I've worked at a couple of TRADOC branch school posts in my career, and they all have an extremely low tolerance for plagiarism. People get thrown out of branch qualification schools for it all the time, which is not exactly being thrown out of service but it's tantamount to it, since they're unpromotable dead weight in a strict up-or-out system. And they deserve it...the rules are crystal clear.
The War College thesis is not some 500-word essay, it's a real Master's thesis and a selection of them are published in the periodical
Military Review. You can see the level of effort expected in one by looking at that publication.
redruddyred (224 posts)
5. wait...why were they investigating him, and doesn't everyone plagiarize anyhow?
like it's something that they tell you not to do but is statistically unavoidable.
First, almost certainly someone saw the paper and realized it had been largely lifted from elsewhere, even though it had gotten by his Small Group Leader and faculty originally, then complained about it (Most likely providing cites to the plagiarized work), followed by the War College doing the ethically proper thing and investigating the complaint.
Second, redruddyred, you are an unethical piece of shit who illustrates perfectly why American university degrees aren't worth their weight in used asswipe anymore.
