Two more RFA, please!

[Ancestor]

So, I have all of the modules but lack the Challenge articles. I have the following questions.

1. Is there any canon material about what happened to West Point? The AFA got it's own BDE (as did Fort Sill, for God's sake!) and I think there is canon material that details what happened to both the Naval Academy and the Coast Guard Academy, but I could not find anything regarding the USMA. Any info or conjecture would be appreciated.

2. I have always struggled to understand the state of the nation in the roughly seven to eight months between the TDM and the Mexican Invasion. Since I started playing T2K in the 8th grade it's bothered me and now that I'm an old man and own Howling Wilderness I'm even more confused.

Is it "Alas, Babylon," "By Dawn's Early Light," (some semblance of central authority who's trying but can't be everywhere for everyone?) or is it something more akin to "The Day After/Testament/Threads (civil authority overwhelmed) leading into a poor man's Red Dawn (Mexican invasion/Red Star Lone Star)."

Any info/conjecture on this time period, specifically regarding conditions CONUS and replacements being sent into the ETO (especially size of the echelons and methods of transportation) would be appreciated as well.