Reactor chiefs, officer disciplined over exam

[unhappycamper]

Eighteen members of the reactor department aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower have been disciplined in connection with cheating on a nuclear exam last year.


Reactor chiefs, officer disciplined over exam
By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Feb 17, 2009 21:22:42 EST

Seventeen senior enlisted sailors and one junior officer in the reactor department of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower were disciplined in connection with senior-level cheating on a written nuclear exam while underway late last year, according to several Navy sources familiar with the matter.

A spokesman for Naval Reactors confirmed the incident but provided few additional details because of privacy considerations of the sailors involved and the highly classified aspects of nuclear propulsion.

“Recently, one written examination, a small portion of the overall periodic assessment ... was compromised,” Lukas McMichael, spokesman for Naval Reactors, said in a written statement. “A replacement written examination was successfully administered and the overall assessment was successfully completed. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is operating safely.”

The month of the incident was not provided, but an enlisted source familiar with the incident said it occurred in November or December.

It is not clear how many of the 18 actually cheated or at the very least knew the test was compromised and did not report it.


Rest of article at: http://navytimes.com/news/2009/02/navy_reactors_021609w/%2e

[pleah]

1. K&R It doesn't say how they were disciplined.

Apparently they passed the "replacement" exam, but still makes you wonder if they were allowed to get on a nuclear sub if they had to cheat.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Hey! The sub force wasn't involved in this one! These are skimmers!

[pleah]

3. OK! Now, what is a skimmer?

:shrug:

[Captain Hilts]

4. Folks that serve on surface ships. nt

[pleah]

5. Thank you.

:hi: I don't know that much (obviously) about nuclear subs. I do know someone that worked on one, though.

[Captain Hilts]

6. Glad to be of help!

I don't know how similar the tea kettles are on a carrier and on a sub, other than size, of course. I could still learn a few things!