The Army has been handing out ASVAB waivers for quite some time. Recently, they lowered the minimum score. I guess the idea is to reduce the number of waivers by accepting absolute bottom of the barrel recruits. It’s not going to help recruiting numbers. Young men from military families are not looking to be surrounded by fat stupid chits. It’s a very real danger.
In any endeavor, military or not, the raising of standards will attract more applicants/recruits.