Joining the Army isn’t a decision that can be made on the spur of the moment. Potential soldiers do need to make sure that they meet specific requirements before they try to join. Knowing what these requirements are before you meet with a recruiter can make the process a smooth one.

1. Requirements
To Join The
Army: Do You
Have What It
Takes?
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2. Do You Meet The
Requirements To
Join The Army?
• Joining the Army isn’t a decision that can be made on
the spur of the moment.
• Potential soldiers do need to make sure that they
meet specific requirements before they try to join.
• Knowing what these requirements are before you
meet with a recruiter can make the process a
smooth one.

3. General
Requirements To
Join The Army
• Potential enlistees need to have a high school
diploma.
• It’s possible to enlist with a GED, however
promotion opportunities will be severely limited.
• Soldiers who enlisted with a GED can improve their
advancement opportunities by completing at least 15
hours of college credit.

4. General
Requirements To
Join The Army
• Additionally, soldiers need to
be in good physical condition.
• They’ll need to pass a
standard physical, be in good
health and have good physical
conditioning.
• Perfect eyesight is not a requirement, even for
soldiers who want to go into aviation.
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5. General
Requirements To
Join The Army
• Lastly, there are age requirements to join the Army.
• Soldiers need to be at least 18, though it’s possible
to join at 17 with parent permission.
• Active Duty soldiers need to be between 17 and 42.
• Reserve soldiers need to be between 17 and 40.
• Guard soldiers need to be between 17 and 35.

6. What’s Not
REquired?
• Contrary to popular belief, it’s not necessary to be a
citizen to enlist in the U.S. Army.
• Potential soldiers do need to be a permanent legal
resident alien and hold a green card.
• Legal resident aliens may be restricted from
performing some types of Army jobs that require a
top secret clearance.
• Non-citizen U.S. nationals are treated the same as
citizens for enlistment purposes.

7. Army Jobs &
ASVAB Scores
• Before potential soldiers can
enlist, they need to take the
ASVAB.
• The ASVAB is a standardized
test that all potential military
servicemembers must take.
• Army jobs & ASVAB scores are directly related.
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8. Army Jobs &
ASVAB Scores
• ASVAB scores are broken down into the following
categories:
• General Science • Auto and Shop Information
• Arithmetic Reasoning • Mathematics Knowledge
• Word Knowledge • Mechanical Comprehension
• Paragraph Comprehension • Electronics Information
• Numerical Operations • Sum of Word Knowledge and
Paragraph Comprehension
• Coding Speed

9. Army Jobs &
ASVAB Scores
• The Army jobs list requires different ASVAB scores
for particular jobs.
• A soldier who’s going to be a machinist needs to
score well in General Science, Auto and Shop
Information, Mathematics Knowledge and Electronics
Information.
• Alternatively, a soldier who’s going to be an
accounting specialist needs to do well in Word
Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Arithmetic
Reasoning and Mathematics
Knowledge.

10. WhaT To Do First
• Before you look at the
Army jobs list, take the
time to learn about the
different requirements
to join the Army.
• Meeting with a recruiter
to learn more about Army jobs & ASVAB scores is
an excellent first step towards joining the U.S. Army.

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