[Mike Darancette]

Is this headed to some type of RAT October suprise where Bush was in drug trouble in '73?

[DRILL SGT. D]

I doubt it. The tests back then, I'm sure, weren't very good...at least compared to today's standards. And I used to know a guy in the active Air Force who, in a 6 week period, did $1600 worth of steroids and snorted cocaine to "get his weight down". Not Only did he never come up hot on a p-test, but he placed at the next muscle-head competition :)
There are ways around those tests, and anyone who does drugs knows them. So even if he was doing drugs, he probably wouldn't have gotten caught.

Plus, the samples are sent to a testing center, outside of your chain of command. So you can't really cover those up. And anyone above the paygrade of E-4 gets mandatory separation from service under less-than-honorable caonditions if they come up hot.

[DRILL SGT. D]

I doubt it. The tests back then, I'm sure, weren't very good...at least compared to today's standards. And I used to know a guy in the active Air Force who, in a 6 week period, did $1600 worth of steroids and snorted cocaine to "get his weight down". Not Only did he never come up hot on a p-test, but he placed at the next muscle-head competition :)
There are ways around those tests, and anyone who does drugs knows them. So even if he was doing drugs, he probably wouldn't have gotten caught.

Plus, the samples are sent to a testing center, outside of your chain of command. So you can't really cover those up. And anyone above the paygrade of E-4 gets mandatory separation from service under less-than-honorable conditions if they come up hot.