Mwbk
02-16-10, 08:18 AM
Hi there, my name is Mitchell. I am a 17 year old Highschool Grad. an i want to ask some questions to some Marine's.
Please forgive me if i started this topic in the wrong section.
As i said, i am a 17 year old Highschool Grad. born and raised in Holland. Nor do i feel Dutch or call this place ''Home''. I have had hopes to get far away from this country as possible since age 14. I have many reasons for that but thats a whole different story.
I graduated from my highschool in Holland on a good/high level (In Holland they have a different education system than USA so i don't know the exact levels.) + i am a certified car-mechanic. But deu to the recession etc. it was impossible for me to find a job in that section. So i went back to school for a year to get an even higher diploma. Then i started to look in as working for the Dutch Airforce as a F16 mechanic.
I applied, they tested me, i came up 1 point short. so i applied for a resit (My english is ok but i dont know the exact word for ''resit''?). So i did a ''resit'' and i passed. Then they told me the section i was applying(F16) for was full, so was the Helicopter section. All they had left over was Avionics (Electrics, aerodynamics). I am not certified for avionics nor does it seem the right job for me. And now i have 1 option left, and that is wait 2 years for the next time they are open for applies. yeah i could get a job for those 2 years and hope that i would fit in next time. but there is still a chance that i would have to wait ANOTHER 2 years.
That + me wanting to get the hell outoff this country. Is the reason i might want to join the US Marine's. Now here comes my question; Is it possible for a Non US citizen to apply for the Marine corps and eventually become a citizen of the United States of America?
Much respect all the way form this part of the world, Mitchell.
Please forgive me if i started this topic in the wrong section.
As i said, i am a 17 year old Highschool Grad. born and raised in Holland. Nor do i feel Dutch or call this place ''Home''. I have had hopes to get far away from this country as possible since age 14. I have many reasons for that but thats a whole different story.
I graduated from my highschool in Holland on a good/high level (In Holland they have a different education system than USA so i don't know the exact levels.) + i am a certified car-mechanic. But deu to the recession etc. it was impossible for me to find a job in that section. So i went back to school for a year to get an even higher diploma. Then i started to look in as working for the Dutch Airforce as a F16 mechanic.
I applied, they tested me, i came up 1 point short. so i applied for a resit (My english is ok but i dont know the exact word for ''resit''?). So i did a ''resit'' and i passed. Then they told me the section i was applying(F16) for was full, so was the Helicopter section. All they had left over was Avionics (Electrics, aerodynamics). I am not certified for avionics nor does it seem the right job for me. And now i have 1 option left, and that is wait 2 years for the next time they are open for applies. yeah i could get a job for those 2 years and hope that i would fit in next time. but there is still a chance that i would have to wait ANOTHER 2 years.
That + me wanting to get the hell outoff this country. Is the reason i might want to join the US Marine's. Now here comes my question; Is it possible for a Non US citizen to apply for the Marine corps and eventually become a citizen of the United States of America?
Much respect all the way form this part of the world, Mitchell.