That's the way the tests administered by the courts are set up, too. The quality of the professionals and labs are really important to accurate results. I can only imagine what would come out of mediocre labs processing high volume tests. There are also issues with chain of custody. You want to know that the results are tied to a particular person's sample.
In the military, soldiers are under a completely different system of law. A soldier is not under civilian law once she enlists. Someone who is given weapons should be clean and sober.
Reba, did they test routinely? How was the quality of testing? I imagine that testing is even more important now that enlistment standards are less stringent.
How easy is it to get drugs on a military base? Probably not very hard in Afghanistan. Cash crop there.