The JAG School Survival Guide: Succeeding at the Army's Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course
By Garrett Ham
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What challenges await you at the Army JAG School?
Mastering military law is now all that stands between you and your military career.
After successfully completing the rigorous training and military indoctrination at the Army’s Direct Commission Course, you have finally moved on to the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Preparing for this eleven week course is crucial to starting your new career on the right foot.
The last leg in this adventure toward becoming an Army JAG officer is eleven weeks of academic training at JAOBC. In The JAG School Survival Guide, you’ll receive
--First-hand accounts from a JAOBC graduate.
--Succinct descriptions of what to expect during each week of training.
--”Quick Tips” providing poignant and easy to remember advice for succeeding at each of the course’s eleven weeks of academic instruction.
--The information you need to begin your career right.
Whether you are preparing for an Army legal career or are merely considering whether to join the military, this quick guide will provide you with all the information necessary to succeed at JAOBC and complete your journey toward becoming an Army JAG officer.
About the Author
Garrett Ham is a graduate of the 193rd Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course and currently serves as a judge advocate in the United States Army National Guard.
Garrett Ham
Garrett Ham is an alumnus of both Ouachita Baptist University and the University of Arkansas School of Law. Additional information about Garrett and his writings can be found at www.garrettham.com.
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The JAG School Survival Guide - Garrett Ham
The JAG School Survival Guide
Succeeding at the Army’s Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course
Garrett Ham
Becoming an Army JAG Officer: Book 2
Copyright © 2015 Garrett Ham
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The views and opinions expressed in this book are the author’s own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Army, the National Guard Bureau, the Arkansas National Guard, the Department of Defense, or the United States Government.
PREFACE
In my previous book, The DCC Survival Guide, I provided a brief description of the first phase of Army JAG training, the Direct Commission Course. In this volume, I pick up at phase two of training: the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course.¹
JAOBC v. DCC
The atmosphere of JAOBC—often called JAG School
—marks a significant departure from that of DCC. Whereas DCC focused on basic officership and quintessential military training—such as marksmanship, drill and ceremony, and land navigation—JAOBC is conducted in an academic environment on the grounds of the University of Virginia. There, you will trade the Spartan accommodations of military barracks for the hotel-quality amenities of the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, your rucksack for a backpack, and the open fields and great outdoors of Fort Benning for a classroom and PowerPoint slides.
You will also exchange the rigorous schedule of initial military indoctrination for a normal duty day of classroom lecture and instruction, replacing the all-day rigors of DCC with a nine-to-five experience. The shift is dramatic, and you will regain the sense of normalcy lost over the previous six weeks.
You will likely have lost a few of your DCC classmates along the way. As I mentioned in my previous book, DCC does not exclusively train judge advocates, and so not all of your classmates will follow you to Charlottesville. JAOBC is composed entirely of licensed attorneys and also taught exclusively by licensed attorneys. So, you should feel right at home. The fish-out-of-water syndrome that affects so many new soldiers at DCC should not afflict you here.
Great anticipation will accompany your arrival at the JAG School. Rumors of the JAOBC experience will swirl around you at Fort Benning, and you will long for its coming as you endure the tedious demands of DCC. When you step into your private room for the first time, a feeling of relief will flood over you as you realize that you have finally made it. Unlike DCC, JAOBC is a training program to be enjoyed rather than endured.
Nevertheless, while they may take different forms, JAOBC has its own demands. There are still standards you must meet and challenges you must face before becoming a fully-certified judge advocate. In this installment of my Becoming an Army JAG Officer series, I provide a week-by-week description of my time in Charlottesville and my advice for those preparing to undergo the course. Less than eleven weeks separate you and your classmates from fully-certified judge advocate status, but you must graduate first.