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holy shit. from elsewhere:
apparently they will take a high school senior / graduate into the Air Force with a 31 though and historically would take a GED with a 50. but now no GED needed.
the 31 for high school grads explains how my cousin got into the AF. he barely graduated HS and it was like a really big deal that he made it. the kid is not sharp in general, even less so on paper. if it weren't for the Employer of Last Resort, he'd probably be on the streets or in prison. but as career military, he's got a mortgage, is up to his eyeballs in unsecured debt and has multiple jetskis. a real american success story.
anyway, in my experience, the kids dropping out / getting GEDs were doing so not because they were dumb, but because their home situation was fucked. like they could drop out of high school at 16 and take the test for the GED and more easily emancipate themselves so they could leave their house, qualify for some meager assistance program distinct from their parents, or get a job not generally offered to a high school attendee. like, so really this is probably more about opening up the military route to people with really strapped circumstances.
anyway, further down the article:
god dam.
Just like the civilian world, the military needs people to be Janitors as well as Nuke Operators... It takes all kinds to make the world go round. There are probably at least a few people with decent enough intelligence (aptitude) but with little or no direction, or ability to finish HS get a GED that this might open some doors for, or allow them to 'get out' of their current situation. Maybe learn a new skill, get some education where otherwise they may have just floundered. Or they could just be cannon fodder :-/
It will be interesting to see how this works out.