Are you willing to bear arms on behalf of US

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To the OP- depending on your age/gender there is a chance you would never be called/drafted for war (if a draft were to be in place) 

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Or it would be over before you finished basic training.

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37 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

Conscientious objectors exist

You can still be a medic if you are a CO. Actually one MOH awardee was a CO who went to Iwo Jima as a medic and saved several people's lives. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss

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37 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

depending on your age/gender

Although the Fifth Circuit recently overturned a lower court's decision, it did so despite acknowledging that "the factual underpinning of the controlling Supreme Court decision has changed." In the 1981 case of Rostker v. Goldberg, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of male-only draft registration in part because women were barred from combat roles. In 2016, the Pentagon lifted all gender-based restrictions on military service.

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I can't speak for your conscience, but I feel that one should only take an oath that you are willing to fulfill, no matter how slim the chances of ever being called on it.

 

There are three parts to the oath relating to national service. You must accept at least one of them in order to become a citizen.

 

that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law;

that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law;

that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law;

 

#1 and/or #2 can be waived for objection on deeply held religious or moral convictions. This is what my wife did for her recent naturalization.

 

If you are not comfortable taking the full oath and are not willing or able to request a modified oath, there is no requirement to do so. Naturalization is totally optional and one can remain a LPR indefinitely. This is the only choice for those who by taking the oath automatically lose their previous citizenship, e.g. Japan, India, etc., and want to retain that citizenship. Just as those individuals need to seriously weigh which country they have the most loyalty to, everyone taking the oath needs to weigh how far their loyalty to the US extends.