A UNIQUE RECRUITING ARRANGEMENT.
An agreement between the Philippines and the United States Governments was executed on December 13, 1952, which provided for the acceptance of no more than 1,000 male Philippine Citizens per calendar year, 18 to 30 years of age, inclusive, for voluntary enlistment in the U. S. Navy for terms of 4 to 6 years The original agreement was amended on June 21, 1954, to permit the voluntary enlistment in the U. S. Navy of 2,000 male Philippine citizens per calendar year under the same conditions set forth in the initial agreement. The agreement further amended on September 2, 1954 to provide for the voluntary enlistment in the U. S. Coast Guard of not more than 400 male Philippine Citizens per calendar year under the same condition set forth initially on December 13, 1952. Filipinos are separated at other points in the United States only when they are legally authorized to remain in the country by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. In 1992, the United States withdrew her military bases in the Philippines ending this unique program. Ending this program meant the end of the long standing notion that Filipinos were the only foreign nationals who could enlist into the US armed forces legally without US citizenship or residency. However, US citizenship was not guaranteed all the time even after serving in time of war. In reference above go to
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