Two programs help officers join JAG Corps

(EXCERPT) 11/18/2003 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Company grade officers who
want to join forces with the Air Force's Judge Advocate General Corps
will have a chance from January to March.

Two programs, the Funded Legal Education Program and the Excess Leave
Program, allow active-duty officers to pursue law degrees without ever
leaving the Air Force, and to serve in the JAG Corps. Both programs
begin accepting applications in January, and will provide the Air
Force with lawyers who already have a good understanding of the
military, JAG officials said.

"Commanders demand and deserve legal advisers who understand our
ever-changing missions,” said Lt. Col. Peter Marksteiner, of the JAG
professional development division. “FLEP supplies us with a cadre of
officers...

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