Only when men are drafted are they citizen soldiers. Today's professional standing Army are not draftees. Fighting massive wars that requires draftees gave us the "history" of citizen soldiers; US Civil War, WW1, WW2, Korean, Vietnam Wars were all fought by draftees (conscripts).
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You have to take tests about the US history
Because the US government requires you to know US history in order to be naturalized- enough said.
any us citizen 18 or over without history of a felony
Basically some basic US history and politics questions.
the green berets, or maybe the marine snipers.
30 millions
About 408,000 US military personnel died, of whom about 300,000 were soldiers in the US Army. The rest were airmen, sailors, and US Marines. There were sixteen million Americans in uniform, and half of these were soldiers in the US Army.
They were militias. Citizen soldiers.
A time to remember our soldiers, for fighting for our country.
Be 35 years old, be a US Born citizen, you can't have criminal history.
A citizen can petition their parents if the citizen is at least 21.