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Hi my name is Danny,
I am currently interested in the Army ROTC program and want to become a CRNA through the army. My problem is, I am not a citizen yet, i have been a permenant resident for over 5 years and my birthday is in a month, so i will be applying for citizenship. But my birthday is in early october, and the deadline for the scholarship is in Janurary (my carreer counsler told me) and i don't think i will obtain my citizenship by janurary(it usually takes more than 3 months). My question is: is there any waiver the Army can offer me? If not, what is my best option to obtain a ROTC scholarship.
Thank you for reading this mail.
Hi Danny,
I'm afraid that you have to be a US Citizen in order to apply for, and receive an ROTC scholarship.
This is because ROTC is an officer accession program, and federal law requires all commissioned officers to be US Citizens. The Military has no way to know for sure whether or not you will actually get your citizenship, so there are no waivers for this requirement.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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