US military recruiting is scrambling to meet goals. Now it seems allowing potential recruits to use electronic calculators for entrance examinations may be the ticket to fewer disqualifications. And why not? It may be grasping at straws, but the stakes are critical for achieving and keeping required force levels. Furthermore, the rules for taking college entrance tests like the ACT and SAT allow for handheld calculators.
To some extent, all military departments are experiencing a recruiting crisis, and not one has broken the code in persuading young people to wear a uniform and stay. Writing for Fox News, Michael Lee said:
“The Pentagon is considering a policy that would allow military applicants to use calculators on entrance exams as it continues to seek a way to combat the ongoing recruiting crisis … The new policy would change how applicants take the Armed Services Vocational…
