Transfering to Georgetown!

tlaktan
Thu, 18 May 2006 00:25:51 +0000

UMICH10, in all honesty (and contrary to majority opinion), I do think you’d be one to survive four-years at West Point/Annapolis. (By the way, the service requirement for West Point is actually eight years, five in active duty and three in the reserve… which nowadays…)

Congratulations on your acceptance to Annapolis, although I am a bit curious as to why the admission offer came a bit late. Unless my timetable for Annapolis is skewed, in which case, mea culpa.

A career in the Law is definitely possible via West Point and the USNA. Lawyers with a military background are usually more disciplined and better acquainted with the regulations that encompass the entirety of our judicial system. A few military officers who enter into Law School enter into the JAG Corps upon graduation, an option I hope you’ll consider.

Having said that, I think you have a glorified vision of two things: 1) what the environment of the Corps will be like and 2) the legal environment (I’m guessing criminal/civil law) in which you are preparing yourself to enter.

Backtracking a bit, ** IF ** you complete your training at USNA or USMA, should you choose to select that route, I don’t think you will be an “inferior” officer. Part of the training of the Corps requires you to acknowledge that – you may dislike a duty or a responsibility, but you are in no position to neglect it. You complete a task, no matter how much or how little you like it. (Well, unless you’re told to perform illegal activities, then you’re authorized by the UCMJ to disobey).

I do think that if you choose such an option, West Point or the USNA will transform you into an officer willing to serve above and beyond the required term of service, provided you complete your training at one of these two very fine institutions. I don’t think it would be the best choice given your desire to enter into a legal career (Georgetown or one of the Ivies would be better suited for that); however, it is up to you.

P.S. Inexistent is a [word.](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=inexistent)