A friend of mine found this, and I figured some of the guys on here might be interested.

http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/co ... l/kql170v1

I saw on the news that Britain had set a date to withdraw troops by May 2009. Does anyone know if this decision is just for Iraq, or if it includes Afghanistan aswell. This may sound like a silly question but it's hard to get any info over here in the states. Any and all information would be ...

Thanks for the help lads. I talked to an online army recruiter and was told that since i'm british I don't have a problem. I know the army isn't the Marines but it's some information that can atleast put my mind at rest a little, and i'm sure they operate along simlar guidlines in these ...

No I don't have a green card or US citizenship, just a visa. I live in Florida, about 20 minutes outside Orlando. I was considering joining the USMC when I graduated 4 years ago but i'd rather put the work in and serve where I was born.

To get some more information I contacted the online army recruiting station and a Staff Sargeant informed me that the three year thing wasn't true. I know the army isn't the marines but atleast it can put my mind at rest a little. I took down the adresses of a few different AFOCs around the UK so I ...

Thanks Dwarfy, I am going to be contacting the embassy here to see if I can get some better answers. I'm going to find the number for a few different AFCO's aswell, the number I called is the one on the website so i'm not sure if that is just a call center that sends out information packets and ...

i know the US isn't the common wealth but i wouldn't have thought that mattered since i'm british. worst comes to worst i'll do it the long way round. it just seemed funny because the lady i talked too sounded like she was just answering phones, could be wrong though. i still have family over in the ...

Yeah i'm emailing recruiters and looking around for information. Even if it is the case its just another bump in the road.

Hi there lads, first time posting but i've been watching the boards for a few years now. My problem is i've been living in the states with my family for the past few years and when I called the recruiters office this morning they said I would have to be living in the UK for 3 years for a backround ...