The islanders have American citizenship and may be recruited by the armed forces (around 4, 000 serve in the navy, for example), but they cannot vote in presidential elections and have only one (non-voting) member in the House of Representatives.

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Although he could no longer serve in the Royal Navy, he felt he couldn't just turn his back on his comrades.

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He retired with 17 records -- even as he missed a season in his prime to serve his country in the Navy.

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Women in the military already are allowed to serve on most Navy ships, as combat pilots and in hundreds of support jobs, including those in war zones.

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Under conditions of a scholarship requirement, he interrupted his study after two years to serve three years in the U.S. Navy, returning to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955.

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His younger brother is in the Navy ROTC and wants to serve on a nuclear submarine.

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Social workers also serve in and work for the Air Force, Army, and Navy providing clinical, administrative, and research services.

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In contrast to paying for college, the young men and women who enter the Naval Academy get paid while they are enrolled, and then serve a five year military commitment as paid officers in the United States Navy or Marine Corp.

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If you care about the environment, if you care about gas prices, if you care about where our soldiers and navy may serve next, if you want the U.S. to remain strong and dominant in the world, look to the north this summer.

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