Any JAGs on Let's Run? How much does physical fitness matter as part of the job?

I am a runner and I like to jag. They both make me smile.

Bump now that the JAGs will be getting off work soon

A "militant lawyer" ? That's an oxymoron.

where is your question coming from - you in law scholl thinking of joining or you in another branch?

Two JAGs in my 1988 USMC TBS class. Both pretty geeky guys, one was actually a Vietnam vet (prior enlisted). If you do the math (88-75) he must have been 31yrs or older, so maybe 28-29 going into law school; we were impressed because he had a mess of medals which was rare in 1988 (not now). The guy was old and out of shape compared to the avg lieutenant; the other guy was young and out of shape. I don't think they had fun at TBS but to answer your question, relative to the rest of the USMC officer corps: "not much."

JAG is a very administrative job, just like in civilian world, it is not a bunch of ex-fighter pilots like on tv.

"as part of the job" - not much. Like the previous poster said, you'll mostly be behind a desk. However, if any branch requires much physical fitness on the job it would be the Marines, since their JAGs are actually line officers (expected to be able to lead a platoon if need be).

As far as getting the job, the Marines again place the most emphasis on fitness. They subject all of their potential JAG officers to OCS (10 weeks) and The Basic School (6 months) before they even crack a book on the Uniform Code of Military Justice, so they need to be fit. To have a chance of getting accepted to OCS in this economy, you should be hitting at least a 290/300 on the physical fitness test (perfect score is 18:00 3-mile, 20 consecutive pull-ups, and 100 situps in two minutes). That shouldn't be too hard for a runner. Just hit the pull-up bar.

As far as I know, I'm the only "jag" on the message board (although someone registered my original "jaguar" circa 2004, so maybe I'm not the only one?). :D