Have some money to spend - what shall I get?

[Lonestar]

JAG lawyers are ****ty. The ones that actually do their jobs ("being an advocate for their client") get ****ty FITREPs.

[Wiglaf]

In the Marines they get to go on patrol.

[Lonestar]

You shouldn't get your data from JAG, the TV show.

[Hauldren Collider]

Thought he was in Savannah...? Ah well, still much lower COL.

Savannah's not rural either.

I've been there a few times for work-related stuff. It sucks.

You suck

Atlanta

[Hauldren Collider]

I thought the Marines didn't have JAGs, and used the Navy's?

[KrazyHorse]

My parents got married around that age, not much older anyway. Why's that a big deal?

He's 30

[regexcellent]

Oh. That changes things.

[KrazyHorse]

Here's what top of the class at all law schools except Yale and Harvard gets you: $160,000, workweeks ranging from 80-100 hours, constant pressure to bill even when taking a dump, having sex or taking a shower, seamlessweb to make getting fat completely effortless, a parade of dull and mostly unnecessary assignments that exist solely to help partners defraud clients, obnoxious coworkers who brag about having access to a car service when hitting on women, and an addiction to horrid, pretentious blogs like Above the Law that remind you instantaneously of every grisly associate suicide and stealth layoff that occurs is the continental united states.

I didn't say I would take a lawyer job; the pecking order is accountant, lawyer, consultant, banker, trader, hedge fund, private equity. Duh.

[regexcellent]

Where does Sysadmin/IT ***** fit in there?

[Wiglaf]

I thought the Marines didn't have JAGs, and used the Navy's?

No definitely not. They have lawyer marines, much less gay and much more rigorously trained.

[Aeson]

My dad was 29 and mom 21 when they married. 40 years later and they're still happily together. Age (past age of consent issues) isn't really indicative of anything in a relationship.

[KrazyHorse]

I have no urge to denigrate your parents' relationship, however in general that relationship will be far less mature/deep/serious than one between two 25 or 30 year olds

[giblets]

My parents got married around that age, not much older anyway. Why's that a big deal?

Same here.

[Al B. Sure!]

I thought the Marines didn't have JAGs, and used the Navy's?

You clearly have not seen A Few Good Men



And Wiglaf, 4 years ago, the Marine Corps introduced a college loan reimbursement program that paid like 1/3rd of your loans by adding an additional 6 months to your service obligation. That doesn't exist anymore. The USMC generally doesn't offer the benefits like bonuses, college loan repayment, etc. that other branches do. "We don't promise you a rose garden" and all that.

[SlowwHand]

I was 25 and my bride was 23.