I got a 95 on my ASVAB

[Statikk HDM]

I'm joining the military and the test they give to new people, the ASVAB, got its ass whipped by me. 95/99. Boo yah.

[Laser]

What military are you joining?

[Statikk HDM]

The Army, trying to get Linguist/Translator.

[Zozo the Zrilufet]

Awesomes, you must be smarter than me then.

[Arxryl]

Congrats! and...uh... have a military E-cookie.

[mitsur]

Way to go, nerd.

Yes, stolen from SeaRex.

I just couldn't resist.

[Bullet Magnet]

Yeah, it sounds like they're trying to weed out the nerds!

Way to go.

[used:)]

Nice. Juniors at my school take them so I'm taking them this year. What kinds of things are on the test?

[Abeguy]

They've got you, Statikk. Good Luck.

the Iraqis always aim for the translators first.

[Nemo]

Send me war footage!
Please!

[Jarrardo]

Congradulations and goodluck.

[Statikk HDM]

Nice. Juniors at my school take them so I'm taking them this year. What kinds of things are on the test?

The one given in high school is for prospects and on paper. The CAT-ASVAB, the one taken before enlistment, is given on a computer.
Its scored from 0-99 with several "line scores", weighted scores taken from 3 or 4 of the 10 categories relevant to the job.
Its got 10 parts, 2 language, 2 math, paragraph comprehension, general science, electrical, mechanical, assembly, and a puzzle part at the end.
So if you wanted to be an electrician you'd have to get an X overall score and a Y score on the proper line,probably general science, one of the maths, electrical and mechanical.

[Laser]

did you know:
9 out of 10 translators get killed when they get something translated wrongly?
tis a true fact the man doesn't want you to know
only jokeing and well done that is a very high score!

[Paramite of War]

Maybe if you scored that high your talents are going to be wasted doing that.
Thats whats going though my head
Also if you do go make sure you read their emotions well.
And since you will be fighting the war verbally will you still have to take basic training?

[Nate]

What language can/will you speak?

Out of curiosity, how badly does a person have to do on the test before they're rejected outright?

[Statikk HDM]

You pretty much don't get rejected in the Army. They'll keep offering contracts to Joe Shitforbrains until he takes one or drops. You'd have to be a real idiot to get DQed from the Army because of intelligence.
No can do on the "War footage". For one, the contracts I'll be offered almost certainly won't be front line or even backline combat. And for two, the jobs I'm bucking for require SECRET clearance so I can't go around blabbing to my teenaged friends on a public BBS.

[mitsur]

What, are they paranoid one of us is planning a terroist attack on the US?

Then again, I can kind of imagine Patrick screaming "ALLAH AKBAR!" and blowing himself up in a busy shop.

[Statikk HDM]

No, its just that talking about say, radio frequencies, or vulnerabilities and the specifics of Army codes, just renders the whole thing pointless.

[Nemo]

Sorta like how we broadcast that stuff on TV?

[mitsur]

No, that's after it happens. Newspeople just save up the footage and then play it after the operation is finished, then plaster 'BREAKING NEWS' onto it.

[Statikk HDM]

Its not combat stuff, its stuff that isn't talked about on the television. When's the last time you heard all the nitty gritty about a counterintelligence operation, or what the specifics of a military sattelite are?