Street-to-Seat guidance for Army aviation applicants, from Benyamin Louwrens
Build a route that feels clear: in testing, in your packet, in the room.
Where are you now? (1/6)
“Active Duty and Guard routes run through different people and timelines. We start with your situation and map the route that fits you.”
At the heart of this guidance, the Street-to-Seat route is a cycle of five elements: Testing, Packet, Recommendations, Board, and the Seat.
We use those five to find where you are and what moves your application next. Application planning, test prep, and recommendation strategy, built around your route, your timeline, and the people who actually decide your future.
Street to Seat: The Test, the Packet, and the Board
I’m a California Army National Guard Street-to-Seat applicant. I’ve worked through testing, built my application, earned substantive recommendations, and reached a selection-board date.
I funded my flight training while working multiple jobs, and learned how to approach people, prepare for the right conversations, and keep an application moving.
How I help
Start with a conversation
Tell me where you are in the process. The first conversation is free; further help is scoped and priced together afterward.
No payment. No obligation. Just a starting point.
Independent, personal guidance from a current Street-to-Seat applicant. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Army or National Guard. Selection remains with the military.
Highlighted results
- 2022, EAA Advanced Air Academy, full scholarship
- ASVAB 93
- SIFT 61
- Four honors associate degrees, Cuesta College
Fixed-wing hours plus Robinson and Bell 47 helicopter experience. Now studying economics at SDSU.
How inquiries are handledFrom my application recommendations (1/3)
“Benyamin Louwrens displays the characteristics and traits that we seek out when looking for future Flight Warrant Officers.”
Excerpts supporting my WOFT candidacy. Writers’ identities remain private.
The SIFT
Seven subtests in one sitting, scored 20 to 80. A 40 qualifies, and once you qualify you can’t retest, so the score you walk out with is the one you keep. Here is what each part asks.
- 01 / 07SDSimple Drawings100 questions · 2 min
Pick the one figure that is different from the rest.
Fast. Wrong answers cost points, so don't guess.
- 02 / 07HFHidden Figures50 questions · 5 min
Find which simple shape is hidden inside a complex drawing.
Fast. Wrong answers cost points, so don't guess.
- 03 / 07AAITArmy Aviation Information40 questions · 30 min
Aviation terms, aircraft components and function, basic aerodynamics, basic flight rules.
Blanks count wrong. Guess before time runs out.
- 04 / 07SATSpatial Apperception25 questions · 10 min
Read the view from a cockpit and pick the aircraft's orientation in 3D space.
Blanks count wrong. Guess before time runs out.
- 05 / 07RCTReading Comprehension20 questions · 30 min
Pull meaning from written passages. Answer from the text, not memory.
Blanks count wrong. Guess before time runs out.
- 06 / 07MSTMath SkillsAdaptive · 40 min
Math without a calculator. A few formulas are provided.
Adaptive. Keep moving; random guessing hurts more than it helps.
- 07 / 07MCTMechanical ComprehensionAdaptive · 15 min
Mechanical concepts and simple machines.
Adaptive. Keep moving; random guessing hurts more than it helps.
Timing, scoring, and retest rules from the Army SIFT FAQ distributed by National Guard education offices.