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Marine Recruiters Punished for Cheating

Associated Press

November 1, 2007

HOUSTON (AP) The military has punished nine Marine Corps recruiters
who arranged for stand-ins to take Armed Services entrance exams for
new enlistees.

The cheating was made public Wednesday, though officials at the
Military Entrance Processing Station in Houston noticed in April that
signatures of test takers didn't match those on enlistment forms,
said Capt. John Niemann, a spokesman for the recruiting district.

"I don't know why this happened here. Obviously, we do not tolerate
it," Niemann said. "We learned of it. We investigated it and took
appropriate disciplinary action."

The worst offender was discharged from the service while the
remaining eight were reassigned and given non-judicial punishments,
which could include fines and demotion.

The military would not release the names of the recruiters or say who
the stand-in test-takers were.

Officials said they found 15 instances of fraud, although they
weren't sure how widespread the practice was or how long it had been going on.

The cheating took place on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
Battery, a test given to prospective recruits to determine whether
they're eligible for the service and what type of military jobs
they're best suited for.

Officials said the recruits who didn't take their own tests faced a
range of consequences, including expulsion from the service. They
also had an opportunity to take the exam on their own, authoritie said.

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