Scraping the bottom of the barrel

[unixronin]

You know, it might be just me (or, it might not, since I found this courtesy of the inestimable MSgt wcg), but personally, it seems like a pretty good sign we're in real trouble if we're now having to accept recruits who scored only in the 16th percentile on the aptitude test.

That's what 34 states just did for Army National Guard recruiting.  And remember, it's a bell curve.  16th percentile takes in all but the very bottom tail of the curve.  You pretty much have to show up with a pulse and blood pressure, and be able to read and write.

Update:  As mazianni points out, the maximum recruiting age was also previously increased to 42.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I'm now afraid to ask what the standards were in the 80s.