Citizenship option in basic training tells recruits that if you wish to die for us you should be one of us
According to the article written by Susanne M. Schafer of the Associated Press titled Army, Navy add citizenship option to boot camp “ Now the Army and Navy, in need of specialists and language skills in wartime, are speeding things up by allowing recruits to wrap up the process while they're still in basic training by allowing federal immigration officers access to the recruits.” I think is a great thing and a long time in coming. What I love best about this decision is that “military officials say it's a well-deserved break for volunteers who otherwise would have to slog through the bureaucratic ordeal during deployments around the world, often far from U.S. embassies and the military route is not a short-cut for foreigners abroad to get into the U.S. Only legal immigrants can apply, officials stress, and they must complete five years of honorable service or chance having their citizenship revoked.” If they can be brought into the service of this country and are willin...