LIU Wan Wah Chinese female frontline returned from Iraq in an interview Directorate
 

When the soldiers in the United States is that many new immigrants to the United States did not think of before. Many new immigrants can be a soldier is through awareness, understanding, and finally into the American society. Troops environment has forced new immigrants to learn English, generous welfare fund their troops successfully complete their education - a soldier so that these new immigrants changed their own destiny, after all, a shortcut to the American dream. Recruits of the story: to change their lifestyle and enlisted Li Qing, Tianjin, immigrants from the United States four years ago. In the new immigrants he considered lucky - one to the United States in open trucks.

Teamsters considered in the new high-income immigrants live technical, very enviable, many people still can not do it wanted to do. Available since last July he and his partner drove turned in Indiana, he became determined to leave this line go to the army. Not that he was worried about a car accident again, but think it is really fed up. "3 years at home over the New Year did not even have time to find a girlfriend every day on the road, life is too monotonous," Mr Lee said. And he has also been a problem driver's license, speeding too much.

Chinese truck driving long distances, mostly two or rent or buy a big truck, open 24 hours 1400 miles, they take turns on the road. When the economy, a car trip earn 1200-1500 yuan per person, the economic downturn, there are 1,000 yuan each trip proceeds, every week out of the bus. Li Qing army because we want to change a way of life, he thought of a kind of living their own lives, do not want to spend all life on the road. He longed for Vehicle Department (DMV) staff work, as early as nine to five, the law of life, you can spend more time on themselves. English is his biggest obstacle to change jobs, but when the truck driver he had no time to go to school.Li Qing fancy preferential treatment in the army and learning opportunities, troops only English-speaking environment, but there On Line University, he believed in the armed forces can quickly overcome the language barrier, speak fluent English. And many peers, Mr Lee was an only child, childhood is clothing to hand out food to mouth accustomed. "Soldier also exercise independent living skills training," 24-year-old Li Qing said. Only son of a soldier, even if they do not worry, the family will be worried. February 10, Mr Lee will go to South Carolina to accept recruits trained. Mention will enter the U.S. military training base for training something he is very excited. Not that he was in the army full of brain learn what to demobilization, he wanted to be a good soldier, and even wanted to be general.Before his departure, he repeatedly pondering "did not want to become a general not a good soldier," the meaning of this saying. U.S. financial turmoil haven 35-year-old Liu Peng (a pseudonym) to the United States for 10 years, has worked in the travel agency, and later his own company when the boss, do import and export business. He always wanted to military life, but also want to contribute to an American, because the green card can be very hard to do, has no chance. Economic downturn, international trade is even worse, the company difficult, but this actually give Peng a determined soldier opportunities. February 10 afternoon, Liu Peng will be coming with a group of young army gathered in Los Angeles, then went to the South Carolina Army training base training. If all goes well, after 9 weeks Peng will become an American soldier. Peng has not yet thought of good will do after veterans. But he knew that the welfare of troops is good, that he may take advantage of the military to provide funding into university studies. He did not want to learn anything good in the future, but he hopes to have the skills for the future Peng is also good to be a nurse.

Veterans of the story: When soldiers would become a lifelong career in 1994 emigrated to the U.S. from the Guangdong Zhen Bo Kwong, in the U.S. Army for over 12 years, now is the U.S. National Guard reservists 137 connected sergeant. Year in Guangzhou Customs Zhen BaiKwong doing things, never thought to come to the U.S. soldiers. Because quite by chance Kuang Bo Zhen became a soldier, a soldier because he was determined to poor English, looking for an environment able to learn English. "In the beginning bitter," Kuang Bo Zhen in the armed forces could not say either did not understand, and is 29 years older recruits, together with the eighteen-year-old xiaonianqing training, he was seen as "GRANDPA". Have been to the battlefield in Iraq for logistical Kuang Bo Zhen said, precisely because she chose a soldier and the present family economic stability.Kuang Bo Zhen family health insurance burden by troops, 3,500 yuan monthly salary, and another 2,600 yuan of housing subsidies. Although not enter university studies before, but he's in the army is not a low income, plus a variety of subsidies, Kuang Bo Zhen income now than his master's wife earned more than double. Stay for more than ten years in the army, Kuang Bo Zhen also have trouble when. U.S. military training base in the Mojave Desert training, he had to face a sky full of dust and endless Gobi regret - "Why should I come to the army?" in 2002 and 2003, the Kuang Bo Zhen really left the army , jobs to the San Diego border with Mexico a border checkpoint guards in detention centers do, custody arrest illegal immigrants.Demobilized soldiers to do police, a security guard in the United States is almost logical tradition - may dispense with the use of weapons training, greatly reducing training costs. Kuang Bo Zhen said that while arresting suspects and arresting prisoners requirements are different, you can force the military training in dealing with criminals when all local lingua franca. Arrived in detention centers, Kuang Bo Zhen also feel very fresh, can over time, every waking guard tiresome. Let Kuang Bo Zhen particularly intolerable, is to enter the detention center every morning to go to work at the moment, into the first iron gate and then listening to it in its own behind "bang when" soon shut, and then into an iron gate, and then heard behind "bang when "sound, then a third iron gate, the same is" bang when "soon shut. "I feel like myself and prisoner, to life in jail," Kuang Bo Zhen said. Not long, Kuang Bo Zhen went back to the troops. He laughed and said, do you want to become his lifelong career soldier it. Female soldier's story: her mother's little girl becomes Mulan U.S. National Guard reservists 137 Lian January 12 returnees from Iraq, 120 people in the team is the only Chinese female Lau Wan Wah. Her petite, pale skin, very delicate face still wore a black border myopia, reveals a bookish air. A military uniform standing a head higher than her male comrades side, Liu Wan China is even more evident thin body, but her eyes are the same as monographs and his comrades, fortitude.

Liu Wan Chinese troops to Iraq with the fighting forces as back, one to go is 10 months. She is taking a trip away from home for the first time, did not think went so far, spent so long. "The most difficult time is summer, Iraq can reach 150 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature can still do what we do," Liu Wan-hua said. In Iraq, Liu Wan Wah and his comrades as frontline soldiers with laundry, bath amenities. Although a high level of mechanization troops, soldiers Laundry can be classified to manually pick a day to complete the number of pounds of quantitative work intensity is high. Troops stationed in wood Sur, occasionally flew into the barracks insurgents fired several mortar shells. "The first time heard a loud explosion and saw the sky flying gravel, really nervous, you can slowly get used to it," Liu Wan-hua said. Just out of high school and Liu Wan-hua, see the family's economic resources are limited, middle child, she would take the initiative to find the energy to provide her university resources army, join the army at the moment, Liu Wan Wah did not think a soldier would encounter any danger . January 12 at noon, Liu Wan-hua and his comrades returned to the Los Angeles County El Monte camp. Seen to greet her mother, grandfather, Liu Wan Wah was particularly cordial.WangLian Qi mother both excited and proud to see her daughter, but also somewhat surprising: a year gone, my daughter actually "reborn" is no longer a little girl around. While other immigrants waiting waited 13 years Miss Luo much luckier than Liu Wan Wah, Miss Luo four years ago in Zhongshan, Guangdong a high school graduation and later America. In January last year officially became a U.S. Army National Guard reservist soldiers, did not catch the 137 even a few months shy of going to Iraq. She heard a cousin in the army, said the military treatment is very high, so when a soldier.