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Unfortuately, this isn't happening at the AFA alone ... my boyfriend is a graduate. I was asking him about this mess -he said it definitely happens at ALL military academies. Its just that the AFA is catching them.

As for the screening process, it is very intense. My guess is they get to the academy, first time away from mommy and daddy, and its one hell of a lot harder than high school. Then they do stupid crap like this. I am by no means defending their behavior; just presenting an explanation to the "why aren't they seeing this in the application process" question

Uh, wait a minute . . "it's just that the AFA is catching them." Well, that's a convenient conclusion but it isn't supported by any logic. The Navy (and I strongly suspect the Army too) has had random drug testing for many, many years -- and they do it at USNA/USMA also. So, maybe the problem at USAFA is totally rampant and therefore the random drug testing is catching far more folks and it makes the news bigtime, while USMA and USNA have the onesy-twosy pops positive and they just get bounced out without making a scene of it.