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War Office Selection Boards, or WOSBs, (pronounced Wosbees) were a scheme devised by British Army psychiatrists during World War II to select potential officers for the British Army. They replaced an earlier method, the Command Interview Board, and were the precursors to today's Army Officer Selection Boards .
The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was a military training program instituted by the United States Army during World War II to meet wartime demands both for junior officers and soldiers with technical skills. Conducted at 227 American universities, it offered training in such fields as engineering, foreign languages, and medicine.
Here is our latest list of the world's toughest exams in 2019: LNAT (National Admission Test for Law) Of course, a law test had to make this list. It is a standard test that is used by top law ...
World War I and World War II created the need for this type of testing and provided a large body of test subjects. The early emphasis (World War I) was on determining the level of literacy among a heterogeneous group. Illiterates were given another test (Army Beta); some enrollees were interviewed.
Fox has unveiled the 16 celebrity recruits enlisted to participate in Season 3 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. When the reality competition returns to Fox on Wednesday, Jan. 8 (at 8/7c ...
Like the original British series, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test pits contestants against harsh environments all around the world in a shortened training course that is designed to replicate a number of elements of the actual United States Special Forces selection course, which is notoriously difficult and has claimed the lives of people who have participated in it.
Prior to World War I, knowledge relating to command of a submarine was passed on from a boat's commander to his replacement. [4] However high attrition rates during the war meant this training could not always be passed on, and the less experienced submarine commanders were in turn more likely to make errors resulting in their death and the loss of the boat. [4]
It has also been billed by Chinese state media as “the world’s toughest” college entrance exam due to its high stakes, competitiveness and intensity, with students pouring everything they ...