Army Aptitude tests revisited

[0311Shooter]

Dave, you need to write a book, tell all about your travels, the sights you saw, what you lived through.

I have read books about guys in VN and all they did is just tell their stories, from beginning to end. They used a lot of cuss words though.

You could make a mint.

But you do need a catchy title. Something like "The Trials and Tribulations of DaveHH." Or, "I Ate Inch Worms and Bugs and Lived to Tell About It".

If you need help, let me know.

[DaveHH]

You are not clever and not smart, you bring a knife to a gunfight. It isn't amusing anymore.

[johannderzweite]

Dave,

I was wondering the same about my scores from 1969.

Often you do well when I do bad and visa-versa. If the comparison says anything, it's that you and I seem to have different parts missing, as the chart below shows.

your mine
IN Infantry Combat 123 108
AE Armor Artillery Engn Cbt 149 93
EL Electronics 117 125
GM general maintenance 135 108
MM motor maintenance 144 101
CL clerical 122 135
GT general technical 125 144
RC radio code 123 126

AR arithmetic reasoning 127 152
SM shop mechanics 139 88
PA pattern analysis 126 147
AI automotive information 150 90
AC clerical speed test [you only] 126
ACS [me only] 134
MA mechanical aptitude 132 124
EL electronics information [you only[me only]] 110
ELI 126
GIT general information test 147 95
CI classification inventory 121 86
ARC radio code 123 116

[Jim Tarleton]

Mike,
I don't know the answer to that but I do know the Navy formed the Marine Corps so the sailors would have someone to dance with.

Navy formed the Marine Corps? Nonsense. Washington was responsible for asking for the Marine Corps to protect the Navy. You are right. The Marines loved to dance with the Waves!

By the way, the Marines did give everyone an aptitude test, which qualified me for OCS.

jt

[FTIII]

Ah yes I remember Dalat so very well. Flew a days or two up that way. Some pretty far in places with some SF camps, I guess after this many years I can talk about some of that sort of stuff. I know what ya mean about the weight and food thing I went from 180 to 130-135 by the time I got home from my year of R&R in the Republic of South Vietnam. Having the apple two step for a year didnt help your weight either.

[Jim Tarleton]

Having the screaming meemies on patrol was indeed a bit rough. That big white rear end made a really good target, just ask old Bulldog from Mississippi. I sure felt sorry for the Corpsman. Having no TP made it worse. Went through a lot of socks.

jt

[FTIII]

Try havin them while your sitting behind a M60 in your Bell at a couple of thousand feet. It's a "experience" to say the least, a cheap thrill......not. Having Monkey butt bring back memories.LOL