plenty that have a diploma that is meaningless anyway that get in.
The Feddies are trying to confiscate AR-15s and all semi-automatic rifles from normal, law abiding Americans and will be giving these high school dropouts M-4 Carbines, M-5 rifles and M-249 and M250 light machine guns. Sounds to me like the liberals’ favorite “mass shootings” will be moving from elementary schools to military barracks.
just making room for new infantry ...who will follow the UniParty orders to turn on flyover country when ordered
no accident this correlates with the revolution starting in Texas this week
In 1964 I dropped out of High School (at 17) and joined the Army (parents gave consent). Ended up as an Infantryman in Vietnam. Perhaps they knew something I didn’t know (LOL).
From the article:
“50 on the test is a relatively low score, with 31 being the minimum to qualify for service.”
50 is only low if average is low, which doesn’t make sense. 19 is actually the lowest score the military (at least the Navy) will take (very, very few openings per year). I put two of them in one time; they were my (black) zone supervisor’s nephews. The qualifying ASVAB score has always been flexible depending on recruiting success. I put in lots of people with 31 to 50 AFQTs. I know everyone on FR made a 99 when they took the ASVAB, but an AFQT of 31 means someone is literate and proficient in basic math. They’re not idiots.
So more money, a reduction in force size, lower standards and they still have trouble meeting their recruitment goals.
They clearly need to go to more Furry conventions, more Drag Queen Story Hours at public libraries and search for more chicks with two moms. Supply of those seems to be running low.
Meanwhile, the White Boys will be sitting out your next Neocon war. Enjoy.
They also must score at least a 50 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, an SAT-style quiz to measure a potential recruit's academic ability.
False. It assesses vocational aptitude, hence the name.