A U.S. Coast Guard employee took bribes to fix exams for merchant mariners to get licenses for positions on ships, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana said.
Officially known as the “Meritorious Advancement Program,” or MAP, the program has steadily increased in scope since it was plucked from the personnel system scrap heap in 2015.
Memorial Day weekend will be a bit more special for thousands of sailors across the Navy this spring as they celebrate knowing they’ve received a new petty officer crow.
In the first overhaul of advancement exams in a decade, the number of questions will drop from 200 to 175 and the number of general military knowledge questions will be limited to 25. The time you’re given to take the test will remain the same.