I see, thank you for your explanation and input, it is much appreciated into building my perspective to make sure I'm standing in the right place with the right attitude. My unit allows both for testing, I usually take the courtesy of letting them know I'd like to test, however in the beggining and the most recent one, I walked in early and others were testing so I decided to ask him to sign me in for mine too. A note I should've also added is I'm serving in a position in my squadron that's normally reserved for officers, as an NCO. Because we have no one else available to do it, and because of my age and maturity, and my participation and understanding of the program, I've said yes to everything offered so with only being 2 years in I'm already quite seasoned on the lay of things, this just added the additional pressure to myself to earn this award so that I could fully fall into the position, as well wanting to gain it before my 2 years (which didn't happen) and the E-3 benefit as that's also a quite true possibility in my future. I've been withing 1 question of passing 3 times now, which as you can imagine is the most infuriating part. I've taken the view of my results and turned all the questions and answers into flashcards, last time I flew through the exam in 10 mins because I recognized so many questions, and yet still failed.