It's hard to believe that we only have 2 and a half weeks to go until the end of our time at The JAG School in Charlottesville. In some ways it has seemed to just fly by though it has definitely been hard to be away from Tina for so long. Now, by the end of next week, I will be half way through my basic training ( Read more... )

So this week we are working on a trial memorandum that constitutes 50% of our grade for our Military Justice section and that is certainly taking a lot of focus but the real kicker has been PT this week ( Read more... )

I have to update quick before I get back to class but there have been two big things going on so far this week ( Read more... )

Today marks the end of week 2 at TJAGLCS. It's pretty hard to believe that it has only been two weeks in Charlottesville and I've only been in the Army for a month! Now that may just be how sore and tired I am after a week of pretty intense PT and then sitting in a classroom for an average of 7 hours a day. Then again, it's also probably a ( Read more... )

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I had a great weekend with my lovely Tina and then my very smart cousin Nora was using my computer to take the Virginia Bar Exam this week. I will definitely update more about Tina being in town and the week's learning when I have more time this weekend. For a summary though, suffice it to say that ( Read more... )

I am now almost done with my first week at TJAGLCS and there are two major observations I have. One, they aren't kidding when they say that trying to absorb all of the academic information is like trying to drink water from a fire hose. Today for example, we had a two hour class meant to cover the complete gamut of federal-state jurisdiction ( Read more... )

Other than many touching phone calls, cards, and good wishes from family, friends, and my classmates, yesterday was a pretty uneventful day. PT was pretty tough but then we moved on to an introduction and welcome to TJAGLCS by the Dean, COL Burrell and the head of the Legal Center, COL Block. Then we had some paperwork to fill out, had our ( Read more... )

Its my birthday AND our first day of classes at The Judge Advocate Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS). What was my first birthday present? PT! I have to run to class but I'll try to fill everyone in on TJAGLCS tonight.

Yesterday was just one of those days where nothing worked the way it was supposed to. First off, I had PT at 0500, but our Commander who leads the PT session thought it was supposed to start at 0600 so we had to conduct PT on our own (which wasn't actually all that bad since we know what to do). Then we had about 45 minutes to get back to our ( Read more... )

Today was our CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear - but formerly NBC before the R was added) training day. The day actually started at 0515 with PT which consisted of more flutter kicks and push ups than I care to remember. After that we had 50 minutes to get back to our rooms, shower, and eat before we had to be in formation to ( Read more... )