Any South Asian/Middle Eastern U.S. Soldiers out there?

Question

I just wanna know if there are any other people like me on Y!A, My parents are Indian and I've been in the U.S. since I was six years old. I plan to join the military and I get alot of shiitte from people in my community because somehow i'm betraying my people or some such nonsense. Any other soldiers out there whose of Middle Eastern descent or something that also have to deal with this? If so please tell me how you guys deal with that? Does it bother you that sometimes your family or community thinks of you as some sort of traitor? I mean I've always thought of myself as an American, but I guess a lot of the community think they're still in the motherland so to speak. I mean i was kinda proud to tell people I want to join the military, but I suddenly noticed alot of people look at me like i've gone insane or something. Anybody else dealing with this sort of BS?

Thanks in Advance

P.S. They haven't been able to convince me to not to enlist

Answer 1

I'm South East Asian, and I was Active Army. You're not a traitor. I mean you are an American, you live in America. Screw your community if they look down on you for wanting to go in the service. If they don't like it tell them they can go back to where they came from. Odviously there's a reason why they moved here so what's their issue? You keep doing you, and don't let anyone tell you you're anything other than a good person trying to do good for himself.

Answer 2

This ain't the OLD Country ,son.
This is the STATES,soon as you are an adult your parents have no say in it.
Serve your country with pride.