ASVAB Test

Navy Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Requirements

The Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) score is only used for the determination of your eligibility to enlist. The AFQT is not used to determine what jobs or programs one may be eligible for. Acceptable AFQT score for enlistment of non-prior service (NPS) applicants is 35. NPS applicants with AFQT scores less than 50 must be Tier I (i.e.. Traditional high school diploma graduate, 15 semester hours of accredited college credit or other approved avenues - check with your Navy Recruiter for your education Tier status). If your Prior Service (PS) you may enlist with ASVAB scores obtained from your previous enlistment, regardless of your AFQT score, provided you are enlisting in the same rating last held, or meet line score eligibility for the rating you are enlisting. PS applicants not line score eligible shall be re-administered the ASVAB and processed with the new line scores, regardless of the AFQT score obtained. Other Service Veterans (OSVETS) with military training/skills directly convertible to a Navy rating may enlist in the directly convertible rating, regardless of your previous AFQT or line scores.

Authorized ASVAB Test Administration

Non-prior service applicants must be at least 17 years of age. If not 17 years of age or older, you cannot test. If tested by mistake before the age of 17, the test will be suspended for the 17 birthday, scanned and added to your record as invalid for enlistment purposes, and your retest eligibility starts from the date of test.

Whenever possible, military personnel (active duty, National Guard, and Reserve) will arrange to take the in-service ASVAB from your service’s Test Control Officer at a military installation; however, on a case-by-case basis, Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) commanders may authorize administration of an ASVAB for in-service purposes at their MEPS. You must submit a memorandum from your unit commander requesting the MEPS to administer an ASVAB. The memorandum must include;

1. Reason for retest.
2. State the member’s personnel records indicate eligibility to take the ASVAB
3. Include the address to which the results will be sent.

Standard ASVAB Retest Policy

- The retest policy applies to both enlistment and student testing programs without distinction. A mandatory test session in a high school does not waive this policy.
- Members of the Delayed Entry Program may retest if the ASVAB in Navy DEP requirements are met.
- When you answer at least one ASVAB question you are considered to have tested, retest date would be computed from that date.
- An ASVAB test within 2 years of any previous ASVAB test is a retest (including a student test) and will be counted toward the retest policy.
- When retested, a complete ASVAB is administered. This includes confirmation tests.
- If you have taken an initial ASVAB, student or enlistment, you can retest after 1 calendar month has elapsed (e.g., initial test taken on 2 July, you can retest on 2 August).
- If you have taken the first retest, whether student or enlistment, you can retest after 1 calendar month has elapsed (e.g., initial test taken on 2 January, first retest was taken on 2 February, you are eligible for second retest on 2 March). Third and subsequent retests can be administered after 6 calendar months have elapsed from the last test date (e.g., initial test taken 2 January, retest taken 2 February, second retest taken on 2 March, third retest is authorized 2 September).