Do you want to join the US armed forces? To enlist in the United States armed forces, you must take an entrance examination called the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The ASVAB test helps the military determine your qualifications for enlistment. The ASVAB first appeared in 1968. By 1976 it was required by all branches of the military. The test was completely redone in 2002. The ASVAB test is a multiple choice exam that is intended to measure your competency in four main areas: Verbal, Math, Science and Technical and Spatial. To evaluate your aptitudes in these areas, you are given a series of questions in ten different categories, as shown below: