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I have known exactly two JAGs who were SF qualified who were not prior service SF enlisted.
They both went through in the old days when that was permitted.
The SFQC is an MOS producing school, and is not intended to entertain anyone's Walter Mitty fantasies. Sounds like some people have watched too many episodes of JAG, and want to be a SEAL, a fighter pilot, and a lawyer.
The JAG Corps is organized and staffed to produce lawyers to meet the Army's needs. Unless you are assigned to an Airborne unit, you have no need for Airborne School. A few get to go because the skill is needed and the school is short. Very few JAGs will get to go to Ranger School, because it is not needed, the school is long, and people get hurt there.
I wanted to be an astronaut and a cowboy at one time, but made a reality check, decided what I really wanted to do, and did it.
I recommend that others do likewise.
I stand by my earlier comments. You are not going to be practicing law at a "big firm" for very long whilst going through the pipeline, much less while making operational deployments for seven months at the whack. If you have six years to take off, join the Army as an 18X, take your shot, and either become an SF soldier or an Infantryman till your ETS back to a legal career. If not, stay where you are and be happy.
Best of luck, either way.
TR
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