Impossible to join

[Mad Dog!!!]

Hey I'm new and I joined because I want to ask a few questions. Its been a dream of mine to join the U.S army/navy and work myself up towards becoming a navy seal.The only problem is that I'm not a U.S citizen and I havn't finished school yet. The maximum age for a navy seal is 28 I think and once I finish school I first need to become a U.S citizen(which could take a while)join the military,recieve normal and advanced training seal taining etc so by then it might already be too late.My friend is in the same situation as me. So is it realy impossible for a non U.S citizen to become a navy seal?

[wackychick]

You do have to be a US citizen to join the armed forces. Although I have seen people taking the citizenship oath who are already in the service and in uniform, we are not aware how THOSE situations work. You would need to find a recruiter and ask for sure. If there are no recruiters near you, find one in the states that you can at least ask questions of.

[DaDawg]

Enlistment Standards

The Fast Track - TIME

GoArmy.com

This is a good artical: Military considers recruiting foreigners - The Boston Globe

[Tobey]

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Originally Posted by wackychick You do have to be a US citizen to join the armed forces. Although I have seen people taking the citizenship oath who are already in the service and in uniform, we are not aware how THOSE situations work. You would need to find a recruiter and ask for sure. If there are no recruiters near you, find one in the states that you can at least ask questions of.

Do you happen to know how to get in touch with one? If you can't provide a state of residence and street address on the US army website (due to the simple fact that you are not a US citizen and or resident) you simply can't get any more information. I happen to be in a similar situation and would very much like to have a word a recruitment officer regarding this.