Usually, as a retired Army guy, I answer military questions. Now I have one for you.
I am now a language teacher in Saudi Arabia. I have met a youngish American who speaks very nice Modern Arabic and who would like to join the Marines.
Either the Marines have no program to put his guy into anything but an E-3 slot or the local recruiters are unaware of it. (Did I mention we are dealing with a
Marine recruiter here?)
In my day we allowed qualified translators to go into the Army as a Warrant. Does anyone know if this program still exists?
Yes, I did a web search; the Army web site is down as of now and is awkward at the best of times. The Marine site refuses to do business with us expats.