Minimum ASVAB score
- GT 110 and ST 112 and ICTL 60
Minimum AFQT
31
What a 17C Does
Cyber operations specialists carry out defensive and offensive operations in cyberspace for the Army. The work involves analyzing networks, finding and fixing weaknesses, and supporting missions against real threats. It is one of the Army's most selective jobs, with a Top Secret clearance, a polygraph and a long technical training pipeline.
Scores That Count for 17C
- GT (General Technical) = VE + AR. Study: Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Arithmetic Reasoning
- ST (Skilled Technical) = GS + VE + MK + MC. Study: General Science, Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Mathematics Knowledge, Mechanical Comprehension
Army line scores average 100, and most people score between 60 and 140. Besides the main sections listed, the Army formula gives a small weight to your other sections too.
Other Requirements
- Top Secret/SCI clearance eligibility
- Must be able to pass a counterintelligence polygraph
- U.S. citizen
- Score 60 or higher on the Information Communication Technology Literacy (Cyber) test
- Some ways into this job use ICTL, which is given separately from the ASVAB.
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