Struggling to overcome recruiting shortfalls, the Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist, putting out pamphlets, working social media and broadening their outreach, particularly in inner cities. One key element is the use of recruiters with similar backgrounds to these potential recruits.
This is one of the fastest paths to US citizenship I’ve seen:
Under the new program, recruits are quickly enrolled in the citizenship system and when they start basic training, an expedited process kicks off, including all required paperwork and testing. By the time Air Force recruits finish their seven weeks of training, the process is complete and they are sworn in as American citizens.
Wow, that’s a huge benefit and a much more relaxed requirement! When I served, foreign citizens enlisting in the military had to serve on active duty during war time to gain automatic citizenship. This will certainly increase enlistment, since even the wartime duty requirement attracted immigrants in the past.