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No. It is possible to enlist in the U.S. Army if you are a legal resident but not a citizen. In the years following World War II, citizens of the Philippine Islands could enlist in the Navy and become citizens of the US.

My own grandfather, an immigrant from Greece, enlisted in the US Army in 1917 and served in France. He received his honorable discharge and his American citizenship at the same time in 1919.

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