Hi everyone,

I just recently was accepted into the Army JAG Corps. Right now I'm a 3rd year law student, and I'll be getting commissioned after I take the bar exam in the summer.

As a direct commissionee right out of law school with no prior military experience, I'm in a pretty good position to negotiate where I'll be assigned for my first 1-2 years (ironically, the ROTC and FLEP JAGs have much less say because they're already obligated to be in the Army for the next few years, whereas PP&TO feels they need to entice direct commissionees with more options). Last summer, I interned with JAG in D.C., and got a lot of advice from the attorneys there about which places I should put as my top preferences.

Right now, I'm leaning towards Fort Carson and Fort Lewis, but I was wondering if folks here had some other suggestions? That is, was there a post you really enjoyed for some reason? Was it the surrounding area? The atmosphere/op tempo of the base?

My main consideration is that I'll be getting married this August, and I don't want to drag my wife to some place where she'll be unhappy. She's been very supportive and would probably follow me anywhere, but I feel like I have something of a duty to make things as easy on her as possible. She's a molecular biology grad from Berkeley and has several years of experience working in the labs there, and finding a place where she could get a job that suits her would also be a big plus. (Note: some suggested to me that she would have a good chance at getting a job at a base hospital. Does anyone know the liklihood of these kinds of things?)

Thanks for any help you can give!

tres bien alors,

bon chance!

Where's "home" for you? Where's home for your wife? That will make a difference. Many times you'll be deployed and the wife will need some type of support group while you're gone. Having a ready made group of people (i.e. her family) close by is maybe where you want to do that first tour until she is used to being an Army Wife.

jonplain, listen to these fellas. They are quite handy sometimes