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4.6  Your Military Choices

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Test, ASVAB, is required of all individuals who are considering the military as a career path.  This test measures your natural abilities and assists the armed services in making the proper training placement for you.  Sample test.

What is Aptitude?

Aptitude can be defined as capabilities you have developed that indicate your readiness to become proficient in a certain type of activity (given the opportunity.) This may refer to your capacity to learn a particular type of work, or to your potential for general training. The ASVAB measures aptitudes that are related to success in different jobs.

Military Careers

The jobs available to enlisted personnel in the Military are divided into 13 different job categories. These are listed below, and you can get more information about each job by clicking on its title. Enlisted Job Categories - no college requried.   Administrative Combat Specialty Construction Electronic and Electrical Equipment Repair Engineering, Science, and Technical Health Care Human Resource Development Machine Operator and Production Media and Public Affairs Protective Service Support Services Transportation and Material Handling Vehicle and Machinery Mechanic Career Profiles of Enlisted Personnel If your son or daughter wants to see what a real-life career in the Military can be like, introduce them to these five people. They represent a cross-section of services, backgrounds, and occupations. Dorothy Hartsfield — Army Justin Glymph — Marine Corps Juan Delgado — Navy Brian Goelf — Air Force Ray Kanakis — Coast Guard

The jobs available to officers in the Military are divided into nine job categories. These are listed below, and you can get more information about each job by clicking on its title. Officer Job Categories - 2 or 4 years of college required.   Combat Specialty Engineering, Science, and Technical Executive, Administrative, and Managerial Health Care Human Resource Development Media and Public Affairs Protective Service Support Services Transportation Career Profiles of Military Officers Meet five officers who made their careers the Military. They did it because it offered challenge, variety, change, and adventures. They did it because it matters. Dwayne Johnson — Army Theresa Alvarez — Marine Corps Janice Kendall — Navy Larry Cannon — Air Force Ben Travis — Coast Guard

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Test Series

A 3 digit code used to identify the test administered to an individual. Applicable codes are:

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