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Originally Posted by frazod
The ending was also complete horseshit. First off, the entire sentencing phase of the trial (called "extenuation and mitigation" in a court-martial) was skipped. Evidence is presented by both sides, and then the members, not the judge, deliberate on a sentence. Plus, those kids would NEVER have been convicted of anything after the truth of the case came out.
Don't get me wrong, I love the movie, but God that ending made me want to throw shit at the screen.
The most accurate thing this movie portrays is the attitude of JAG corps lawyers. With few exceptions, the younger ones are lawyers first and foremost and officers only as an afterthought. Cruise nailed the young hotshot will will do his six years and move on to bigger and better things; Moore nailed the bumbling lifer who can't cut it in a courtroom.
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I don't know about every branch of the military but I know Army JAG attorneys don't have to go through basic training or anything like that. My wife was offered a job with Army JAG after law school and she wasn't Army. She had just done an internship with the JAG during third year. So I'm sure some are attorneys much before they're officers.