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Expert: Rod Powers - 3/7/2006


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im looking to become a riflemen and eventually get into force recon in the marines, so how high on the asvab test do I need to score, do I need to score a lot higher then average?  

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Hi Jason,

See: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjo2/a/0311.htm

To become a rifleman you must score a minimum of 80 on the subtests of the ASVAB which make up the Marine Corps GT Score (word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, and arithmetic reasoning).  An 80 in this area is not a very high score requirement (for example, to become a commissioned officer, one needs a minimum score of 110 in the GT composite score area).

To become recon you must score a minimum score of 105 in the GT composite score area.  See http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjo2/a/0321.htm

For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my military information website at:  http://usmilitary.about.com

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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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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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).

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