The 75% passing score on a literacy test was too high, and "minimum qualifications" required only passing scores in the 66%-to-70% range.

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The Navy has designed this ingenious system of enabling its sailors with a progression of knowledge gained by a minimum amount of time in each job and rank with a required set of qualifications before they can advance in their career.

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