Army ASVAB - Minimum Requirements, Scoring System and Re-Testing Policy

By John Phoenix

The Army has the lowest ASVAB scoring requirements of all branches of the military. You can enlist with an ASVAB AFQT score of 31 or higher whether you have a GED or high school diploma. Army is also the only branch that guarantees job assignments before you sign the enlistment contract.

When you have taken the ASVAB for military enlistment qualification, the item in your scorecard called the AFQT is what you need to focus on. The Armed Forces Qualification Test or AFQT is the combination of four ASVAB subtests-Word Knowledge (WK), Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), Paragraph Comprehension (PC) and Mathematics Knowledge (MK). The term AFQT may also refer to the score computed from these four components. It is sometimes referred to as the ASVAB score, but this can be misleading because an overall score is not issued for the ASVAB.

To determine which job you will qualify for, the Army looks at the rest of your subtest scores in combination with each other to indicate your aptitude for a given category.  Those categories are listed below with these corresponding abbreviations: Verbal Expression (VE), Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), Mathematics Knowledge (MK), Auto & Shop Information (AS), General Science (GS), Auto & Shop Information (AS), Mechanical Comprehension (MC), Electronic Information (EI)

Army Job Categories & Scoring Requirements

1.  Clerical Score (CL) = (VE)  +  (AR)  +   (MK)

2.  Combat Score (CO) = (AR)  + (AS)  +   (MC)

3.  Electronics Score (EL) - (GS)  +   (AR)  +   (MK) +  (EI)

4.  Field Artillery Score (FA) = (AR)   +  (MK)   +   (MC)

5.  General Maintenance Score (GM) = (GS)  +   (AS)  +   (MK)  +   (EI)

6.  General Technical Score (GT) = (VE)  +   (AR)

7.  Mechanical Maintenance Score (MM) =  (AS)  +   (MC)  +   (EI)

8.  Operators and Food Score (OF) = (VE)  +   (AS)  +   (MC)

9.  Surveillance and Communications Score (SC) = (VE)  +   (AR)  +   (AS)  +   (MC)

10.  Skilled Technical Score (ST) =(GS)  +   (VE)  +   (MK)  +   (MC)

Retaking the Army ASVAB

You may be allowed to retake the ASVAB under any of the following circumstances: the validity period of your first or previous ASVAB test has ended; your test results fall below the required scores for enlistment; or you failed to complete the ASVAB due to an unexpected incident that is not of your own fault or doing.

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