i always figured the body proportions were mostly for gear. they only have so many sizes of vest and uniforms and shoes etc. thats why you dont see active soldiers with peg legs cause that would cause chaos on the DSR or known to us civies as department of shoe requisition.

What is this ASVAB? It sound quite similar to the BARB (British Army Recruitment Battery) I done with getting a score and all that.

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.

I've never taken it. All I know is that my roommate my freshman year in college got a 72 and called his mom to tell her that he got a "really high score" and I laughed.

The thing i don't understand about the weight/height thing..i was/am very compact and up until i stepped on the scale after they make you run around in your BVD's,they were ready to fail me and one of the dudes said your heavier than you look we didn't think you would pass.

If i had been 5 pounds lighter i would have failed,but i had been that much lighter not to long before that and was in the same physical condtion.

It makes no sense.Then again this was a while ago..do they still hand out bibles?

I dont know for sure, but my guess would be no, because in todays day and age of "political correctness" :grad: we shouldnt generalize that everyone is Christian and blah blah blah...people will always find something to complain about but your right about the wieght thing, in my opinion if you're healthy and can preform as physically well as the other soldiers it shouldnt matter how big or small you are. Its probably just for equipment as I cant imagine they have many uniforms for 400 pound guys being too light should never be a problem though. But Im not former military (yet) so what do I know?

Does who still hand out Bibles? Never got handed one in the military! ('92-'95)

As to the height/weight: depending on what you're doing, I can see low weight translating to not enough energy or energy reserves. Also, be well-rounded and make them want you; if you're close to the limits, show that you're a keeper. I was nearly rejected for being too heavy for my height. I was in excelent shape, but not the best shape for the Army.

Also, where there's a will, there's a waiver

When I was at basic they had services for every religion. To quote one of my drill sergeants "Tomorrow is your first Sunday here, they will have services for everyone, hell we even have to let you have service if you practice "Wicca" we'll let you have some type of little service....somewhere..probably the little field....if there's enough of you..just don't be sacrificing anything" Yea there was ONE in our company and she never said anything about it after that night so they never did it. As for handing out bibles if you ever went to any of the services they always had boxes of ACU colored holy bibles and little ACU New Testaments.

We had a guy, turned out to be a real nice dude, but he didn't really believe in religion or any sort of practice other than karma. Low and behold our drill sergeant was a devote religious person. For his punishment, he had to clean the barracks as we all went to service. Heh, next sunday rolls around and there was the poor SOB in the front pew.

Lol....I wouldn't call that punishment. Anyone who didn't go to service had "Barracks Maintenance" I never went, just we had downtime between breakfast and when the people got back from services(some of them late) so we always cleaned. Better then being outside at the time when it was anywhere from 10-20 degrees.

Seriously. Get to stay in the barracks while the division is off somewhere else? Best moments in boot camp ever. As far as religion goes my Chief didn't care at all. When we got our dogtags he told us to tell him if the social, name, or blood type were wrong, but he didn't care about the religion because that was just the prayer you got after you died. Well lo and behold one guy raises his hand and says "Chief, my religion is wrong."

He ended up doing 8-counts, shouting "MY RELIGION IS WRONG" at the top of every set.

I don't remember my total score either. It was a long time ago. But I did go into the military and so glad I did. That is the one decision I never regretted. I honestly believe it is a calling. It changed my life for the better.

I havent taken it, but im kinda curious as to what kind of test it is, like what all is on it?

Haha, yea, mine just says no Christian-no demonation. Wrong but I dare not say anything. I remember cleaning weapons one day and DS put us in the front leaning rest. Someone said "but we can't clean our weapons" so.....we spent the next 40 minutes cleaning them in the front leaning rest when he would of let us up after a while.

Ah, sounds alot like the http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/psp/stage1/pages/barbtest.aspx then (Feel free to call me names if it's not). I found some parts of it surprisingly difficult, and other parts caught me out, making me jab at the screen in shame

It seems very similar. The ASVAB is mainly a general knowledge test of mathematics, science, word knowledge, english comprehension, electronics, mechanics, and general shape building (which I wonder why that is even on there. All you do is assemble shapes into correct pieces?)

I believe any junior/senior or even a sophomore in High School can pass the ASVAB.

What would you have to make on it to get into the U.S.M.C?

I don't know, but perhaps one of these links could help
http://www.google.com/search?q=usmc+asvab+requirements&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=

60 or above minimum nowadays. Higher if you're wanting "smart people" jobs (Intel, aircraft mech, UAVs, etc) We're downsizing right now, recruiters are only having to sign up 1 or 2 a month, so they can be picky.



Got a 94 when I took it.

is there a way to look up the scores somewhere? i think i remember taking it but that was almost 20 years ago and i have no idea what my score was.

Thanks

I just want to be a grunt so I guess 60 would be it.

Heh...[insert marine corps joke here.]

But seriously, try to expand on your options before picking infantry. They usually get the sharp end of the stick...

That why I'm joining the Marines.

This was back in the day,well my day anyways,and there would be a couple guys standing around(in uniform) asking what branch you were going into and what your religion was and they would hand out bibles.

I thought it was pretty cool because those dudes were the nicest ones you'd meet that day.

I'm sure things have changed which is why i asked.