Recruiting Shortages Force Army To Lower Bar, Will Accept Soldiers Who Score In 16th Percentile...
The Los Angeles Times :
Facing recruiting shortages brought on by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has decided to accept a greater number of recruits who score near the bottom of military aptitude tests, the secretary of the Army said Monday.
Coming off a recruiting year in which the Army fell short of its goal of 80,000 active-duty soldiers, Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey announced that the Army would allow up to 4% of its recruiting class to be Category IV recruits — those who scored between the 16th and 30th percentile in the battery of aptitude tests that the Defense Department gives to all potential military personnel.




First Posted: 10- 4-05 08:16 AM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM