I guess as an offshoot to that, what about taking non-emergency orders? IE humanitarian missions that last a couple months? This would be a virtual career killer in private legal practice, but I imagine LE would be more flexible?
Mike
Mike
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I guess as an offshoot to that, what about taking non-emergency orders? IE humanitarian missions that last a couple months? This would be a virtual career killer in private legal practice, but I imagine LE would be more flexible?
Mike
Federal, good to go. State or local, YMMV.
There are limits - too much mil leave has implications on retirement.
I personally know of one guy who got fired from a federal job for going on orders. He let slip that he volunteered for the orders and the boss told him if he left he would be fired.Federal, good to go. State or local, YMMV.
There are limits - too much mil leave has implications on retirement.
I personally know of one guy who got fired from a federal job for going on orders. He let slip that he volunteered for the orders and the boss told him if he left he would be fired.
He did leave and was fired. He sued but lost the case in court. Another guy left for a year long deployment 2 weeks after getting hired. We were badly understaffed and working 30+ hours of OT a week. They finally get a new body and poof he's gone.
They couldn't fire him, but once his probation was up, they didn't renew him.
I personally know of one guy who got fired from a federal job for going on orders. He let slip that he volunteered for the orders and the boss told him if he left he would be fired.
He did leave and was fired. He sued but lost the case in court. Another guy left for a year long deployment 2 weeks after getting hired. We were badly understaffed and working 30+ hours of OT a week. They finally get a new body and poof he's gone.
They couldn't fire him, but once his probation was up, they didn't renew him.
With your JD, go Fed or go back into the military as a JAG.
If I were more enthusiastic about a career in law, or perhaps less enthusiastic about trying to become a pilot in the military, I'd give JAG much more consideration. I know a couple JAGs who are generally happier than my friends who are civilian lawyers. As I mentioned, however, I am working on going Army (Guard) aviation, and I can't do that concurrently with JAG.
Mike
The irony of course is all you need is a high school diploma to fly helicopters in the Army
It was department of the Army.I'd like to know what agency did this. My agency bends over backwards for deployments.
There has to be more than that. The fury of god comes down on those that fire vets for no reason besides deploying. .
The irony of course is all you need is a high school diploma to fly helicopters in the Army
It was a voluntary deployment. The department was seriously understaffed and everyone was working 60+ hours a week. This guy got sick of it and took a set of orders to get away from a while.
On a phone conference about it, the big boss gave him the ultimatum. If you leave, you're not coming back. The guy called his bluff and was let go.
I guess I should mention that he was still on probation. So there were less hoops to jump through for management to dump him.
It was also a blatantly toxic work place
The issue with National Guard aviation is it's not like the reserves where you can just transfer units. That state pays for your flight training, so they want to keep you.
Mike
Negative. ANG pilots transfer around all the time.
I've heard it is much easier said than done vs reserves. Maybe that's bum scoop.
Mike