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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just glad to see other former judge advocates speaking truth on here about his fledgling, lackluster military career. By my count there’s 3-4 of us.  I am willing to bet if you ask any JA who worked with him pre-Trump they would all identify him as mediocre and unpleasant.  It is why he was passed-over to LTC.  The DNC-funded, outsider campaign manager just hopes people
 buy Yev’s version of himself.  [/quote]

I am a judge advocate and know multiple JAs that were passed over on their initial look for LTC that are now COLs. Selection is a matter of numbers, timing, and luck. One thing that stands out is that he was selected for COL - with a selection rate of 30%. So the selection board - which consists of both regular branch and JAs - found his performance to be in the top 30% of all LTCs. That means the selection board found him to be much above average towards superior.

But I doubt you, or your fictional friends, are judge advocates. If you were, you’d understand the selection process and what it means. You failed to state your rank, so it sounds like sour grapes to me. Sorry you didn’t get selected for COL. [/quote]

And the year he came out on the O6 list it was very delayed because he was not actually on it - he was rightfully passed over to LTC.  He then was made an SJA after filing a whistleblower complaint.  He was an ad law chief post grad course, received not good paper, but then did not supervise any JAs from then to when he was made an O6 and given an SJA gig that allowed him to not move.  Because he wanted to stay in the DC area and also wanted premiere assignments - it was and still is all about him.  [/quote]

Wrong. You are obviously not an Army JA. You don’t even know the correct acronym for Lieutenant Colonel. In the Army it’s LTC. You called him Lt. Col. in an earlier post. That’s the acronym for an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel.

He was on the promotion list for O-6 (COL). The list was delayed because someone in congress wasn’t happy that he reported what was happening in the White House to his chain of command and held up the promotion of the whole COL list. The JAGC stands by their whole list and will not remove names.  It’s never the case of a delay to add another name. It’s only when congress will not accept the whole lot and wants someone removed that a list is delayed.

Your description of his SJA job is incorrect and nonsensical. A Staff Judge Advocate is the chief attorney of a legal office. The SJA is the leader of all the attorneys in the office. An SJA  identifier is only for office that has a group in which to lead. He had to have supervised other attorneys - that’s inherent with the position.

You don’t even lie well. Just stop. Stop bashing JAs on a mommy blog. [/quote]

I know his entire post grad course assignment history.  Ad law in Europe, then senior trial counsel (non supervisory (not a rater of anyone)), labor law - again not a rater of anyone, NSC, futures command DEVCOM (0 assigned uniformed JAs), then SJA.  He retired early before his 3 years time in grade.  [/quote]

Many of those assignments were as a Major. Leadership isn’t a requirement at that grade for promotion. Senior trial counsel is the team lead of all the trial counsel, and they try their own cases. It is a technically difficult assignment and requires development of junior litigators. One of the most demanding that I had in my career.  Labor law is reserved for litigators since it’s one of only a few assignments where you try cases outside of military justice. Also a technically difficult assignment. His assignments show he was a good litigator with progressively more difficult litigation assignments.

The JAGC would never send an idiot to NSC. Futures command is a solid assignment and working to shape the battlefield of the future.

I’m glad you have a copy of his ORB, but that doesn’t say anything about his service. You don’t understand the importance/difficulty of his assignments. You’re an internet fraud. [/quote]

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