[Arsik]

Yeah... Tomorrow, I will be taking the Armed Sevices Vocational Aptitude Battery, or more commonly called the ASVAB. If you couldn't tell from the first two words in the name, then it's basically the SAT's for the Military. If you want to join the U.S. Military (like me), then you WILL take this test.

The ASVAB tests two main things. There's the Arithmetic Reasoning (Adding and Subtracting), Word Knowledge (Vocabulary), Paragraph Comprehension (as name implies) and Math Knowledge (Word problems). These make up the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), and determine which branches you are qualified for. From lowest to highest score required are Army (31), Marines (32), Navy (35) and both the Air Force and Coast Guard need a score of 36.

The second thing the ASVAB tests is the Vocational ability of the potential recruit. This will determine whether you will become a Nuclear Submarine Technician (an example if you're interested in the Navy), or just ending up being Infantry (Foot Soldier).

As I said earlier, I will be taking this tomorrow. I will be waking up at 5:30 in the morning to prepare for the Army recruiter to pick me up at my house at 6:15ish. I will then be traveling to Burlington, VT on the other side of Vermont. Then I will be in a room taking this test practically all day (I think).

If there are any Vet's here who remember their ASVAB scores, you can post it here. And since I haven't seen any Military threads on MG either, so you can talk about it here as well.

Wish me luck.

[julie4230]

GOOOOOOOOODDDDD LUCCCCKKKKKKK
what saddens me is that if you join the military... then that means that youll have less mabinogi time T-T

[D3mi]

Originally Posted by julie4230

GOOOOOOOOODDDDD LUCCCCKKKKKKK
what saddens me is that if you join the military... then that means that youll have less mabinogi time T-T

LOL
It would be sooo wierd if they caught u playing mabinogi tho...
killing lil foxes and raccoons lol

[Arsik]

First of all, thanks to all who wished me luck, whether it be on this thread, or in your head... That probably helped with the test since I don't test that well.

Second of all, my scores. *Drum rolls*

I'll list the scores in order of highest to lowest and in alphabetical order. A * denotes a category that measures the AFQT.

*Arithmetic Reasoning: 69

General Science: 69

Electrical Information: 68

*Math Knowledge: 67

Assembly of Objects: 64

*Paragraph Comprehension: 64

Mechanical Comprehension: 62

*Word Knowledge: 57

Auto/Shop: 55

^Note: I'm not sure what the max score for each category is, but I guess that it's pretty close to 70.

For the AFQT (which if you recall, was what determines which branches you can join), I scored a 96/99. That impressed the recruiter that brought me to Burlington, for that's the highest score he's seen.

So basically, I can join any branch of the Military that I want, and I can pretty much do any job the Military offers, pending a background check for the more Top-Secret, High Clearance jobs. AKA no front lines for me to be marching in.

Originally Posted by julie4230

what saddens me is that if you join the military... then that means that youll have less mabinogi time T-T

Tell me about it, as if I haven't missed enough Mabi time as is. >.>

Originally Posted by D3mi

LOL
It would be sooo wierd if they caught u playing mabinogi tho...
killing lil foxes and raccoons lol

Not really. Even though I may be an active service soldier, I do get time off. I get 30 days a year of leave time, plus National Holidays. Plus who knows, there might be someone else in my outfit that plays Mabi as well.

But the weird thing will be when I get back in game is that I'll be killing the li'l foxes and coons to get back in shape for Mabi. That's sad for someone who was once looked upon for questions about being a Ranger, despite me being a WM user. (Also was one of the highest ranked WM users of the non veteran players.)