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Date: July 7th, 2026 1:45 PM Author: Splenetic ape site I'm a part-time JAG. Been doing it for over a decade. Hoping to make it to retirement.
Health insurance benefits and pension are what keep me going.
Taking ?'s as a I write this legal review for some dumbshit a Soldier did. |
Date: July 7th, 2026 1:58 PM Author: heady crimson church building water buffalo nobody cares (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984085) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 1:59 PM Author: spectacular impressive new version Whats a typical day like? How long have you been doing this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984089) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: Splenetic ape site over 10 years.
Typical day involves going to 1st Formation and listening to 1st SG push out whatever the tasks of the day are. Most of them don't apply to me because I'm JAG, but I stand in the back of the formation and listen quietly until dismissed.
Next I knock on the Brigade Commander's door to see if there is anything he needs me to handle. This is usually where I give him an update on any pending investigations and when they'll be completed. By investigations, I'm referring specific to any sexual harrassment/assault investigations. Commanders don't give a shit about lost property.
After that, I go to my office and hide so that I don't get tasked to do any dumbass activities by Command Sergeant Major or asked dumb legal questions.
Rinse, wash, repeat until its time for lunch. Come back, and go back to writing legal reviews and answer calls from subordinate Company Commanders, too |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:03 PM Author: Brindle sanctuary Part time JAG here with actual moniker. Feel free to direct Qs to me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984102) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:16 PM Author: Splenetic ape site Does it ever eat away at your soul to know that you are rubber-stamping lackluster SHARP investigations on cases that would NEVER fly in the civilian world? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984156) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:14 PM Author: Brindle sanctuary You think internal "sexual harassment" "investigations" in a regular company are not lackluster and rubber stamped? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984256) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: confused motley legend kitchen Thought this was Turd doctor wtf happened to him (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984155) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:21 PM Author: cowardly theatre he probably got enchanted by that white trash nurse he was poasting about and robbed a trailer park for her or something (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984272) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 5:26 PM Author: diverse prole faggot firefighter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984617) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:08 PM Author: Bearded zippy orchestra pit Have you ever killed anyone? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984244) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 4:18 PM Author: Splenetic ape site That's DD-214 classified. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984365) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:11 PM Author: passionate macaca How much does rank matter? Would a 45 year old 1LT who just joined be treated like a FNG by the field grade lifers?
Is life as enlisted SPS - I have a friend of mine who was Tech JobPWNED and is thinking of enlisting as a E4 after talking to a recruiter |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 4:21 PM Author: Splenetic ape site The other FG's would be confused as to how a 45yr was able to become an Officer.
The Army has age cut-offs for when you can jump from Enlisted to Officer or Direct Commission as a JAG/Doctor/Chaplain.
Yes, I feel sorry for the Enlisted because they are treated AND PAID like shit. Being enlisted is not for the "Thinking Man" because you are encouraged to NOT think, just simply do and wait for further instructions.
IF you were to join as an Enlisted, it would have been better if you joined in your 20's, got that free college tuition and either went Warrant Officer or got the fuck out. |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:14 PM Author: nighttime police squad university America first or Israel first? What percentage of soldiers would you estimate are against Israel? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984255) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 4:23 PM Author: Splenetic ape site You mean the ones that actually know where to find Israel on a map?
You have a lot of GWOT Vets who realize that their "sacrifice" to the country was bullshit in Afghan & Iraq. So they don't see Iran as some chance to regain glory. They think it is a waste of time and lives.
But they'll go if they're ordered to because they don't have a choice. But I don't hear anybody pumped and excited about actually putting boots on the ground on the "Road to Tehran" |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 5:21 PM Author: nighttime police squad university America first or Israel first my man? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984603) |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:34 PM Author: Splenetic ape site TriCare first. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49987239) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 4:23 PM Author: jet deer antler liquid oxygen Part time? How much do you work and how much do you get paid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984379) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 5:38 PM Author: aromatic mint set yarmulke Yeah, explain part time. I thought you were either all the way in or in the reserves only doing a couple weeks a year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984642) |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:35 PM Author: Splenetic ape site Reserve Component is part-time. I don't have to do NEARLY as much dumb shit as the AGR or Active Duty component does.
I show up for my Drill, Annual AT, and any random school or professional development they tell me to go to and that's it.
However, you are on call every fucking day of the month via e-mail and random text messages from various commanders within your unit. UNPAID by the way. |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:38 PM Author: passionate macaca JFC
How do promotions work in the reserve
Would a lawyer with 20 years of experience joining at the age limit of 42 still start as an O-2? Would he be treated the same?
What if said lawyer enlisted instead as an E-4 - would NCOs be making him do pushups and smoke him |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:41 PM Author: Splenetic ape site 42yr Direct Commission: You'd come in as a 1st Lieutenant. You'd be old as shit, but as long as you can pass the PT test and do all the other physical shit, then you'll be treated as any other 1LT.
Lawyer, but you enlist as an E4: Yes, NCO's could fuck with you anyway they saw fit. I would NOT recommend this, because not only are you OLDER than your superiors, but you're also 10x more educated than your average NCO who got their degree at Walden University Online.
You will hate your life and the bullshit pay you'll make as an E-4. However, the Tricare will be nice tho. |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:44 PM Author: passionate macaca How do 1LTs get treated? Aren't you going to be bossed around by 26 year old CPTs?
DESCRIBE how much you'd hate life as an E4
Apparently Ralph Nader was a cook in the Army after HLS
https://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/general/ralph-nader-in-the-army.104569
After graduating from Princeton magna cum laude, Nader then went on to Harvard Law School, and after graduating he wanted to get any potential for military draft out of the way, so he enlisted in the Army Reserve and went through basic training, then became a COOK and spent 6 months active duty before going on inactive reserve status.
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:50 PM Author: Splenetic ape site Nobody respects 1LT's except 2LT's. You could be the smartest lawyer, but everyone will look at your rank first and think that you don't know shit about shit because most 1LT's are recent college grads.
You don't start getting any real respect until you become a Captain. That's the rank where you are given "real" shit to do and will be get yelled at when you fuck up, even though you've never done it before.
Ralph Nader's route would not work nowadays. If you sign up as a Cook, you're getting deployed with your unit for a rotation in Kuwait where you might get BTFO by an Iranian drone. |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:53 PM Author: aromatic mint set yarmulke So you're in the reserves? How many hours do you work per week? I thought it was zero, beyond your "one weekend a month, two weeks a year." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49987278) |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 8:56 PM Author: Splenetic ape site I show up for my Drill, Annual AT, and any random school or professional development they tell me to go to and that's it.
However, you are on call every fucking day of the month via e-mail and random text messages from various commanders within your unit. UNPAID by the way. |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 9:08 PM Author: passionate macaca Describe the kinds of people who stay in the Reserves. Like would you respect your various commanders outside of the military/be friends w them
Or do they fit the stereotype: pension grifters, dumb as rocks, using the military to play out Napoleonic fantasies |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 9:10 PM Author: Splenetic ape site Within the JAG Corps, you mostly see the overachievers staying in for the full 20.
You have a civilian career, a family, and then you add in the responsibilities of being the chief legal advisor to a Brigade (or higher) Commander. |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 9:11 PM Author: passionate macaca What do you think of the normie prejudice that military lifers are retards who couldn't hack it in the civilian world
Why do these guys serve? |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 9:15 PM Author: Splenetic ape site The Lifers may not be the sharpest crayons in the box, but they are smart enough to realize the SWEET BENNIES they get from the Gov't.
- Free Housing; - Free Health Insurance; - Free Vision/Dental; - "Dependent Pay" every month just for being married or having a kid; - Free College tuition that they can pass on to their kids; - Every fucking holiday off
If you had 10+ years in the military you'd have to be a mouth-breathing retard to give them up just so you can go serve GlobalCap for a slightly higher salary. |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 9:34 PM Author: passionate macaca if invested well email jobs pay $300k+ in your 30s onward with an upward trajectory for the more ambitious (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880462&forum_id=2/en-en/#49987363) |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 9:38 PM Author: passionate macaca https://nypost.com/2026/07/08/us-news/video-caught-stabbed-dad-crying-for-help-as-wife-bled-out-from-attack-blamed-on-teen-son-i-dont-want-to-die/
Lance Baker, 46, a US Army Reserve Battalion Commander, was critically injured in the horrific attack late Sunday as his wife, Samantha Baker, 37, was killed at their Alabama home, allegedly by their 17-year-old son in a fight over him being disciplined, according to police. |
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Date: July 9th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: Splenetic ape site ...?
okay? |