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Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

Is it possible for a Canadian citizen to join the American military. I heard lots immigrants join the marines to gain their green card?

What would the procedure be?

I am sure some GI reads this board any info would be greatly appreciated.

Jandar · Joined: 11 Jun 2008

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/17/fewer_foreign_nationals_enlisting_in_us_military_services/

Six months to citizenship.

http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/Military%20Personnel%20Citizenship%20Processing%20Act.pdf

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

Thank you sir.

blurgalurgalurga · Joined: 18 Oct 2007

Yeah, I know a guy who did it.

Jandar · Joined: 11 Jun 2008

ReeseDog · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Classified

I betcha they won't be putting maple leaves on their rucks.

saw6436 · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, ROK

40,000 Canadians fought with American forces during Vietnam.

sojourner1 · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

When I was in the US Army, I served along side with Irish, a German, Puerto Ricans, Samoans, and many other Caribbean guys, except for Cubans. Probably were Canadians too. Recruiters know how to do it. Just get in touch with the recruiters.

I understand the morale is quite historically low now and antagonistic attitudes are foul as rotten green eggs so it's not all that much fun. We always had that in our military culture, but extremely so during war time while in peace time it's just a peer pressure thing to push yourself way past limits you didn't know were possible for the human body. Expect basic training and deployment to be great challenges that leave you hoping nothing else in life will be that difficult and painful, but for peace time at your permanent party duty stations to be a good hoot it up time with your unit. Serious.

To me it was kind of like living in a bubble as we had our base closed off to the rest of the world, we had everything we needed (and then a lot more we didn't) provided to us, and saving money was the norm. We have little America set up in dozens of countries so our troops don't miss the good qualities of home too much. During the 1990's while living in fun Germany, I was saving $1000 a month which would be roughly equivalent to twice that today. We had really good times, except when it came time to deploy and get marooned in a mud base camp for a year straight packing our M-16 in full battle rattle all our waking hours and working 7 days a week 18 hours a day. It was tough, but I'm glad I did it. No joke about it.

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

blurgalurgalurga · Joined: 18 Oct 2007

Just curious, Temporary, but why do you want to join the US military rather than the Canadian one? I can think of some good reasons--but what's your reasoning, if you don't mind me asking?

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

I wouldn't stand a chance of getting in. Its a 6 month wait if your in country but if you've been out of the country for more then 2 years you might as well just give up you citizenship because no one can pass security verification. I would have to probably wait like 6 years.

blurgalurgalurga · Joined: 18 Oct 2007

Holy smokes. I knew it was tight but I'd no idea it was that tight.

I wonder if it's the same for the secret service? I watched a CBC show called 'Intelligence' about spies and black marketeers in Vancouver, and it looked kinda fun...in a bureaucratic way...

peppermint · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:02 am Post subject:

I talked to a CSIS recruiter a while back, and if you lived outside the country at any point in the past 10 years, you're ineligible to even apply.

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

To be honest with you I don't give a flying rats a$$ about the great white north. I only lived 45% of my life in that crap hole, it was expensive and not much fun. I couldn't care less if that country dispeared overnight in a bigg mushroom cloud.

I still wished my mom would have immigrated to the USA.

D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008