{"id":2006287,"date":"2023-08-20T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-branches-to-adopt-new-entrance-standards-after-failing-to-hit-recruiting-goals\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T13:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:19:06","slug":"military-branches-to-adopt-new-entrance-standards-after-failing-to-hit-recruiting-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-branches-to-adopt-new-entrance-standards-after-failing-to-hit-recruiting-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"New entrance standards to be adopted by military branches due to recruitment goals not being met."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-branches-to-adopt-new-entrance-standards-after-failing-to-hit-recruiting-goals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Pentagon to Allow \u2064Calculators on Military\u200b Entrance Exam<\/h2>\n<p>The Pentagon has \u2063announced a significant change to the Armed Services Vocational\u200c Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), the military&#8217;s entrance \u2063exam. According to \u2064Military.com, new\u2063 recruits\u2062 will now be allowed\u200b to use calculators during the assessment.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200cdecision comes as the military faces\u200d a \u200drecruiting crisis, with a growing number \u200cof applicants failing to meet the necessary qualifications. Additionally, there\u200b have been criticisms that the military has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-branches-to-adopt-new-entrance-standards-after-failing-to-hit-recruiting-goals\/\" title=\"New entrance standards to be adopted by military branches due to recruitment goals not being met.\">embracing left-wing agendas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are taking\u2063 a systematic\u200d approach, which will assess the impact of calculator use, and we are \u200cdeveloping a way forward for calculator inclusion,&#8221; \u200bsaid one Pentagon\u200b official.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While a specific timeline \u2063for\u2063 the implementation of calculators on the \u2064ASVAB has not been \u2062provided, this change marks a significant departure from the exam&#8217;s traditional\u2064 format, which has remained largely unchanged since its introduction \u2063in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has been\u200c cautious about \u200dimplementing this new policy due to concerns \u2062about lowering standards \u200cfor enlistment. However, with a growing\u2062 number of \u2063applicants failing to meet academic or \u200bphysical \u200drequirements, the \u200bneed for adjustments has become apparent.<\/p>\n<p>Recent \u2064data from the \u200bPentagon reveals that 77 percent of young Americans do\u2062 not\u200b qualify for military service,\u200c citing reasons such \u200bas drug use, obesity, mental health issues, and poor performance on aptitude tests.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u2062 the military has\u2063 faced criticism for its embrace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-fight-conservative-school-board-member-blows-the-lid-off-inner-workings-of-the-lefts-monopoly-on-education\/\" title=\"America's Fight: Conservative School Board Member Blows the Lid off Inner Workings of the Left's Monopoly on Education\">left-wing agenda items<\/a>, including diversity and inclusion policies, as well as \u2062LGBTQ-related programs. These factors have contributed to a decline in public confidence in the military, with only 60 percent of Americans expressing trust in the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The recruiting\u2062 crisis\u200b has affected all branches\u2062 of the \u200bmilitary, particularly the Army, Air Force, and Navy.\u2063 Despite efforts to meet recruitment goals, these branches are expected to fall short \u200donce again\u200b this year.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2064of now, the Pentagon has\u200d not\u200c provided a comment \u2064on this\u2064 new\u200b calculator policy.<\/p>\n<h3>Disclaimer:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All\u2063 content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire \u2063service, is available without charge to any \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, \u2063our reporter\u2019s byline and their \u200bDCNF affiliation. For any questions \u200dabout our guidelines or partnering\u200b with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pentagon-make-entrance-exams-even-easier-recruiting-crisis-deepens\/\">Military Branches to Adopt New Entrance Standards After Failing to Hit Recruiting Goals<\/a> \u200dappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200b Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon will permit calculators on the military&#8217;s entrance exam, making it simpler for new recruits. 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