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Ustwo · 10-25-2007, 03:54 PM

The military itself seems to think intelligence is desirable – its Armed Forces Qualifying Test is essentially a measure of IQ. Test takers are divided into Categories I through V, with those of above-average IQ designated I through IIIa.

Category V scorers, the lowest 10 percent, are ineligible for military service (sorry, Forrest). Category IV scorers, who fall between the 10th and 30th percentiles, must have high school diplomas and can never make up more than 4 percent of a year's recruits.

For 2005, official government statistics indicate that 67 percent of Army recruits, 71 percent of Navy newbies, 68 percent of new Marines and 80 percent of Air Force recruits scored in Categories I through IIIa. In other words, a randomly-selected member of any branch of the military is more likely to have an IQ above 100 than a randomly-selected citizen of the United States.
http://www.chron.org/tools/viewart.php?artid=1347

That seems about right. I don't have the link anymore but I recall combat soldiers having higher IQ's than the army as a whole as well.

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Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	The military itself seems to think intelligence is desirable – its Armed Forces Qualifying Test is essentially a measure of IQ. Test takers are divided into Categories I through V, with those of above-average IQ designated I through IIIa. Category V scorers, the lowest 10 percent, are ineligible for military service (sorry, Forrest). Category IV scorers, who fall between the 10th and 30th percentiles, must have high school diplomas and can never make up more than 4 percent of a year's recruits. For 2005, official government statistics indicate that 67 percent of Army recruits, 71 percent of Navy newbies, 68 percent of new Marines and 80 percent of Air Force recruits scored in Categories I through IIIa. In other words, a randomly-selected member of any branch of the military is more likely to have an IQ above 100 than a randomly-selected citizen of the United States. http://www.chron.org/tools/viewart.php?artid=1347 That seems about right. I don't have the link anymore but I recall combat soldiers having higher IQ's than the army as a whole as well. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.