DoD Directives
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DIRECTIVE |
NUMBER 1145.1
January 22, 1986
Certified Current as of November 21, 2003
ASD(FM&P)
SUBJECT: Qualitative Distribution of Military Manpower
References: (a) DoD Directive 1145.1, subject as above, September 13, 1967 (hereby canceled)
(b) Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. app 451 et seq.)
(c) Army Regulation 40-501, "Standards for Medical Fitness"
1. REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE
This Directive reissues reference (a), and establishes policy governing qualitative distribution of manpower accessions to the Active and Reserve Military Forces.
2. APPLICABILITY
This Directive applies to the Military Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and their Reserve components.
3. DEFINITIONS
3.1. Chargeable Accessions. Accessions or inductions into the Active Forces of any of the Armed Services, excluding aviation cadets, officer candidates, members of the Reserve Forces components entering active duty for service with an active component, and persons exempt from induction under section 6, reference (b). Chargeable accessions also include volunteers entering the Reserve components.
3.2. Physical Standards. The minimum physical standards for acceptance of chargeable accessions are established in Chapter 2, reference (c). Any substantive changes to the standards must have the approval of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) and the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) after coordination with the Military Departments.
3.3. Aptitude Standards. The minimum aptitude test score for acceptance of chargeable accessions is a score of the 10th percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), which shall continue to be the basis for determining entry qualifications for chargeable accessions into the military. For reporting purposes, scores on the AFQT are grouped into six broad categories. Persons who score in Categories I and II tend to be above average in trainability; those in Category III, average; those in Category IV, below average; and those in Category V, markedly below average. AFQT categories and their respective percentile scores (during peacetime as well as mobilization) are as follows:
| AFQT Categories | AFQT Percentile Scores |
| I | 93-99 |
| II | 65-92 |
| IIIA | 50-64 |
| IIIB | 31-49 |
| IV | 10-30 |
| V | 1-9 |
