| Aside from the Coast Guard, the Air Force has the | | | | Mechanical Comprehension (MC) and Auto & |
| highest ASVAB AFQT score requirements for | | | | Shop (AS). The formula for the Mechanical score on |
| enlistment than any other branch of military service. | | | | the Airforce ASVAB is MC + GS + 2xAS ( so Auto |
| If you are taking the Airforce ASVAB, you will need | | | | & Shop is particularly important for a good |
| a minimum AFQT score of 36 if you have a high | | | | Mechanical job assignment. |
| school diploma and a 65 if you hold a GED. | | | | If you want an Administrative job assignment, you |
| The minimum ASVAB AFQT score for Army and | | | | need a good Verbal Expression (VE) score, which is |
| Navy is 31, Marines a 32 and the Coast Guard | | | | derived from you Word Knowledge (WK) and |
| requires a 40 for enlistment qualification. | | | | Paragraph Comprehension (PC) scores. |
| The Air Force offers a guaranteed job to about | | | | If you want a good General job assignment, you |
| forty percent of their new active duty recruits. Most | | | | want to maximize your Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) |
| enlistees are asked to choose one of four aptitude | | | | score in addition to the highest possible Verbal Word |
| areas from the beginning, and later assigned to a | | | | Knowledge (WK) and Paragraph Comprehension (PC) |
| particular job within that category. | | | | scores you can get. |
| Air Force Job Categories & Scoring | | | | An Electronics job assignment is probably the coolest |
| Requirements | | | | job assignment you can get but it is also the hardest |
| The four categories are Mechanical, Administrative, | | | | area to qualify for. The Air Force looks at General |
| General and Electronics and their system is referred | | | | Science (GS), Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), |
| to as MAGE. | | | | Mathematics Knowledge (MK) and Electronics |
| If you want a Mechanical job assignment, you will | | | | Information (EI) scores for an Electronics assignment. |
| need to do well on the General Science (GS), | | | | |