What a mess that was only made worse by how the investigation was conducted:
The Basic School for Marine Officers is reeling from a cheating scandal that involved six second lieutenants accused of wrongfully obtaining and sharing key grid points for the night land navigation course. (Sgt. Tyler Main/Marine Corps)
The Basic School for Marine Officers is reeling from a cheating scandal that involved six second lieutenants accused of wrongfully obtaining and sharing key grid points for the night land navigation course.
The officers were accused of sharing the grid points via text messages before the test and later relying on them to find hidden boxes stashed across the wooded night land navigation course in Quantico, Virginia, according to interviews with Marine Corps officials and a copy of the command investigation obtained by Marine Corps Times.
The Marine Corps considers that cheating because the students were able to complete the course without demonstrating the key skills the course aims to evaluate: conducting proper land navigation.
To make matters worse, the investigation of the six second lieutenants was mishandled and resulted in an investigation of the investigators. The episode was further complicated by the alleged illegal confinement of female officers and allegations of sexual harassment. In the end, numerous Marines faced discipline and one Marine’s claims of innocence led to a private polygraph test. [Marine Corps Times]
You can read about this whole drama filled mess at the link. It almost reads like it came straight from the Duffel Blog.
The whiny complaints indicate at least LT Delta should not be in the Marines in any capacity. Imagine if the Enemy refused to give proper respect!
Liz
5 years ago
“Never, never, never believe any war OSI investigation will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman Commander who yields to war OSI fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.”
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The fact that second lieutenants were able to complete a land nav course (unless they were mustangs) was the first giveaway that they cheated.
whatever happened to cooperate and graduate?
Given a Polygraph as a Private?
Sounds like a job for Mueller’s team.
The whiny complaints indicate at least LT Delta should not be in the Marines in any capacity. Imagine if the Enemy refused to give proper respect!
“Never, never, never believe any
warOSI investigation will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. ThestatesmanCommander who yields towarOSI fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.”