I'm a veteran of the Army JAG Corps (lawyers) and h just retired from the Army Medical corps. There is no such thing as court ordered military service today.
There hasn't been anything remotely like that for decades. It's an all volunteer military and no one gets ordered to join. In fact, more than half of applicants for the military today, are rejected.
Whether for drug offenses, or they fail a urinalysis, or have a criminal record of some sort, or cannot pass the psychological tests or a physical test, or make weight,
most cannot get in.
Just fyi in case he says that again, it's not true.
Thank you for your service! Also, thank you for the knowledge. He always said he went in because he chose to, plus pressure from his father. A few months ago, he told me he had to go to court over something, drugs maybe, and the judge gave him an option. Go into the military, or something else (jail time?) So maybe not court ordered, but he said the judge was very firm. So he picked the military. I'll have to ask him to tell me the story again. I do remember him saying he thought he told me and he was shocked I did not know that detail, but I know for certain he never mentioned going to court before.
