Reply #29: I spent nine years in the Army. My husband is retired Army. My son is [View All]

[Miss Chybil]

in Afghanistan, right now. We all took the ASVAB in high school and again when we went to the recruiter's office. (None of us enlisted right out of high school.) Here is my feeling on this subject:

If you don't want what the military has to sell, don't buy it. Nobody is shanghai-ing anybody into the military these days.

For what it's worth, I wouldn't buy it today, and my son is getting out next year. He will have served 10 years. I don't think anybody needs to be afraid of the test, but I don't believe anybody should be forced to take it, either.