Officials at the U.S. Military Academy dispute the cadet’s allegations. There have been complaints over the years that the wall between church and state is not always observed in the military. The Air Force Academy, in Colorado, in particular has been scrutinized for years over allegations by non-Christian students that they faced intolerance and faculty complaints that academy commanders were promoting religious events. A retired four-star general was asked last year to conduct an independent review of the overall religious climate at the Air Force Academy.

Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/cadet-quits-west-point-citing-an-overtly-religious-campus-climate?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en