Ask Stew: Joining the U.S. Military or Special Ops from a Foreign Country You cannot get a top-secret security clearance as a non-citizen, but you can join the military with a green card.
Lawmaker Offers Glimpse Inside Fort Lee's Temporary Home for Afghan Allies and Their Families Two hundred Afghans arrived at the base on July 30, and the base has been told to prepare for upward of 3,500 people to be...
White House: 'Operation Allies Refuge' to Start Evacuating Afghans by End of July Eligible Afghans who are interested and are being considered for a Special Immigrant Visa will fly to a third country.
Deported Veteran Returns to US to Become American Citizen U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hector Ocegueda will take the oath to become an American citizen after he was deported to Mexico.
Dreaming of America, Fearing Taliban Takeover: As US Withdraws, Afghan Interpreter Waits for Visa 18,000 Afghans who assisted the U.S. over the last 20 years have applied for a Special Immigrant Visa.
The US Military Helps Naturalize Non-Citizens Naturalization can be tricky to get, but serving in the U.S. military provides a very strong road toward becoming a citizen.
'Fighting on All Fronts': Deported US Veterans Cautiously Optimistic Biden Will Bring Them Home At least 250 veterans were deported or in deportation proceedings between 2013 and 2018, according to a GAO report.
Troubled Visa Program for Afghan Interpreters May Do 'More Harm Than Good,' Study Finds The U.S. government's inability to effectively run the Special Immigrant Visa program has badly damaged its reputation.
These Recruits Were Promised Citizenship in Exchange for Military Service. Now They Fear the US Has Forgotten Them It began as a pilot program to attract recruits with medical aptitudes and language skills in Pashto, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu.
Deported Veterans, Stranded Far from Home After Years of Military Service, Press Biden to Bring Them Back As of 2018, the United States had 94,000 noncitizen military veterans.
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Iran's President, Foreign Minister and Others Found Dead at Helicopter Crash Site Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several other officials were found dead, hours after...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...