Fellow JAs, warrants, and paralegals.....
If the JAGWAR didn't exist as an organization, its abiding ethos would nonetheless still persist as an imperative. Although our societal Order intends to support the Army's contingent of legal professionals in their self-development as Soldiers, the real author of that effort is each of us. Personally. Individually. Only we can ensure our success in evolving into a warfighter, and that objective is absolutely an express goal of the United States Army JAG Corps.
The Army Times recently published an article that encapsulates this message pretty well, so I refer you to the pull-quote below, and wish you all the very best in your pursuit of excellence--both in the courtroom, and on the battlefield. Readiness is the theme these days; let's step up to that challenge.
"Your development is your responsibility—not your instructor’s, not your boss’s or a career counselor’s. You must own your respective leadership development in order for the Army to achieve optimal readiness, which means individuals from privates to generals share the burden to adequately prepare themselves for uncertain conditions and complex environments."