A/N: I chose this story to post first because it is based on a story i had partially written some time ago. I need some more inspiration to get started on the other stories. I have another question for you, would you like that i post each chapter as soon as i'm finished with it (this can take some time) or wait till i have a larger part ready before posting. Let me know and enjoy this story.

Beyond duty

Prologue

AJ was retired and Harm promoted to captain. He would be the temporary JAG until the selection board came out, after that he would get his own command. Mac was still the chief of staff with Sturgis as her new partner. They would get someone new to fill Harm's place shortly.

Some major changes happened in a short time, but maybe this was good to wake everybody up that you couldn't stay in the same place forever. JAG HQ was one of the few places where you could be stationed for years.

AJ had planned to visit his daughter in Italy and travel around with her so they wouldn't be seeing him for some time. In the mean time Harm found out what being the JAG was all about, it was busy on another scale, something you didn't realize in just a couple of days. He understood now why AJ was sometimes so harsh on him, he had a habit of making things difficult and when AJ needed to vent his frustration on something he was the obvious target.

Six months later there finally was a new JAG selected and Harm now knew what his new position would be. This billet was still in trial phase and would form a bridge between the ones doing the hard work and the ones maintaining the rules. Harm was a good candidate since he was both pilot and lawyer. He would need to move to California where his office would be with his staff to help him in any way. He would be traveling a lot so decided not to bother in finding a house and stay on base and sometimes commute to his parents. Harm wouldn't be seeing JAG sometime soon either. Harm and Mac had contact from time to time but they seldom saw each other anymore.

A/N: Please review, it might get me motivated to write faster.