Nkhondo Zogwira Ntchito Zophunzitsira Zapamwamba (ASVAB) ndi mayesero angapo omwe apangidwa ndi Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo m'zaka za m'ma 1960. Batilo yakhala ikusintha pazaka, koma pakali pano ili ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zokhazokha: Chidziwitso cha Mawu (WK), Chidziwitso cha ndime (PC), Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), Mathematics Knowledge (MK), General Science (GS), Auto & Zogulitsa Zamalonda (AS), Kumvetsetsa Mankhwala (MC), Electronics Information (EI), ndi Assembling Objects (AO).
Mapulogalamu a usilikali amagwiritsa ntchito ASVAB kudziwa momwe mungakwanitse kumaliza maphunziro a usilikali komanso kudziwa ntchito zomwe mungakwanitse. Alangizi othandizira sukulu ya sekondale amagwiritsira ntchito ASVAB kukuthandizani kusankha ntchito zomwe sizinali zachikhalidwe zomwe mungakhale nazo.
Asilikali anayamba kuyesa ma CD a nkhondo pa Nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse. Pofuna kupereka njira zowonetsera zida za asilikali, ankhondo anakhazikitsa Army Alpha Test, yomwe inali ndi mafunso 212 osiyanasiyana komanso owona pazinthu zotsatirazi: mawu, chiganizo malingaliro, mavuto a masamu, nambala yochuluka, chidziwitso chodziwika, ndi "kulingalira."
Pamene zinaonekeratu kuti zida zambiri sizinathe kuwerenga kapena kulemba, choncho sichikanakhoza kusankhidwa bwino pogwiritsira ntchito Army Alpha Test, gulu linayambitsa Chiyeso cha Beta, chomwe chinachepetsera chidziwitso cha mawu ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zithunzi ndi zithunzi zokha.
Panthawi ya nkhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse, asilikali analowetsa mayesero a Alpha ndi Beta ndi mayeso a Army General Classification.
Mayesowa anali ndi mafunso 150 pa nkhani zotsatirazi: malemba, mavuto a masamu, ndi kuwerengera. Anthu oposa 9 miliyoni anagwiritsidwa ntchito pa nthawi ya nkhondo yachiŵiri yapadziko lonse. Chochititsa chidwi, kuti mayeserowa amasonyeza kuti 63 peresenti yokha ndi imene ingathe kuwerenga / kulemba pamwamba pa msinkhu wachitatu.
Panthawiyi, mayesero osiyanitsa chiyanjano anali operekedwa ndi a Navy ( Air Force akadali mbali ya ankhondo).
Pamene Congress inadutsa Selective Service Act mu 1948, adalamula kuti Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ikhale ndi mayeso oyenerera kuyesera kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito ndi mautumiki onse. Poyankha, DOD inakhazikitsa mayeso a zida zogonjetsa asilikali (AFQT). Chiyesocho chinali ndi mafunso 100 omwe angasankhidwe pazinthu zotsatirazi: mawu, masamu, kugonana kwapakati, ndi mphamvu zamagetsi. Mayesowa anaperekedwa kwa anthu kuyambira 1950 mpaka m'ma 1970. Mayesero osiyanawa amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga chiwerengero cha AFQT chiwerengero , ndipo ntchito iliyonse inaloledwa kukhala ndi miyeso yochepera.
M'zaka za m'ma 1960, DOD inaganiza zopanga masewera olimbitsa mchitidwe wa asilikali ndi kuyesedwa kwachiwerengero ndikuyang'anira masukulu onse a US High School. Mayeso a ASVAB anagwiritsidwa ntchito koyamba m'masukulu apamwamba mu 1968, koma sanagwiritsidwe ntchito polemba usilikali mpaka zaka zingapo pambuyo pake. Mu 1973, lamuloli linatha ndipo dziko linalowa m'nthaŵi yomwe anthu onse omwe amapita usilikali amakhala odzipereka. Zaka zitatu pambuyo pake, mu 1976, Bungwe la Aptitude Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) linayambitsidwa ngati bwalo loyesera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ntchito zonse.
Mu December 2002, DOD inachotsa maboma awiri kuchokera ku ASVAB ndipo idaphatikizapo mayeso amodzi.
Kuchotsedwa kunali Numerical Operations (NO) ndi Kuyendetsa Kuthamanga (CS). Kuwonjezeredwa kunali mayeso atsopano otchedwa " Assembling Objects ."