re: Anybody have JAG experience?

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I'm JAG in the army reserves. If you want to go JAG, go air force. Way better QOL

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AF is a buncha sjws in my experience. Not the folks I want to be around on a daily basis.

I actually want to learn the tactical side as well as the legal side of things.

Well, that sounds well thought. IMO Enjoy the ride and focus less on the destination.

You ain't doing anything tactical as a JAG, baw.

Read up on code reds and lactic acidosis.

I was a chaser and had to pick up Marines from the brig and take them to talk to their assigned jag officer. Those lawyer dudes never seemed like they were having a good time.

Fellow Classmate was in JAG

All I got

My college roommate’s brother went to West Point, then the military sent him to one of the top law schools. He eventually became The Judge Advicate General of the Army. It’s been a good life for him, but he did get to the very top. I don’t know what it is like for others.

I do know he did have to learn how to jump out of airplanes and was deployed. Probably why we can’t win a war anymore - we send lawyers into war zones to make sure we do stuff “right.” Not gonna win a war that way.

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You ain't doing anything tactical as a JAG, baw.

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We all go to the Basic School

Marine JAG is the real deal -same training as the grunts. All the other JAG trainings are different than enlisted. I was recruited and did interviews but I felt it was too much of a time suck after graduation.

Here's what I saw from most JAGs:
Apart from really mundane stuff that will bore you like determining if a unit can have a bake sale...They don't seek truth or justice, they just want to please some senior officer that gives subtle hints on how to dispose of certain cases while avoiding unlawful command influence. Then when you call them on this they talk about being a "zealous advocate" while violating their obligations to be truthful and seek justice. The Constitution, which is what you will swear to support and defend, does not talk about protecting the chain of command - it talks about due process, but JAGs seem to forget about that.

I have seen false police reports, lying under oath, obstructing justice, deliberate avoidance of duty, hiding evidence, and more.

I don't know what your experience is with administrative stuff, but there is nothing but injustice in the military administrative system and you'll be called upon to defend it and use it to destroy people's lives. The military likes to use admin routes to skip over or lower the burden of proof when they want to get rid of people and levy accusations that ought to demand a court proceeding and robust due process. This is also where the most shady stuff takes place.

Our military is full of corrupt senior officers and JAGs that live to protect them.

Paralegals can handle people that piss hot and get discharged.

If you're ok with sucking a bunch of senior officer dick and railroading people (aka ruining their lives) that have done more for our national defense than those senior officers ever will, and if you want to shite on your oath and the Constitution...then go be a JAG.