What are the different stations and chances of getting stationed in Texas after going through USMC training?

February 26th, 2008 | by MakingMarines |
USMC training
solid_platinum99 asked:


I will be going through OCS and than going to law school in texas. And then back to TBS and then The final training in Rhode island for JAG. I am hoping to get stationed in Texas. Does anyone know the chances of getting stationed there and if so what cities/bases. Also I heard that if you go into Law MOS that you pick what state you’re stationed in because you pick which state BAR exam you take.

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  1. 2 Responses to “What are the different stations and chances of getting stationed in Texas after going through USMC training?”

  2. By joeybagofdonnuts on Feb 28, 2008 | Reply

    Don’t know of any bases or activites in Texas for the Marine Corps. You’re most likely to get one of the big three: NC, Cal, Japan or maybe Quantico or Washington.

  3. By Larry R on Feb 29, 2008 | Reply

    As far as I know the bit about “Also I heard that if you go into Law MOS that you pick what state you’re stationed in because you pick which state BAR exam you take” is bull. As a military lawyer you only need to have passed ANY bar exam, anywhere.

    You won’t be practicing in local state courts, Military Courts are Federal Courts, and like I said you only have to be liscenced in ANY state (or D.C.) in order to practice in them. So what state you passed the bar in is irrelevant. I can’t think of a scenario where a JAG would go before a State Judge, but if they did, you could either get a waiver, or (more likely) associate with local counsel.

    If you think about it, this only makes sense…Military Lawyers would have to take a new bar exam every time they got transfered were it otherwise.

    As for USMC in Texas… I can’t think of any.

    If you go here
    or here

    You get a good list of USMC installations. The Marines are very small force, so they don’t have a lot of bases.

    There is a Marine Aviation Training Support Grout at the Navy Base in Corpus Christi, but that’s about it, as far as I know. The Main USMC bases are in North Carolina, California, Hawaii, and overseas. They have a small detachment at Fort Bliss (for ADA training) but I’d have to say the odds of your getting stationed in Texas (absent a compassionate reassignment sort of thing) are worse than your odds of winning the lottery…twice. Odds are much better you would be in North Carolina, California, Hawaii, or D.C.

    Sorry, and good luck.

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