Army Times - Early outs available to some lieutenants -- but not JAG lieutenants

The program is not open to members of the special branches — Army Medical Department, Judge Advocate General’s Corps and Chaplain Corps — nor officers who are deployed for Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or those assigned to life-cycle units or units under stop-loss restrictions.

JAG Hunter here: Reducing JAG force levels works against efforts ongoing to elevate the TJAGs from all services to three-star rank.