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USA270A

Legal Administrator

Conducts counterintelligence investigations, operations, and collections to identify, assess, and counter intelligence threats to Army forces and equities.

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What they tell you

Manage legal operations, court-martial proceedings, and military justice administration as a specialist warrant officer. A unique legal career in uniform with transferable administrative skills.

What it's actually like

The 270A warrant is the glue that holds Judge Advocate legal operations together — you manage the administrative and operational functions of a JAG office so that the attorneys can focus on the law. Court-martial preparation, legal assistance program management, evidence handling, claims processing, and the voluminous record-keeping requirements of military justice all flow through you. You will know more about the procedural mechanics of military law than most junior JAG officers, and you'll spend years watching butter bar attorneys figure out things you mastered three assignments ago. The relationship with the Staff Judge Advocate is the defining factor in tour quality — a good SJA who respects the warrant function makes this an excellent job. The civilian paralegal and legal administration market can absorb you, but the military legal specialty has limited direct civilian translation compared to some other warrant fields. The job is rewarding if you find meaning in making justice processes work correctly.

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Training Pipeline
1
Warrant Officer Candidate School7w
Fort Rucker (AL)
2
Counterintelligence Special Agent Course18w
Fort Huachuca (AZ)
CI investigations, source operations, interview/interrogation, CI collection, FIE detection. TS/SCI required.
On the Outside

What this actually is in the real world

Your skills translate. Here's what civilian employers call this job — and what they pay.

General and Operations Managers

Strong match
$102,950$82,360$123,540/yr median

Salary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, retrieved Feb 2026. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

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