U.S. Army Pfc. Oscar Gamboa, right, with the 593rd Sustainment Brigade's 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, solves a math problem during a Basic Skills Education Program class at the David L.

Math is hard, but in the era of the smartphone, most of us can mitigate our lack of arithmetic skills with the digital abacuses burning holes in our pockets. As such, the Defense Department is ...

What is the ASVAB? The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery is a multiple-choice test, used to predict academic and occupational success in the military. You’ve heard taking the Armed Services ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. Veronica Beagle is the managing editor ...

Connecticut Army National Guard soldiers participate in a class to prepare them to retest and raise ASVAB scores. (Sgt. Matthew Lucibello/Army) Since 1968, the military has used the Armed Services ...

As of 2026, the ASVAB has fully evolved into a computerized adaptive test, meaning the difficulty adjusts in real-time to your performance, and minimum score thresholds have been recalibrated for each ...

This potential change as to how the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, is administered could impact the ongoing bleak recruiting outlook for most service branches, though it’s ...

Preparing for military exams like the ASVAB works best with consistent, focused study supported by trusted resources. Official guides, interactive courses, and practice tests can sharpen skills across ...