Catch 22 situation for ds (UK citizen) who yearns to join the US military

[mumblechum1]

Will try to keep this brief. DS is in 6th form and his plan for a long time has been to do a degree (prob. politics) here, then try to join the military in the US.

Problem is, he can't join without at least a green card, then he'd have to apply for citizenship.

But he can't get a green card without being offered a job, and the Army don't sponsor overseas applicants' GC applications.

He really has his heart set on this. Notwithstanding the fact that I'm not crazy about him being in any sort of Army, nor being thousands of miles away, this is his dream and he's getting really down about the stone wall he keeps hitting when he goes into the logistics of it.

I've suggested he gets a civilian job in the States, but according to the immigaration website, you have to be some sort of superhero/massively talented/superskilled person, which he isn't and won't be. He'll just have a BA and little or no work experience.

Any ideas, anyone?

Our babysitter is ex-enlisted (she did it so they would pay for college) and I was talking to her about it, whether she would recommend it etc. She said if she did it again she wouldn't choose army and the means to an end attitude was the only thing which got her through it because otherwise college was completely out of the question. I admire her determination!

Your DS would need to think very hard about how much he wants it.

Has he considered nursing? Three years of British training then depending upon how many nurses the USA needs, he could work there as a nurse. I am considering leaving the Uk to work as a psych nurse along with DH who is also one. He may be able to work as an army nurse or get the British army to sponsor his nurse training. He may then possibly be able to gain a secondment.

Marry an American girl & move over there.