[earplug]

Did he join to defend this nation, or did he join to gain citizenship? Knowing he had a major problem in his past did he join the Marines for his own personnel gain?
I learned more about life as a REMF then I did in the Infantry!

[David1]

I really don't know nor do I really care. The point is that he is serving this country and ready to die.

[bluecollarman]

He is a refugee from Vietnam, looks like from a Mixed Marriage Black/Asian.

[sharkhawk]

My Dad joined because he was drafted, but once in he volunteered for the 101st airborne. My Dad knew about the evils of communism as his village was cleared by the Russians when they invaded Poland in 1939. He also got into some trouble as a teen in England. But to say someone who is a Marine Sargent joined for his own personal gain? WTF, the marines don't practice affirmative action. IMO anyone who goes out to defend this country, especially now in a volunteer military should be automatically made a citizen. We give citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, yet people who put their lives on the line aren't worthy? Remember this country was founded on the backs of people like this who fled tyranny to achieve freedom.