My friend's dad is an Army recruiter, and I showed a bit of interest in it so he took me down to the recruiter's office today. I spent a good five or six hours there, talking to different people, getting a general idea of which fields I could go into.
I took a practice ASVAB with a bunch of other prospective members. They scored between 36 and 50-something. "The test is a bit harder than the actual ASVAB, so don't sweat what you get," my recruiters told me. Taking it I wasted about five minutes on the math portions because it had been a year since I took a math course, and my brain had forgotten how to do it. Anyway, it caught on after a while and I tore right through it.
I got an 89. For those of you unfamiar with the ASVAB, a 76 or above basically qualifies you for any non-officer job out there - and whatmore this was on a "harder practice test."
I'm heading to Phoenix this weekend for my physical and the actual ASVAB test. My friend's dad will head out there with me and attempt to argue a good contract, which I have no doubt will be easy to get. I have no criminal record, I'm in great physical condition and I'll have a nice 80+ on the ASVAB.
I like the sound of, "Military Intelligence," don't you?
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Picking an MOS is weird. I picked an aviation job. Obviously, it's something useful and I enjoy it, but jobs like that are hard to get promoted in. Jobs that usually come with a bonus are hurting for people because they suck. But...you get promoted quick as hell and your initial contract is a lot shorter. And that coding part was easy...once I realized how it worked. I was hung over and had been awake for two days when I took the test. Scored a 90. I think I effed up the mechanical and cooking portions, but who needs that anyways?