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Offline Yeager

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« on: April 11, 2003, 01:54:35 PM »
At Bethesda Naval Center, the president will spend time with 33 wounded Marines and sailors and present four Purple Hearts there. At Bethesda, the president will also witness two Marines becoming U.S. citizens. Individuals wishing to serve as Marines can do so if they have a green card.
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Wow.  So this is Kool.  As long as Ali Muhammad has a green card he can be a Marine.  Somehow I am not comforted by this.
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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2003, 01:57:09 PM »
it takes more than a green card , they also have to go thru USMC boot camp.

non-citizens have always served in the US military , i think after one tour they are made citizens, but not sure.
« Last Edit: April 11, 2003, 01:59:11 PM by john9001 »
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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2003, 01:58:30 PM »
Yeah the son of the warlord we were hunting in Somalia at the time of "Black Hawk Down" was a former Marine.  You can serve in the armed forces as an enlisted as a non-citizen legal resident, though officers must be citizens.  Thirty or forty thousand green carders are serving now.  Henry Kissinger got citizenship this way.
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« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2003, 02:00:11 PM »
Usta be you also could not serve overseas unless a citizen.
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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2003, 02:07:05 PM »
Yep, I heard/read/saw that non-citizen in the Armed Forces can become U.S citizen after they have served.  Something new Bush put in since he's been in office.


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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2003, 02:28:39 PM »
also certain jobs in military only available to American citizen due to security restriction.
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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2003, 03:35:58 PM »
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Yep, I heard/read/saw that non-citizen in the Armed Forces can become U.S citizen after they have served.  Something new Bush put in since he's been in office.


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its more official now for sure, but for years if a guy wasnt a citizen but had good service record it greatly helped his case and speeded up process of becoming a citizen.
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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2003, 03:39:00 PM »
If they served they deserve it.
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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2003, 03:47:26 PM »
Yep that's how it oughta be.
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Yep, if he goes through Marine boot camp.
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2003, 03:57:12 PM »
He is a Marine.

He served, hell hand him the papers to become a citizen.
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2003, 04:23:44 PM »
I agree.  Alot of these green card soliders/Marines/airmen/sailors are more patriotic than some citizens.

At the conclusion of service, citizenship should be automatic IMO.
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Offline Major_Hans

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« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2003, 08:58:11 PM »
So I suppose folks from the Virgin Islands and Guam can serve in the US military.

They don't have their own military after all.

Many Irish did this in the Civil War.  If I recall entire battalions and even a full regiment were entirely made out of Irish.
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« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2003, 09:11:24 PM »
I think is potato peelinG GREAT!!!

A tear almost formed when i heard about the Guatalmaln guy who was killed as a Marine..

He was an Orphan who traveld by riding trains to the US..Joined the Marines...

NOW that is kik prettythang$$$$...

He put his life on the line to serve a country he was not a native to.

He wanted to prtoect the freedoms we gave him for otheres to come...I think that is truly a great sign of what the majority of the people feel about the USA...


F ing Great..I salute him and many more



BiGB
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P.S. I did not know they could serve till this war....amazing...thatis reall dam good..You willing to defend this country..we at the least shoudl grant them a citizen...I wish he could of lived......Salute

P.P.S Can soemone Post his name please
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« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2003, 10:42:10 PM »
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Yep, I heard/read/saw that non-citizen in the Armed Forces can become U.S citizen after they have served. Something new Bush put in since he's been in office.

Is it new?  Several guys in my squadron (USN) were serving for citizenship 25 years ago.
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Usta be you also could not serve overseas unless a citizen.

Dunno about the specifics- we were overseas quite a bit, and the guys serving for citizenship were right there with us.
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At the conclusion of service, citizenship should be automatic IMO.

Seemed like a fair trade to me.  When Robert A. Heinlein proposed this idea in Starship Troopers (1959) the public labeled him a fascist and a militarist.
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« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2003, 10:45:04 PM »
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Originally posted by BGBMAW
I think is potato peelinG GREAT!!!

A tear almost formed when i heard about the Guatalmaln guy who was killed as a Marine..

He was an Orphan who traveld by riding trains to the US..Joined the Marines...

NOW that is kik prettythang$$$$...

He put his life on the line to serve a country he was not a native to.

He wanted to prtoect the freedoms we gave him for otheres to come...I think that is truly a great sign of what the majority of the people feel about the USA...


F ing Great..I salute him and many more



BiGB
xoxo


P.S. I did not know they could serve till this war....amazing...thatis reall dam good..You willing to defend this country..we at the least shoudl grant them a citizen...I wish he could of lived......Salute

P.P.S Can soemone Post his name please


He imbodied the true spirit of America God Bless him.
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