The Northern Virginia doctor knows at least that much about his situation. He knows he is no longer considered a citizen of the United States — the place where he was born, went to school and has practiced medicine for more than 30 years — and that he also belongs to no other place.
A letter from a State Department official informed him that he should not have been granted citizenship at the time of his birth because his father was a diplomat with the Embassy of Iran. The letter directed Sobhani to a website where he could apply for lawful permanent residence.
The US was not intended to have a standing army, the framers talked at length about it and George Washington had to actually sorta use his fame to circumvent everyone and make a standing army.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/constitutioncenter.org/amp/blog/on-this-day-congress-officially-creates-the-u-s-army