03-26-2005, 11:50
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Dlab
I'm trying to find out where I can take the DLAB, or who I should talk to about taking it. So far all I've seen is that its a requirement to apply for SF, and that certain OBCs require that you take it as part of in-processing (Ordnance OBC, unfortunately, does not). Can anybody point me in the right direction?
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03-26-2005, 11:54
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Originally Posted by REMFlt
I'm trying to find out where I can take the DLAB, or who I should talk to about taking it. So far all I've seen is that its a requirement to apply for SF, and that certain OBCs require that you take it as part of in-processing (Ordnance OBC, unfortunately, does not). Can anybody point me in the right direction?
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Your recruiter or MEPS.
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03-26-2005, 13:14
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Your recruiter or MEPS.
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I took it at MEPS
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03-26-2005, 13:16
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Also, when you're active duty, any Army education center can administer the DLAB. They usually have certain days on which they do it.
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03-27-2005, 00:43
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I thought MEPS was the place to take it. Thats where I took it.
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03-27-2005, 08:39
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Looks like you have the answer.
This question should have been easily answered without asking it here.
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04-13-2005, 12:03
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thanks for all the replies.
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12-29-2010, 20:22
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Retest
Hello everyone,
This thread seems to be be the appropriate place to ask this question...Even if it is rather dated.
I was wondering about retesting procedures for the DLAB. I am scheduled for SFAS class 4-11 and recently took the DLAB. I was unaware, until now, that regulation states I will not be able to retest unless six months have passed.
I did not receive the score I wanted and was wondering if there is any possible way around this so that I would be able to test again once at SFAS. From what I understand the minimum accepted score is 85. Thank you for any advice or guidance on this subject.
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12-30-2010, 07:41
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Hello everyone,
This thread seems to be be the appropriate place to ask this question...Even if it is rather dated.
I was wondering about retesting procedures for the DLAB. I am scheduled for SFAS class 4-11 and recently took the DLAB. I was unaware, until now, that regulation states I will not be able to retest unless six months have passed.
I did not receive the score I wanted and was wondering if there is any possible way around this so that I would be able to test again once at SFAS. From what I understand the minimum accepted score is 85. Thank you for any advice or guidance on this subject.
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IIRC, there will be no language testing at SFAS.
You will be able to retest after six months.
Unless you get a waiver for the DLAB, you should not be eligible for SF training.
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12-30-2010, 07:49
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I was wondering about retesting procedures for the DLAB.
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Here's the link for playing 'Stump the Experts' - why not give them a try.
http://www.bragg.army.mil/sorb/
And so it goes...
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12-30-2010, 12:55
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Oddly, I never took the DLAB. I took my ASVAB (99) and was arbitrarily assigned a DLAB score of 55. I've never been asked to take it, even when joining the NQP program at B/1/20th SFG(A)
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12-30-2010, 13:14
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…I've never been asked to take it, even when joining the NQP program at B/1/20th SFG(A).
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The test isn't administered at the unit level, but at SFAS. Had you attended you would have taken the DLAB.
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12-30-2010, 13:34
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The test isn't administered at the unit level, but at SFAS. Had you attended you would have taken the DLAB.
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Simple enough. Thanks for the info.
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12-30-2010, 14:12
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Oddly, I never took the DLAB. I took my ASVAB (99) and was arbitrarily assigned a DLAB score of 55.
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Huh? I'm not trackin'. 
You could simply guess during the entire test and score better than a 55. I'm not sayin' nothing...I'm just sayin.
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12-30-2010, 18:49
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Huh? I'm not trackin'.
You could simply guess during the entire test and score better than a 55. I'm not sayin' nothing...I'm just sayin. |
That's my understanding as well. I just never took the test...but in looking over the paper they gave me at MEPS, which went with me to boot, it showed a DLAB score of 55. Then again, that may not be far off. Trying to learn even simple languages makes me crazy.
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