jmm99,

Two interesting posts for the "armchair" observer. One question, in the US military do the lawyers have to serve in a front line role before a posting to legal adviser etc?

I know British officers who were to serve in the Imperial Indian Army did a year with a British unit and have a vaguer recollection that USMC pilots do a year as a squad leader. Not the same, but the principle is the same - see for yourself beforehand.