Should ISIS fighters/wives/children be repatriated?

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Although a person's service in the armed forces of a foreign country may not constitute a violation of U.S. law, such action could serve as a predicate act for the relinquishment of U.S. citizenship under 349(a)(3) of the INA [8 U.S.C. 1481(a)(3)] under two circumstances.  Section 349(a)(3) provides for loss of U.S. nationality if a U.S national voluntarily and with the intention of relinquishing U.S. nationality enters or serves in the armed forces of a foreign state engaged in hostilities against the United States or serves in the armed forces of any foreign state as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer.

It would take a trained military defector to satisfy those conditions.  That's exactly who those narrowly tailored provisions were designed for.  If I defected (and got a decent spot), I would be subject.  Some Girl on Facebook™....not so much.

CO/NCO is a thing, not anything, not everybody.  There are a small handful of NCO candidates on this board...over decades, for example.  No CO's that I'm aware of (but send me a pm and Ill show the proper deference from now on )

Hooah?!?

I remember one time at work where one of the quality inspectors had risen to Sergeant in the USMC. He was just chatting away with one of the quality engineers when the subject of military service came up, and the engineer let it out that he had been a Major in the USAF. The ex-Marine (yeah, lol, I know that there is no such thing as an ex-Marine) got all kinds of flustered because he didn't know that he should be calling this guy "Sir" up until then. Once I was out of the military (E-5, btw, before the court-martial) I didn't give a shit about rank, I wasn't in the military anymore. I got chastised by a Chief one time for having my hat in my back pocket and walking past a couple of officers without saluting. I even put my hat back on...not. I was so fucking short at the time that all anyone could see was my hat on top of my shoes.