{"id":84297,"date":"2021-10-06T10:17:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=84297"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:37:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:37:01","slug":"called-to-serve","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2021\/called-to-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Called to Serve"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-center has-dark-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1802\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy.jpg\" class=\"has-background-opacity has-background-opacity-70\" alt=\"brown and green camouflage on a wall\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy.jpg 1802w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-1500x999.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-1502x1000.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/camouflage-james-wainscoat-unsplash-copy-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1802px) 100vw, 1802px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by James Wainscoat via Unsplash<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Military Law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalled to Serve\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Two BU Law graduates found their mission in the military&#8217;s Judge Advocate General&#8217;s Corps, advising servicemembers and commandeers on issues ranging from combat operations to end-of-life planning.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">October 6, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/rebecca-beyer\/\">Rebecca Beyer<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph record-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-boxed has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-primary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>When Dayle Percle (&#8217;11) first came to Boston University School of Law to begin her legal studies, she experienced a sort of culture shock.<br><br>The Michigan native had spent the past six years of her life in the military\u2014first at the US Air Force Academy and then as a squadron section commander at a base in Italy.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The more casual atmosphere on BU\u2019s campus was \u201ca big adjustment,\u201d she laughs, remembering thinking: \u201c\u2018What do you mean people wear pajamas to school?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople called their professors by their first names. I would stand outside professors\u2019 doors to speak with them [until invited in],\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, Percle didn\u2019t have any trouble finding her place. She already knew she would return to the Air Force as part of the Judge Advocate General&#8217;s (JAG) Corps after graduation, so she chose her classes accordingly, including offerings on criminal law, trusts and estates, and federal courts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-aside record-block-editorial-aside alignright has-light-background alignfarright\">\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button record-block-button has-primary-theme icon-navigateright align-icon-left is-style-outline\" href=\"https:\/\/trusted.bu.edu\/s\/1759\/2-bu\/giving\/interior.aspx?sid=1759&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=420&amp;cid=1057&amp;appealcode=WEBLAW\">support student veterans at bu law<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The <strong>McCombs Veterans Assistance Fund<\/strong>, established by Dean\u2019s Advisory Board member and US Army veteran Rick McCombs (\u201973), provides scholarships and financial assistance to help student veterans at BU Law pursue opportunities and secure employment.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI tried to tailor my curriculum to what I expected life as a JAG to be,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Percle and fellow BU Law graduate Sebasti\u00e1n Pacheco (\u201913), a JAG in the US Navy, that path offers the opportunity for a diverse and rewarding legal practice ranging from advising servicemembers on their wills and individual client representation in the courtroom to counseling commanders on operations during combat or humanitarian disasters. Among other assignments, Percle spent several months presenting evidence in prisoner-of-war detention hearings in Afghanistan. Pacheco investigated a January 2016 incident in which 10 US naval personnel were detained by the Iranian military in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would never make a different choice,\u201d says Pacheco, who is currently serving as part of a PHIBRON, the navy\u2019s shorthand for an amphibious squadron. \u201cBeing part of the national defense mission\u2014I feel like it\u2019s a higher calling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote record-block-bu-pullquote alignwide is-style- has-image-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><figure><\/figure><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">When you\u2019re working with people who are trying to do good with integrity, that\u2019s a very motivating environment to be in.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\">Dayle Percle (&#8217;11)<\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax record-block-editorial-parallax alignfull has-background-color-light has-object-cover-center-bottom is-style-content-left-overlay\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-media\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-background-image\"><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-figure js-block-editorial-parallax-active\" data-rellax-speed=\"-5\" data-rellax-percentage=\"0.5\"><picture class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-picture\"><source media=\"(max-height: 480px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1186-RECORDPERCLE-001-copy-854x480.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 720px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1186-RECORDPERCLE-001-copy-1280x720.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1186-RECORDPERCLE-001-copy-1366x768.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-image wp-image-84299\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1186-RECORDPERCLE-001-copy-1800x1080.jpg\" alt=\"DAYLE PERCLE (\u201911) JAG, US AIR FORCE\"\/><\/picture><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-caption\">Photo by Jimell Greene<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Percle, Pacheco began his career at a military academy. After attending the Naval Academy Preparatory School, he spent two years at the US Naval Academy before detouring to pursue another passion\u2014music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the two-year point at the academy, they ask you to make a choice to sign a contract and get a commission,\u201d he remembers. \u201cI was 20 years old and in love with classical guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacheco, who grew up in Colorado and Arizona, voluntarily resigned and enrolled at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music, where he majored in classical guitar performance and minored in Japanese. After graduating, he taught English for three years in Japan as part of the Japanese consulate\u2019s Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. When the 2008 presidential election piqued his interest in the law and the political process, he returned to the United States to attend BU Law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike Percle, Pacheco didn\u2019t know he would be returning to the military after law school. He spent time in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/policy-drafting-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Legislative Policy &amp; Drafting Clinic<\/a>, served on the staff of the <em>American Journal of Law &amp; Medicine<\/em>, and spent a year in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/criminal-law-clinical-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Criminal Law Clinical Program<\/a> (Percle did too\u2014they both won their first trials as prosecutors).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI tried to experience as much as I could,\u201d Pacheco says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduation, he accepted a clerkship with Massachusetts Appeals Court Associate Justice Diana Maldonado. Then, he worked at the Bristol County District Attorney\u2019s Office as an appellate prosecutor before rejoining the navy as a JAG at the age of 39. Pacheco had assumed he was too old to rejoin until navy recruiters came to BU Law during his time there. \u201cI figured it was a young person\u2019s game,\u201d he laughs. Hearing he was still eligible was \u201camazing,\u201d he recalls. Serving in the navy had been a goal of his since he was a child listening to his grandfather\u2019s stories about his service during World War II. He achieved that goal early on, left the service to follow another interest, and was grateful to get the chance to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cComing back was very organic,\u201d he says. \u201cIt had always been a dream of mine.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacheco has had a series of assignments since commissioning in 2015, including serving as defense counsel for sailors facing administrative proceedings and investigating the Iranian incident with Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. He also served at Naval Medical Center San Diego where the courses he took on health law at BU came in handy; part of his role there was to provide legal advice to Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) for medical studies, including biometric analysis of sailors on ships during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his current role, Pacheco is assigned to a PHIBRON preparing for deployment. The position is the first in which he\u2019s been called upon to offer advice on the law of the sea and the law of armed conflict. He also has to be up to speed on international rules and laws governing humanitarian assistance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the most exciting part of this job for me,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the preparatory missions\u2014known as going \u201cunderway\u201d\u2014are challenging. Pacheco recalls one night when a sailor spotted what he thought was a fire on the horizon. It turned out to be nothing, but, because ships have a duty to rescue, Pacheco was gearing up to advise on the legal aspects of such a maneuver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe pace is challenging when you\u2019re at sea,\u201d he says. \u201cThings can come up at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax record-block-editorial-parallax alignfull has-background-color-light has-box-color-light has-object-cover-center-middle is-style-content-right-split\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-media\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-background-image\"><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-figure js-block-editorial-parallax-active\" data-rellax-speed=\"-5\" data-rellax-percentage=\"0.5\"><picture class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-picture\"><source media=\"(max-height: 480px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1185-RECORDPACHECO-004-copy-854x480.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 720px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1185-RECORDPACHECO-004-copy-1200x720.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1185-RECORDPACHECO-004-copy-1200x768.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-image wp-image-84298\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/10\/21-1185-RECORDPACHECO-004-copy-1200x1080.jpg\" alt=\"SEBASTI\u00c1N PACHECO (\u201913) JAG, US NAVY\"\/><\/picture><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-inner\">\n<h2 id=\"headline-0\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline is-style-emphasis-color\"><strong>&#8220;I would never make a different choice. Being part of the national defense mission\u2014I feel like it\u2019s a higher calling.&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Sebasti\u00e1n Pacheco (&#8217;13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-caption\">Photo by Melvin Fatimehin<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Percle, who recently became a military judge after serving as air force appellate counsel for three years, has also cycled through a variety of roles as a JAG in the air force. After BU Law, she worked briefly on a base outside Seattle prosecuting cases and counseling base leaders on how to account for the presence of an endangered bird, among other issues. In 2012, she deployed to Afghanistan, where she spent six months working in detention operations with members of other branches of the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a very interesting environment to be in,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was very isolated\u2014just the prison, the military police, the Afghan police, a whole bunch of lawyers, and the detainees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she returned, she worked again as a prosecutor before being competitively selected for a defense assignment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of the equivalent of hanging a shingle,\u201d she says. \u201cYou\u2019re no longer part of the base community. Your boss is your client, and you report to another senior defense counsel. You need that autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Percle, who has also worked in a joint defense assignment in Norfolk advising a military planning unit, says she\u2019s thankful for her experience on the defense side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was such a rewarding job,\u201d she says. \u201cI grew so much as a person and an officer and a lawyer in seeing the good in everyone, no matter what they were alleged to have done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As trial and appellate counsel, Percle handled a range of cases, including sexual assault, an area that has received intense focus from congressional leaders in recent years. When she first arrived at Joint Base Andrews for her appellate position, the office was preparing a case for the US Solicitor General\u2019s office to argue at the US Supreme Court. The office prevailed when the high court ruled 8-0 in <em>US v. Briggs<\/em> that there is no statute of limitations for rape cases under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe got the result we were looking for,\u201d Percle says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serving as a lawyer in the military means making sacrifices. Both Percle and Pacheco have lived apart from their spouses and families over the years. But the work is worth it, they say.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s highly rewarding,\u201d Pacheco says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Percle, whose service commitment expired for the first time earlier this year, says she knew from the moment she arrived at the Air Force Academy that she had made the right career choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">\u201cI love what I do,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen you\u2019re working with people who are trying to do good with integrity, that\u2019s a very motivating environment to be in.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>Editor\u2019s note: Both Percle and Pacheco spoke in their individual capacities and not as representatives of any branch of the military or the Department of Defense.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-three record-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 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