Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Passion of the Academy

Armen's post-law school JAG options:

Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines

posted by Armen Adzhemyan at 9:06 PM

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

But Armen, you could be part of the solution...

4/20/2005 10:25 PM  
Blogger Armen Adzhemyan said...

I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I don't want to be the ONE who doesn't join the Church of the C-130.

4/20/2005 10:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Armen,

Army JAGs are expected to embrace the warrior ethos too -- see http://www.army.mil/warriorethos/. In my experience, the JAGs who embraced this culture did very well because they were able to work with and get along with their clients, who were warriors. The ones who stayed in their offices, never went to the field, barely passed their PT test and couldn't shoot well... I didn't have a whole lot of respect for them. They might have been brilliant lawyers, but everyone in the Army is expected to be a soldier first, and a [insert your specialty] second.

So if you don't want to be a warrior, don't choose the Army either. Knowing you, I think you can handle the challenge. But not everyone likes to be cold, wet, tired, hungry -- let alone being shot at. Still, it was an amazing experience, and I'd recommend it to anyone.

4/21/2005 8:59 PM  
Blogger Boalt Action said...

All I can do is hum "In the Navy" by the Village People.

4/23/2005 3:49 PM  
Blogger Boalt Action said...

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4/23/2005 3:49 PM  
Blogger Armen Adzhemyan said...

Ah the ancient sea chantie...

More seriously I've been thinking quite a bit about what Phil said above. As much as I would love the challenge of going through OCS or similar type of training, something is still rotten in the Pentagon. We still have a war on a two fronts with no end in sight, recruitment problems left and right, and call-ups from the inactive reserves (granted for very limited specialties). Training the lawyers, doctors (think M*A*S*H), and chaplains to also bear arms strikes me as a convenient way to boost the number of boots on the ground in hot zones. I certainly would not want to be advising a battalion commander whose job is to secure Tikrit or Kandahar without proper training. This of course raises the ultimate question, why would I join a branch that puts the lives of non-combat personnel in danger?

In the Navy, where we sail the seven seas...

4/23/2005 3:56 PM  

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