"Is the ASVAB … score the only indicator of success? We say it's not," Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz said.

Army Spc. Amber Abshire, center, a motor transport operator with the 593rd Sustainment Brigade's 513th Transportation Company, shares a light moment with a counterpart while solving math problems ...

Math is hard, but in the era of the smartphone, most of us can mitigate our lack of arithmetic skills with the digital abacuses burning holes in our pockets. As such, the Defense Department is ...

Since 1968, the military has used the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, to assess all incoming recruits. This single test predicts academic skills and determines what military ...

Defense Department restrictions on civilian travel mean that some potential recruits will have to travel farther to take the military’s entrance exam, as remote testing centers cut back hours or close ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. Veronica Beagle is the managing editor ...

With recruiting numbers not adding up across the armed forces, the Pentagon is planning to allow applicants to use calculators on the military entrance exam. No date has been set for the Armed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "How did someone like me who barely passed the ASVAB test end up here?" Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz said during ...

What is the ASVAB? The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery is a multiple-choice test, used to predict academic and occupational success in the military. You’ve heard taking the Armed Services ...