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Colleges and Universities A-Z Military Academy - West Point
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<p>I just got my Offer of Appointment to West Point in the mail today. Everyone was screaming. Anyhow... </p>

<p>My question refers to law school. I definately wish to attend law school and have heard different things about defering service, or extedning service, etc. My family has the ability to pay for all of it by ourselves, so getting the government to pay for it is not a primary concern. I would just like to become educated so I can be a JAG officer. Some have said that I can graduate from WP and then defer service until after my law school education. Others have said that I have to serve the required 5 first and then get the education and then I can do JAG. I am relatively confused on this whole issue and it would be much appreciated if I could get some insight. </p>

<p>Thank you and GO ARMY!!</p>

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<p>lawyers should be shot. pompous, pretentious *******s who ruin it for everyone else.</p>

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<p>haha.... and congrats.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.west-point.org/family/ai-grads/MedLegalOpp.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.west-point.org/family/ai-grads/MedLegalOpp.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>See bottom of linked document. You are required to serve a minimum of 2 years after graduation from West Point prior to beginning law school. The idea is to understand Army life and the personnel that you will represent prior becoming an Army lawyer.</p>

<p>Congratulations on your appointment.</p>

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<p>Congrats, pahn!</p>

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<p>Law school may be different than med school, as far as WP goes, but I was under the impression that a precious few are allowed to go straight to graduate study, then make up their obligation (WP+graduate school time) afterwards. What I'm seriously looking at, though, is an option in which you can serve your 5 years, go to grad school on the military's dime, then serve the time that you gained from graduate study. If your family can handle the fees, though, it all depends on your career plans. If your going into the military after law school (as you seem to suggest), maybe you can spare your parents the cash and look at the "5 years then Law School" opportunity.</p>

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<p>a is for airborne.
i is for in the sky</p>

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<p>Um...okay.</p>

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<p>One example of JAG officer being an idiot, branch somewhere else or atleast promise me you wont make serious mistakes like this guy..</p>

<p>The Washington Times</p>

<p>January 20, 2006 Friday</p>

<p>BYLINE: By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES</p>

<p>Sniper rounds</p>

<p>An Army judge advocate general (JAG) temporarily banned Army and Marine Corps snipers from using a highly accurate open-tip bullet.</p>

<p>The JAG, we are told, mistakenly thought the open-tip round was the same as hollow-point ammunition, which is banned. The original open-tip was known as Sierra Match-King and broke all records for accuracy in the past 30 years.</p>

<p>The difference between the open-tip and the hollow point is that the open-tip is a design feature that improves accuracy while the hollow point is designed for increasing damage when it hits a target.</p>

<p>About 10 days ago, the Army JAG in Iraq ordered all snipers to stop using the open-tip 175-grain M118LR bullet, claiming, falsely, it was prohibited. Instead of the open-tip, snipers were forced to take M-60 machine gun rounds out of belts and use them instead.</p>

<p>The order upset quite a few people here and in Iraq who said the JAG ignored the basic principle of every military lawyer that there is a presumption of legality for all issued weapons or ammunition that are made at the military service level at the time they are acquired.</p>

<p>"She forced snipers to use less accurate ammunition, thereby placing U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians at greater risk," a Pentagon official said of the JAG, who was not identified by name. "And she incorrectly issued an order. JAGs may advise a commander, but they cannot issue orders."</p>

<p>After Army lawyers were finally alerted to the JAG's action, the order was lifted and the JAG was notified that the open-tip was perfectly legal for use by snipers. However, the reversal was followed by the Army officials' taking retaliation against a sniper who blew the whistle on the bogus order. The sniper lost his job over a security infraction in reporting the JAG.</p>

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<p>why cant we use hollow points? i know those chicoms from china use bullets with foam in the tip so when the hit you the bullet spins around and causes serious damage. </p>

<p>i met a guy who said he wanted to be a lawyer. i told him he should go on welfare and unemployment and disability cuz it would be the honorable thing to do.</p>