going JAG later in career

[theduke]

bear with me, i'm thinking out loud here. it's just an idea that came to me a few days ago...and i know i'm planning WAY into an unforeseeable future.

anyone know if it's possible to fly for a while, then transfer to the JAG Corps? i'm thinking that if i stay in the Marine Corps long enough, eventually I'll end up behind a desk. If I'm going to be pushing papers, I think I'd like to do it as a JAG.

of course, I'm interested in being a test pilot, too (and maybe a FAC)-and yes, my degree is in mechanical engineering, so test pilot is a reasonable option.

it sucks when your interests are so broad and there are so many killer jobs out there!

 

[VAmookie]

the duke aka harmon rabb

 

[Arc Angel]

When exactly would you have time to go to law school anyway? I don't think you'd be able to do any of it until your flight contract expired.

 

[SpeedyJ]

anyone know if it's possible to fly for a while, then transfer to the JAG Corps?

Yeah, and maybe you can get a really hot chick as your co-counsel and go around investigated crimes with your nine drawn and go undercover, and still fly off of carriers! Not gonna happen! All joking aside I had a friend at TBS check into this and they told him the Marine Corps spends enough money on you to become a pilot, thats what they will pay you for, they won't be sending you to law school.

of course, I'm interested in being a test pilot, too (and maybe a FAC)-and yes, my degree is in mechanical engineering, so test pilot is a reasonable option.

Doesn't matter a whole helluva lot what your degree is in, you have to have the skills to fly. You may think your as smart as a whip, wait and you will be humbled just like all the rest of the "engineers" who thought that brains meant you were a good stick. Just get through OCS, then TBS, then API, then primary, then advance, then the FRS, then your first couple of tours, and maybe then you can start thinking of trying to become a test pilot.

 

[theduke]

Doesn't matter a whole helluva lot what your degree is in, you have to have the skills to fly.

if i'm not mistaken, you have to have an engineering (or at least technical??) degree to be a test pilot.

i'm not a rated pilot, but i've flown a fair amount. i don't think i'll have any trouble with wiggling the sticks. that sort of thing seems to come pretty natural to me...maybe as a side effect of messing with cars and sportbikes?

All joking aside I had a friend at TBS check into this and they told him the Marine Corps spends enough money on you to become a pilot, thats what they will pay you for, they won't be sending you to law school.

that's kinda what i figured...not so much that they're opposed to sending you to school-just that they're not big on MOS transfers at that stage in the game.

When exactly would you have time to go to law school anyway? I don't think you'd be able to do any of it until your flight contract expired.

oh, no doubt. that's what i was talking about. going back to school for a higher degree is fairly typical after you've been in a while (don't you pretty much have to have a master's to get promoted to major or lt col???).

 

[frcabot]

The Real "Harmon Rabb":

>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:16:38 -0700
>
>MESSAGE FROM NASA HEADQUARTERS
>Point of Contact: Glenn Mahone, Public Affairs, 202/358-1898
>---------------------------------------------------------
>
>MICHAEL WHOLLEY SELECTED AS NASA GENERAL COUNSEL
>
>Administrator Sean O'Keefe today selected retired Marine
>Brigadier General Michael Wholley as the NASA General Counsel,
>effective immediately. Wholley succeeds Paul G. Pastorek and
>joins NASA after a distinguished career of public service in the
>Marine Corps.
>
>Administrator O'Keefe said, "We are most fortunate to have Mike's
>services as General Counsel during this time of transformation
>within NASA. He has consistently demonstrated the kind of
>innovative thinking and creative leadership that will serve us
>well as we implement the Vision for Space Exploration. His great
>skills honed in the United States Marine Corps will be invaluable
>to us. I want to welcome him into the NASA family."
>
>Wholley was designated a Naval Aviator in June 1968, and he flew
>combat missions in Vietnam. After attending law school, he served
>in several military legal positions. He eventually was assigned
>as the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine
>Corps/Director, Judge Advocate Division. He managed the active
>and reserve Marine legal community of more than 1,500 attorneys,
>paralegal and civil service support staff.
>
>He was commissioned through the Naval ROTC program at Harvard
>University, Cambridge, Mass., after receiving his B.A. degree,
>magna cum laude, in History and Literature. He holds a J.D.
>degree from the University of Virginia Law School; an LL.M degree
>from George Washington University in Environmental Law and Land
>Use; and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies
>from the College of Naval Warfare.
>
>Following his retirement from military service, he served as
>Executive Director of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, a
>non-profit charity providing college scholarships, until his
>selection as NASA General Counsel.
>
>Administrator O'Keefe also announced the appointment of John
>(Jack) Mannix, former Associate General Counsel for General Law,
>and Keith Sefton, Chief of Staff to the General Counsel, as
>Deputy General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for Management
>and Administration, respectively.