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At a time when less than 30% of American youth are qualified to join the military ― and less than 1% are even interested ― the Pentagon’s top official wants to know whether decades-old accessions standards are still serving the force well. Those include the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a standardized test that measures language, math and other skills, as well as a long list of medical conditions that wholesale bar some prospective recruits from joining up.
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