Whether they ask it up front or wait for a strategic moment to drop the burning question, all JAG candidates want to know how soon they might expect to deploy and what deployment is like. As far as how soon, the easy answer: It depends. Your mom won’t like that answer, but a lot depends on what service you’re looking at as well as where you end up stationed. As for the Air Force, I heard I would have at least a couple years before I got my boots dirty. I ended up at a base that fills a number of deployment slots, so I beat that estimate by a few months. No big deal. It’s different for everyone.
As far as what it’s like to spend a summer in the scorching-hot Middle East, here’s an inside look from a friend of mine in the Air Force who wrote about his recent experience as a deployed JAG in Iraq. And yes, riding in MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles is lots of fun.
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