"Dave" are you kidding? Bypassing the military communication school
because you had a ham license was only the beginning of your "dumbing
down."

No, Brian Burke, I'm not kidding. I was permitted to bypass military
tech school because I passed exams which demonstrated that I knew the
relevant material.


prooving that you cheated and were unwilling to do the work, from one

I wouldn't say so. He saved the military the expense of training him on
material that he already knew. And having the ham license probably was
enough evidence for the trainers to allow him to take the challenge
exams, which he'd then have to pass to confirm that he did in fact know
his stuff. Not like he just showed them his ham license and get waived
thru. The point is not "How much work did you do", but "how much
material do you now know".