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Justin Case wrote:
<snip>

> there are few (or none?) avenues for inexpensive flying.  Perhaps, due
> to your age you can become a naturalized citizen of the United States
> which would entitle you to military service in the US.  At that point,
> you could enroll in the college of your choice (inexpensively), get your
> four year degree and enlist in a branch of the US service, as a pilot
> candidate.  Just a suggestion, and although Americans are typically
> ethnocentric, I am not.  You asked, I offered a suggestion.  Good luck

<snip again>

I don't recall any requirement to be a US citizen to serve in the US
military. In fact, In my boot camp company in the Navy, we had an
Israeli (draft dodger -- didn't want to serve in Israel where they use
live ammo) and a West German (1982, and the guy was a Nazi. I'm proud to
have helped him expose himself and receive a considerably less than
honorable discharge).

That said, most countries frown on you joining the military of another
country, and you can usually only join the military of the US if you
are  a citizen of the US or a long-time ally. Your own country may not
look at this happily and could well strip your rights as a citizen,
since active military service in another country is a sort of pledge of
allegiance to a country other than your own.

And if you DON'T make it as a pilot in the service, be prepared for a
few years of work you probably wouldn't want to do as a civilian.

Cheers-

m w grossmann
