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[travelingfool]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immigrant-recruits4-2009may04,0,5078748,full.story

Pilot program seeks to boost the ranks of language and healthcare specialists by offering citizenship.

By Alexandra Zavis and Andrew Becker
May 4, 2009

The lanky 19-year-old from South Korea has lived in the Southland since he was 9 years old. He is as comfortable speaking English as his native Korean. And he desperately wants to join the Army.

Late last week, the teenager walked into a recruiting office in an Eagle Rock mall wearing a pendant shaped like a dog tag around his neck. Until recently, local recruiters would have had to turn him away. His student visa would not have qualified him to enlist. Only citizens or permanent residents who carry green cards were eligible to serve.

But starting today, 10 Los Angeles-area Army recruiting offices will begin taking applications from some foreigners who are here on temporary visas or who have been granted asylum.

In all, the pilot program, which was launched in New York in February, seeks to enlist 1,000 military recruits with special language and medical skills, most of whom will join the Army. Response to the program has exceeded expectations, drawing applications from more than 7,000 people around the country, many of them highly educated, defense officials said.


*I personally think if a person is willing to join the Army and risk their lives I think they should be given citizenship. Not that anyone would ever want to join the Korean army, but do you think they would be willing to do the same with a foreigner? A foreigner who was willing to serve and possibly give their lives? Nope. I think it would be interesting to show this article to your older students and see what they have to say.

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Well, it worked for the Romans...

[wesharris]

Yes, but the Romans didn't have instantaneous forms of communication, and the ability to coordinate strategically on a more massive scale.
Now did they?
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Wes