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I want to join the navy but i have only a G.E.D and no college credits is there a way to just with just a G.E.D?
Hi Charles,
See my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/enleducation.htm
The Military categorizes GEDs as a "Tier II" education category. The Department of Defense (DOD) limits the number of Tier II recruits who can join at a maximum of 10 percent. Each of the services have set their own standards (within the DOD requirements).
During the last recruiting year, 96.4 percent of all new Navy recruits were Tier I (high school diploma, or at least 15 college credits). That means that out of the (approximately), 38,485 new active duty recurits the Navy accepted, only about 1,385 were allowed to enlist with a GED. I can pretty much guarantee that all of those applicants probably scored *very* high on the ASVAB (80 or higher).
Why do the services do this? Because they have years and years of studies that have definatively shown that Tier I recruits are almost twice as likely to sucessfully complete their first enlistment, as Tier II recruits. It's hard to argue with statistics.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my US Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
About.com US Military Guide
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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