| Author | Message | ||
     Iman501 |
so i'm going to join the coast guard guys, not this coming monday but the one following i'm going to go take the asvab test! i've taken the practice one already, but the recruiter said that the practice one was just a really basic example of the test. what should i be expecting on the asvab? have any of you ever taken it? | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
I have taken it twice and fixing to take it again when i get back to the states because i am getting out of the army and going in to the airforce. I remember it having all kinds of random subjects to include math mechanics and all sorts of stuff just expect to have to answer all kinds of random questions. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I took it in 1983... it may have change a little since then... LOL and you will need to change your user name to swabbie or squid..... LOL I'm sure you'll do fine... | ||
| Ourdee |
I think I took it in 78. Figure out what you want to be. Recruiter will tell you what they need you to be. Don't go by the posters on the wall. Don't be a cook or a cop. Look for a job that will be in demand and pay well on the outside. Get all the school you can in there, MAKE IT A PRIORITY!!!. Don't buy a car once you are in, there is always a ride available. If you get KP, volunteer for pots-n-pans, it is automated. Don't volunteer for anything else. Feels like the first 3 days last 30. You only have to learn one thing at a time, don't get overwhelmed. The tests are easy, mainly show what you have an aptitude for. It is all what you make it. | ||
| F_skinner |
Iman501, there are a lot of sites and study guides for sale on the Internet... Like this site http://www.military.com/ASVAB They seem to have some good test taking tips. You are making a good choice. I work with the Coast Guard and DHS on a regular basis. I was talking to a USCG Captain a few years ago because we were both briefing the same group on different subjects. He had a lot of enthusiasm for the USCG and was getting ready to retire. He said something I never forgot. He said "if I had to do it all over I think I would have enlisted, the enlisted guys have all the fun." RD has me beat, I took the ASVAB in 1979. | ||
| Iman501 |
on the practice one i took there were like four sections (like a vocabulary section, a reading section, and two math sections) needless to say i'm horrible at math!!!! so that was kind of annoying, each section probably had like 15 or 20 Q's in it. i've got a buddy who is in the national guard who's my age, and he said that the practice one he took was somewhat of a joke compared to the actual test, he said that nomatter what you get on the practice you'll do much better on the real test due to the fact that there are a ton more Q's!, and there are more catagories. I've been doing a bunch of research and all on the coast guard, obviously its much smaller of a branch than the others, therefor theres not really any type of sign on bonous. and theres a list to get in (at least thats what i've read). I have a girl in my class who's dad is in the CG and is really high up in rank. she told me that her dad could actually recruit me and get me past the waiting list and have me in basic by this coming fall Get all the school you can in there, MAKE IT A PRIORITY!!!. I plan on that! if i'm going to have the opportunity to have somebody else pay for schooling i sure as hell wont pass that up! there are a lot of sites and study guides for sale on the Internet... Like this site http://www.military.com/ASVAB I've actually been to that sight before haha, now military.com continuously send me emails that i dont want! haha I chose the CG over the other branches b/c i love the water! i've been on swim teams all my life, life guarded since i've been 15, and like boating (done my fair share in scouting, and yes i am an eagle scout  lol) I figure that the CG will most likely keep me out of the desertand angry terrorists areas lol. and besides...my dad was in the CG to! | ||
| Teeps |
Don't over think the questions. Don't second guess your first answer. If you get stuck on a question, skip it and go on. When you finish, then go back to the question previously skipped. Oh yea, I took it in '71 (U.S.A. -drafted) (Message edited by teeps on February 21, 2010) | ||
| Brumbear |
I took mine in 1983 as well I am sure it's different now  | ||
| Sleez |
took mine in 1985, got the second highest score in the US, a girl in NY beat me!!! they re-tested me in bootcamp, thinking i cheated somehow, scored a bit higher the second time!! still never made it to college full time!! it's just a test, you will do as well as you need to! | ||
| Cityxslicker |
took it in 86. It made all the difference for rank into boot (I went in as E-3) and rate, and guaranteed schools. Rock that test and it will open the doors for you. | ||
| Sleez |
Cityxslicker, that's a fact! i was able to exit boot an E3, and was an E4 10 months later, then hit the MOS wall...got out with 6 years time in grade!!! | ||
| Fordrox |
Well in 1985 in the army the score didn't do anything for me, recruiter told me I got a 90 something on it and I still went in as E1 and exited basic as E1. he told me I did well enough to qualify for any job the army offered and they tried to push me for linguist school because of it. If I could only do the whole thing over again. | ||
| Phelan |
I took it in High school about 8 years ago. You only have to score a 31 to get into the military, but I scored an 84, so the following 2 years I was constantly pulled out of class by recruiters trying to talk me into their branches. | ||
| Bartimus |
ha ha frank, I took the test in 1971, ya bunch of puppies! | ||
| Joshinga |
Iman ... First off you can't use the name aforementioned "Squid, Swabby" those are reserved for us Navy Folk. You get the moniker of "Puddle Pirates and Coasty" no direspect just a fact of life. As for the ASVAB being that it looks like I'm the only one that has taken it in this half of the centuries (no offence to you old timers...lol ) It really an easy test If you're not a complete moron or lack any common since ( and we know you your not a moron you bought a Buell for god sake) You should do fine. Each branch of the military has their own guide lines that they go by as to what they look for. But the most common denominators are that the higher you score the more and better options you have for jobs. The CG has the smallest list of jobs of all the branches. Ourdee... hit the nail on the head with how to pick a job do your research and find what YOU what to do not what the meps guy want to give you and don't let them presser you into a job you don't like. They won't tell you this but you are under NO contract until AFTER you pick a school. Oh and by the way I just got back from a year long deployment in Kuwait/Iraq And believe it of not CG was there doing port security with us Navy guys, running the armory, and doing gate duty. So just because you're a Coasty doesn't mean you don't get your fair share of time in the sand box to go enjoy the desert heat.  (Message edited by joshinga on February 20, 2010) (Message edited by joshinga on February 20, 2010) | ||
| Tepiddeath |
I took the ASVAB in 96, scored a 98. The Navy recruiter wanted me to take the nuclear test, I didn't because I just wanted to ship out asap. I never ended up going however because my parents said they would disown me, thus creating a cunundrum for me... anyway the test was easy, and you just have to have some basic knowledge and skills, and you will do fine | ||
| Spacemonkey |
Imon501, congras on joing the CG! You may be meeting up with some of my friends up in Cape May, NJ.....they're company commanders! The CG really is a great service...it's all what you make of it though. Listen to Joshinga and take your time to figure out what you want to do. If you're lucky, you'll get a cutter out of bootcamp so you can really see what the different rates do. Like he said, we have a pretty small list of rates, so they all do a ton of work. The CG motto...do more with less. There's always the change you'll end up on the cutter going to the mid-east or the arctic ice breaker (that's where i'm going this summer), but you could also end up in KS. Good luck in bootcamp....try not to stand out too much and you'll be fine. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Squid, Swabby,Puddle Pirates and Coasty same same to us Jarheads.... A combat MOS (Military Occupational Skill) is damn near impossible to find on the outside.... I'm still looking for a Amphibious Assault Vehicle Section Leader job... its been almost 19 years since I got out and I still haven't found it. I will keep looking! YAT YAS!! | ||
| Boney95 |
How in the hell do you get out of boot camp as an E3? Then get E4 10 months later? It took most of us (Marines) around 3 years to pick up E4. Im not doubting you just asking. Wolf, I was a grunt in a Trac company. I hated those damn things, but were nice to see after a 15 mile or so hump. Nothing like cramming a whole squad in one, sitting in there for hours with the hatches closed sucking in diesel fumes. Our trackers took care of us though, good guys. | ||
| Spacemonkey |
Advancements go pretty fast in the CG any way. You only have to be an E3 for 6 months. I know people that have made E7 in less than 10 years. ridiculous, i know, but it can be done is certain rates. I've 13 in and will make E7 by the end of the year. | ||
| Brumbear |
My motto in the Army was 3 years in and an E-1 already Be all that you can be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding. The only advice I can give you that may still hold water is for the first few months anyway Listen don't speak unless asked and never ask why. You will understand if you just resist the temptation to ask why in good time. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
How in the hell do you get out of boot camp as an E3? Go into bootcamp as a pfc... how do you do that... back in the day, if you got 2 people to enlist... you would get PFC. If you had done that, then you got a meritorious promotion in bootcamp... squad leader.. guide.. or something like that. You could be a Lance Corporal on graduation. I went in on the "Quality Enlistment Program". I scored 126 on the ASVAB so I was offered the "QEP" I was guaranteed Corporal in 18 months and a bonus once I completed school.... The catch.. you had to enlist for 6 years and NO ONE in the fleet liked the program... WOO FU#KME HOO! They don't tell you that when you sign on the line. They look for anything to not give me Corporal and I can't blame them. You just don't know the ropes in that short of time. I picked it up in 2 years and they back dated my pay 6 months and that made for a nice check. I was deployed at the time and that made me eligible for sea pay... mo money mo money! I picked up SGT in just over 4 years and that was that. Went on terminal leave in April of 1991... sometimes I wish I would have stayed in (when I'm short on cash) but I just don't know what side of the dirt I would be on given what has been going on for the last few years.... Do I wish I would have stayed in... No.. do I wish I had the retirement.. You bet! long story short.. enlist in a job that wont get you shot at if you can. Stay in for 30 years. See the world. Get out and then ride ride ride. | ||
| Iman501 |
Well since im an eagle scout i know the military will give me an auto-rank advancement(from e1-e2 i believe) and i do have to research more jobs that the CG offers, i havent decided if i want to make a career out if it yet, i do know i will at least stay in long enough to get schooling! hopefully i do good on the test, it seems the general concensus is that its fairly easy. | ||
| Skinstains |
Do not ! I repeat ! Do not admit to ever trying or using any drugs, ever ! Tell them you've never even met anyone who has. It would serve you well to say you don't drink as well if asked. One day maybe 15 years from now while up for promotion that joint you said you tried once may be the only difference between you and the other guy. Your SRB will follow you like a well trained dog. Sorry, that's a Service Record Book. I wish I had joined the CG and became a Rescue Swimmer. Good luck, the next few years will be the best of your life, enjoy them. | ||
| Sleez |
hey boney, yes in the corps myself, E3 guaranteed some time, don't remember, after boot, E4 guaranteed after 13 months, guaranteed MOS and guaranteed coast choice! all part of the recruiting benefits of 1985! plus had to enlist for 6 years plus 2 inactive reserve!! it was affectionately referred to as the "Rent-a-Corporal" program, since so many guys got busted shortly after making E4, since they were not equipped to be NCOs! i was fine. QEP!!! (Quality Enlistment Program) i spent my first 11 months or so after bootcamp in school. the bad part was after making E4 (Cpl), the MOS was flooded with transitional folks from other MOSs, i ended up having 6 years as an E4, with no page 11s!! never even got in more than minor trouble, i had E5s in my shop, that i had more time in rank than they had time in service!! when i first got to the shop, we had staff sgts (E6) who were selected after 5 years!!! i thought i had it made, until the MOS flooded, we did not have a cutting score for 4 years, mine was over 3200 when i got out, six months later they finally promoted, at 3100!! (Message edited by sleez on February 21, 2010) (Message edited by sleez on February 21, 2010) | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Your right Sleez... it was E-4 in 13 months not 18... my brain is starting to fade. | ||
| Iman501 |
Do not ! I repeat ! Do not admit to ever trying or using any drugs, ever ! Tell them you've never even met anyone who has. It would serve you well to say you don't drink as well if asked. thats fine, i dont do either of those anyway! and yea i'm pretty excited about it all! | ||
| Nik |
Do not ! I repeat ! Do not admit to ever trying or using any drugs, ever ! Tell them you've never even met anyone who has. It would serve you well to say you don't drink as well if asked. I don't know how thoroughly they check into such things, but if they discover you lied at any point, say during a screening for a security clearance, it would look much much worse than just telling the truth. Of course its best for those things to just be the truth in the first place. | ||
| Iman501 |
no i'm not lying, i really dont do drugs or drink! | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I had an odd career, all technically 'Reserves' Boot at 16, in at E-3 Right to A school in Damneck, E-4 on graduation. Early test and billet for E-5 in 88, off to a war in 1990 with an E-6 Frock by end of conflict. Made 6 in 6 and then the wall fell. Damn Soviets. early billet'd out. (Nice FAT Bonus) Two years with the DoD / USMC in Bosnia at E-6... a fun 8 weeks in Quantico for OCS...(they kicked my old fat azz) Back to the Navy for Warrant.... They then cut the warrant program... Off to Washington National Guard for their Warrant program... Do initial traning and A section graduation... and hello 9/11 Off to the 'Stans... come back and upon return find that the warrant program for my track is gone. Took credit for 20 with 15 in, and get a reserve retirement when I am 67... May go back in after I get my Masters... If I can get my old fat azz back through boot. Seems they need 'linguists' again. |
