Editorial policy
Every number on this site traces to a document that a military service published, and this policy sets out how it gets from the document to the screen.
Sources
The site uses official publications only: score tables, directives, manuals, bulletins and service messages from the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. It never copies a table from another website. Each calculator and chart lists its documents with their dates and the day they were read.
How tables are transcribed and compared
Each table was copied from the official PDF twice, by separate automated passes that did not see each other. The two copies were compared cell by cell, about 65,000 cells in all. A table is used only when both copies agree value for value.
Odd values in an official table are kept as printed. A table that looks wrong is not quietly corrected.
How calculators are tested
The calculators are tested against every printed cell of the official tables and against the worked examples the documents print. If a worked example disagrees with the table in the same document, the table value is tested and the difference is noted.
Rules that are not tables, such as pass marks, minimums and rounding, are quoted from the documents.
When documents disagree or say nothing
Where two documents disagree, the page gives both with their dates. For scoring, the official table is used over a worked example, and a newer directive over an older one. Where a document does not state a rule, the calculator page says so and says how the calculator reads it.
The site applies three readings across all its calculators:
- A result between two table rows earns the points of the highest row it reaches. Nothing is interpolated or rounded up.
- A result worse than the lowest printed row earns 0 points, and the event is not passed.
- Blank or dashed cells in a table are rows that cannot be earned in that column, so they are skipped.
Dates
Each page shows the rule set it scores, "Rules last checked" for the day the rules were compared with their source, and "Last updated" for the day the page last changed. When a service publishes a new table or directive, the page is updated and the service's change log gets a dated line.
Preparation and reading
Pages are prepared with AI assistance from the listed official sources, and are read by a person over time. A page shows a "Read by the team" line only after a person has read it.
Corrections
Readers can report an error by email at hello@militarypttestcalculator.com. A confirmed error in a table or rule is corrected and the page's "Last updated" date changes. The contact page lists what to send.
Money
The site shows no advertising today. The plan is to show Google ads later. Ads will never sit inside a calculator or look like results, and they will not appear on legal, contact or sitemap pages. Before any ad is shown, the privacy policy and terms are updated.
Independence
The site has no ties to any service, recruiter or supplement seller. It does not take payment to change a score, a rule or a ranking of any product. It is not affiliated with any military service.
Last updated on 12 November 2026.