WHAT ARE THE PROMOTION PATTERNS FOR THE NAVY JAG CORPS?
Successful applicants to the JAG Corps students are commissioned as inactive ensigns during law school. After passing your bar examination and reporting for after reporting for extended active duty, you will receive a superseding appointments as Reserve officers in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps, designator 2505, on active duty. At the time that JAG Corps students accept their superseding appointments, they receive service credit (for promotion purposes only) of up to three years for the period that they were attending law school while not in a commissioned status. Due to this service credit, JAG Corps students will be promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) upon acceptance of the 2505 designator appointment. Service credit accelerates an individuals promotion and determines rank. The granting of service credit does not alter an individuals longevity for pay purposes. Basic pay longevity is computed in accordance with the pay entry base dated established upon the officers initial acce
