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Lol no. For almost the entire 20th century, until 1992, Filipinos could just join the Navy or Coast Guard at foreign recruiting posts, without even being Americ
by jeffbee 3d ago
Lol no. For almost the entire 20th century, until 1992, Filipinos could just join the Navy or Coast Guard at foreign recruiting posts, without even being American residents, then get fast-tracked for citizenship.
- sheafification 3d agoI remember learning about that from Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon, back in the day. It’s not even a US-specific thing. Many countries recruit foreigners to their militaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_militaries_that_recruit_foreigners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_militaries_that_recrui...
- xhkkffbf 3d agoI've heard of some people on the lam who wanted to join the French Foreign Legion, a military that gives a no-questions-asked grant of citizenship at the end.