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This is a fun survey to get an idea of how diverse we are as a service. Different regions of the US have different cultures and traditions, different speech patterns. However, it is interesting how much we grow as a person and service member when we are exposed to the world and other's views. So where do you come from?
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PO1 Tony Holland
I was born and lived for two years in Coffeyville, Kansas. Then my dad reentered the Navy. First duty was in Argentina, Newfoundland followed by Norfolk, Virginia. I remember a family trip to Lake City, Florida one summer to visit my mother's family. My grandfather and two my uncles worked in Jacksonville during the week and returned home for the weekends. Every weekend included two nights of booze and poker. One Friday my cousins and I went to the liquor store to buy the booze for that night ( we were all in grade school at the time ). It was a hot humid day so I asked the store owner for a drink of water. When he heard me say "water" he stated that I had to be from Kansas, the southeast corner to be exact, based on my pronunciation. He was known to be gifted in dialects.
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From NORTHERN New York State originally, a couple of miles from Fort Drum, where the Army trains and maintains the 10th Mountain Division. Had I been born a few miles further North, I would have been Canadian,
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Petrie Dish in a back alley of New Orleans. Dumpster 64, row 8. lol, FLA panhandle.
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Yo vengo de Puerto Rico, yo soy Boricua Señores!
Born and Raise in Puerto Rico.
The new wallpaper for your computers was just a bonus ;)
Born and Raise in Puerto Rico.
The new wallpaper for your computers was just a bonus ;)
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SGT(P) (Join to see) - You are US Citizen by Birth, no questions about it. Every Person from Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, US Virgin Islands, and other US Territories are Automatically US Citizens... Saludos
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SFC (Join to see) people from Samoa are not US Citizens, they are permanent residents. I had several Samoans with me in BCT and they got their citizenship in the Graduation day. Actually, Samoa is the only place in the US that citizenship is not granted by birth.
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Thank you, for your comment. I have two Soldiers from Samoa and they both Claim to be US Nationals
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I think last month was that they lost their claim to get the citizenship.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/05/american_samoa_the_only_place_in_the_u_s_where_citizenship_isn_t_granted.html
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/05/american_samoa_the_only_place_in_the_u_s_where_citizenship_isn_t_granted.html
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How Come American Samoans Still Don’t Have U.S. Citizenship at Birth?
After an Appeals Court ruling on Friday, American Samoa remains the only place in the United States where U.S. citizenship is not granted at birth. As my colleague Mark Joseph Stern explained recently, anyone born in the other four unincorporated U.S. territories—Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the...
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In the Granite State, Rochester, NH, right where I live now! State moto "Live Free or Die"
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PO2 Steven Erickson
No, SSG John Jensen, that'd be where I'm from... North Dakota.
Ask ANY airman who's served in any part of SAC (its predecessors or descendents)...
"Why Not Minot? Freezin' THAT's the reason!"
And the picture above is from Grand Forks, home of the OTHER airbase in ND...
Ask ANY airman who's served in any part of SAC (its predecessors or descendents)...
"Why Not Minot? Freezin' THAT's the reason!"
And the picture above is from Grand Forks, home of the OTHER airbase in ND...
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Born in the Northeast but the Strategic Air Command saw fit to send me to all the above places
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Can't be Northern New York State from whence I came. Too much civilization in that photo. The snow certainly looks familiar though. The Army trains and maintains the Tenth Mountain Division in the area where I was born & raised.
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CDR Michael Goldschmidt
I was born in Philly, but grew up across the river in that other New Jersey, Moorestown. (No, NOT MORRIStown.)
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My parents bought me at a Korean market. I came to the US and all my wives' took my money.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
I was born in Korea to American parents living in Japan. The we moved to the Philippines. I chose to go to Texas for college. I chose the military because of the propensity to have varied experiences.
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It's not what most people think. Lebanon is a beautiful country with a lot of diversity.
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I've been to San Diego a few times on orders. Very beautiful and scenic. Crazy drivers though....
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PO1 (Join to see) - I grew up there, 18 years. The driving is only crazy if you are not from there. To use it is normal.
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CDR Michael Goldschmidt
I never thought San Diego traffic was that bad; then again, I used to drive in New York City.
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