The most important part of basic training is the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the primary legal framework that governs the U.S. Armed Forces. It does not replace civil laws that exist where those troops are stationed. It is in many cases more strict than most civil laws.

Romans 2:12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

One of the benefits of the law are the protections of the law. We don’t always think about the law as being merciful because it is man that unjustly wields the gavel in its pronouncements.

Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.”

Those of us who are in service to our God need basic training and refresher courses to remind ourselves of who is just and the justifier of those in His service.

Deuteronomy 32:1-9 English Standard Version

1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
2 May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.
3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord; ascribe greatness to our God!

4 “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
5 They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation.
6 Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
7 Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

9 But the Lord’s portion is his people,Jacob his allotted heritage.

For those of us that view Deuteronomy as nothing more than legal demands, let me offer up that these words as both commentary and prophecy.