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A retired colonel says the military should boost its sagging recruitment efforts by letting Spanish-speaking immigrants take the entrance exam in their language. Why stop there? Why not offer it in every language if we want to get a few extra soldiers? My main problem with this would be soldiers in the field. They have to communicate and since this is an English speaking army, I don't think supporting another language would be the right move to make. If I joined, say, the German army, I wouldn't expect them to learn *my* language. Everyone should have the same chance to join the military if they are part of this country. If they want to include more people they can offer free English classes to get them to the level they need to be at to pass the test. They do it for almost every other area of testing.
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posted at 15:35:52 on 08/08/05 - Category: Army
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have any way to an immigrant that dont has a full english join in the america army ?
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Give me a break! The US Army Should have a Spanish option on the military entrance exam? Last I knew US stood for United States not Understand Spansh! We are the friggin United STates of America. The United STates Army. I love the Spanish Language. I love all that speak it. But just because someone that lives in the US speaks it doesn't mean the US Army should offer it. Next will be have a Russian, German, French and or African Tribal Language option. Give me a break! We are in America, fighting for Americans that live in America and our language is English. Let's keep it that way. I'm stationed in Germany trying to learn German as an American and the Germans are learning English in thier SChools. English is the language to know. Know it or Go or don't speak. The End!
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how the hell would the other troops understand the ignorant ____s if they dont speak ENGLISH!? if they dont have the intelligence or respect to learn english, let them try and get in, theyll fail and i still wont have to worry about them looking after my back, so this doesnt effect me, just a waste money in my eyes.
my answer would be no the army gives their orders in english the langauge of this country . it has always been that way and the fact that we are lowering the army is deplorable
Look here people. I think it's a bad idea. On the contrary, I think that there should be more emphasis placed on the programs the services have. What embarrasses me is when I attend a professional meeting and the speaker is someone who is not even close to being average in speaking basic 8th grade english. These are Comisioned Officers who may not know that they are being talked about behind close doors because the recepients have to go back and re-read reports, presentation slides, background information just because they missed something during the disturbing briefings. I think we can do better than that in a professional organization.
Mikayla; Military people exist to allow you to have that wrong-headed opinion. If it wasn't for people of a rough persuasion willing to do the dirty work to hold civilization together, somebody possibly named mohammed, or achmed, would be slapping you around for even presuming to speak.
That said, if someone wants to join a nation's military, they should be able to swear the loyalty oath in that nation's language.
I'm sorry to go back to the off-topic. Mikayla, the older I get, the more I'm disturbed by clueless attitudes like yours.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine, where an individual accepts all the benefits of society, but refuses to own up to their responsibilities, then claims a halo for their dishonesty." ----Robert Heinlein
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When my son served in Germany, he came back after being there 9 years speaking fluent German. He actually took college course there, passed Geometry taught in German. If he goes to Mexico or Spain he will learn Spanish. If you live in America you should learn English. And I really don't want to have my country defended by someone who does not understand commands in English.
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