I am a recent college grad and was interested in joining the Navy to fly planes. I had no clue on what becoming an officer meant or what to expect on the journey to get there. The book gives you practice test for each branch of the military (navy army air force etc) for their entrance exams. I was studying for the ASVAB. If you have a basic understanding of math and take some time (about a week) to familiarize yourself with the test you'll do fine. The book also gave valuable info on different types of flight paths to go, ex. pilot, NFO. All in all if I had to do it again I'd probably purchase this book. However I found out later in my search online that you can actually download this book. I forgot which site it was but a few minutes to find it will probably save you a little bit of money in the end.

I got a 95 on the ASVAB without any studying or practice tests, so I figured I should get ready for some more advanced exams. The Navy test here is poorly written. You don't put arrows to point at a diameter in the shape of an arc on the inside of the gear so that it looks like the circumference. Where the hell did they learn how to draw these diagrams? Monkey school? This practice test is not as "advanced" as it functionally becomes. The difficulty is in attempting to even make sense of the hackneyed diagrams here. The Army flight practice test, in contrast, is well written, if perhaps a little too easy. I can breeze through that one. I haven't bothered much with the AF test yet. In spite of the problems, I'm giving it 3 stars because this is the one the officer recruiter will point you towards. There are no alternatives, other than maybe real flight training, flight sims, FAA books, and college.

This book is necessary for anyone who plans to take the AFOQT. Doing the timed practice tests a couple of times through really helps you get a good feel for the pace of the real test. The first time I practiced I ran out of time on nearly every section. I practiced again with the other Arco book (which has harder questions in my opinion) and got a lot faster. Finally, I took the actual AFOQT, finishing almost every section early enough to check many of my answers. I ended up getting a 99 on the Pilot, Navigator, Academic Aptitude, and Verbal sections. Quantitative was a 96. There is no way I could've gotten those scores without using the Arco practice tests.

I was surprised that this book was "on it" when it came to the test questions that they ask you. I can't speak how well it is when it comes to the other branch tests, but it helped me prepare for the test giving me a passing score.

One draw back of the book as far as helicopter knowledge it really fails to cover the basics for someone knowing nothing about helicopters. I suggest getting a book that explains the basics for beginners.

Another thing to point out if you don't mind ebooks you can view this book for free on the army warrant officer website. The whole book is PDF format.