I just re-read that Navy article from my last blog. This guy is scary smart.

"Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Robert Kilgore, who dumbfounded the staff with his blistering 99 ASVAB score and 3.95 grade point average."

Ok, the 99 ASVAB score isn't what got me (I scored a 99 on it also), but this guy went thru a 26 week nuclear power school (read in nuclear physics, heat transfer and fluid flow, high level calculus) and recieved a 3.95 GPA. This school is Monday thru Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm with an additional mandatory 35 hours per week study hall that must be completed outside regular school hours. (read 40 hours per week classroom time and 5 HOURS PER DAY, EVERY DAY,  7 DAYS A WEEK, FOR 6 MONTHS additional study hall time) Since the information is Classified, you couldn't take it home to study. I went thru this training and recieved a 3.42 GPA which was 6th in my class.

The GPA system doesn't work the same as it does in regular school. A 4.0 GPA is not recieving an "A" in all your classes. A 4.0 GPA in Nuclear Power School is PERFECTION!!!! No test questions answered incorrectly for 6 months.

This means that this guy got a 98.75% score for the school!!!!

And people think that enlisting in the military is a second choice for people who can't make it in college. I beg to disagree.

Well done, Robert Kilgore.

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