| The Army has the lowest ASVAB scoring | | | | Shop Information (AS), Mechanical Comprehension |
| requirements of all branches of the military. You can | | | | (MC), Electronic Information (EI) |
| enlist with an ASVAB AFQT score of 31 or higher | | | | Army Job Categories & Scoring Requirements |
| whether you have a GED or high school diploma. | | | | 1. Clerical Score (CL) = (VE) + (AR) + (MK) |
| Army is also the only branch that guarantees job | | | | 2. Combat Score (CO) = (AR) + (AS) + (MC) |
| assignments before you sign the enlistment contract. | | | | 3. Electronics Score (EL) - (GS) + (AR) + (MK) + (EI) |
| When you have taken the ASVAB for military | | | | 4. Field Artillery Score (FA) = (AR) + (MK) + (MC) |
| enlistment qualification, the item in your scorecard | | | | 5. General Maintenance Score (GM) = (GS) + (AS) + |
| called the AFQT is what you need to focus on. The | | | | (MK) + (EI) |
| Armed Forces Qualification Test or AFQT is the | | | | 6. General Technical Score (GT) = (VE) + (AR) |
| combination of four ASVAB subtests-Word | | | | 7. Mechanical Maintenance Score (MM) = (AS) + (MC) |
| Knowledge (WK), Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), | | | | + (EI) |
| Paragraph Comprehension (PC) and Mathematics | | | | 8. Operators and Food Score (OF) = (VE) + (AS) + |
| Knowledge (MK). The term AFQT may also refer to | | | | (MC) |
| the score computed from these four components. It | | | | 9. Surveillance and Communications Score (SC) = (VE) |
| is sometimes referred to as the ASVAB score, but | | | | + (AR) + (AS) + (MC) |
| this can be misleading because an overall score is not | | | | 10. Skilled Technical Score (ST) =(GS) + (VE) + (MK) |
| issued for the ASVAB. | | | | + (MC) |
| To determine which job you will qualify for, the Army | | | | Retaking the Army ASVAB |
| looks at the rest of your subtest scores in | | | | You may be allowed to retake the ASVAB under |
| combination with each other to indicate your aptitude | | | | any of the following circumstances: the validity period |
| for a given category. Those categories are listed | | | | of your first or previous ASVAB test has ended; |
| below with these corresponding abbreviations: Verbal | | | | your test results fall below the required scores for |
| Expression (VE), Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), | | | | enlistment; or you failed to complete the ASVAB due |
| Mathematics Knowledge (MK), Auto & Shop | | | | to an unexpected incident that is not of your own |
| Information (AS), General Science (GS), Auto & | | | | fault or doing. |