<p>do you guys think soldiers in all the armed forces should take a standardized test to determine relative rank. it sounds immoral but it was just a thought i was having</p>
<p>like what kind of test? SAT like?</p>
<p>well aptitude tests i guess…iq tests maybe…idn just something to gauge their potential/relative intelligence</p>
<p>Just curious… Do you know many people in the armed forces?</p>
<p>A test would do nothing. What determines your rank is doing your job, just like any other career.</p>
<p>yea 3 cousins in the marines. And all im doing is posing the question of how this could be used and could even possibly be used</p>
<p>How do you measure bravery, loyalty, tenacity, attrition, determination etc in the form of an IQ test?</p>
<p>no. the army is a career where rank has to be earned.</p>
<p>it doesn’t matter how intelligent they might be, if they don’t have what it takes to unleash that potential.</p>
<p>Maybe to set a minimum cutoff, like you need a certain number of points on a physical/mental test to do a certain job.
Things like bravery won’t do much for a soldier if he can’t run ten feet without breaking a sweat.
But they probably already have that sort of stuff.</p>
<p>yea fizix has explained what im trying to say…its like you dont wanna put a sniper into the hands of a person thats not capable of handling such a weapon…im really not trying to discredit the soldiers in anyway …like i said i have 3 cousins in the marines…im just saying the possibility of an aptitude test would open doors for potential</p>
<p>fizix, you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to join the army. I think the cutoff is mental retardation, terminal illness, dementia. I am pretty sure those are already a disqualifying factors. People who can’t run 10 ft without breaking a sweat fail the imposed physical fitness standards of joining the armed forces.</p>
<p>Also, the training ensures the soldiers are capable of operating equipment and are in suitable physical and mental condition to do their duties. </p>
<p>For the tougher stuff, they do have aptitude tests, such as the Military Flight Aptitude Test.</p>
<p>don’t they already have one of those? some guy tried to recruit me and he gave me a mock test.</p>
<p>Thats like saying that IQ is the predetermining factor in life sucess, which everyone with open eyes knows is not true.</p>