Kevin Gowen wrote:

> My second year of law school I applied to enter the USMC because it is
> the only branch that makes the judge advocates go through the exact same
> training as all other officers.

What would be the benefit of this, as opposed to being a part of any other branch, for them or you?

> The Army, Navy, and Air Force commission
> their JAGs by direct appointment. My PT program was going well, but the
> medical exam at the MEPS in December 2002 was unfortunate. My height and
> weight were within service guidelines but my medical history
> disqualified me on general DoD grounds, so I am ineligible to serve in
> any branch. That was one of the sadder days in my life.

That is unfortunate. I don't know what this nonsense about you needing discipline is, but I thought
what you were saying before was you wanted to go into corporate law.

> I emailed Mike about my application process as it was ongoing, so he can
> vouch for all this, but if things would have gone according to plan, I
> would have spent the summer of 2003 in Quantico, VA and I'd be at The
> Basic School as I write this.