Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) enables US military to recruit foreign nationals with critical language and cultural skills who have been legally present in US for at least 2 years. MAVNI admitted soldiers briefly in 2009 and was a resounding success. It saved DoD hundreds of thousands of dollars and is endorsed by military and congressional leaders. However, for the past 19 months MAVNI has been held up by DoD bureaucracy.
MAVNI applicants are passionate about serving the US. They possess the language, regional and cultural skills that Secretary of Defense Panetta has called “enduring warfighting competencies that are critical to mission readiness in today's dynamic global environment.”
We request your help to overcome bureaucratic barriers and reopen MAVNI.