Asians in Los Angeles Warm to Military Enlistment

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Teresa Watanabe, Asian Americans drive Army recruiting boom in L.A.  Asians
have traditionally joined the
military at the lowest rate among all races, but -- lured by job security,
college aid and, for some, citizenship
-- they are signing up in larger numbers. Their enlistments rose 80% in L.A.
County. Los Angeles Times, Dec.
16, 2009.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-asian-mil16-2009dec16,0,5196850.story

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"And then there was Jennifer Ren, small, slight and bespectacled, an
immigrant from China who gamely kept
up with the guys and sees the Army as a ticket to U.S. citizenship and a job
in accounting and finance.

"One successful Korean applicant [in the new enlistment to citizenship
program] was Dayae Yang[, a woman],
a Seoul native and UC Irvine student who plans to pursue a medical career
through the Army.

"Sgt. 1st Class Llorito Todd, a recruiter in the Army's Rowland Heights
office, said he managed to placate one
angry Chinese couple by placing their son, who holds a master's degree in
music, into the Army band in
Virginia.

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