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title: "Dan Bilzerian Celebrates His Armenian Citizenship By Blowing Sh*t Up With A Bazooka"
date: "2018-08-29"
modified: "2018-08-29"
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# Dan Bilzerian Celebrates His Armenian Citizenship By Blowing Sh\*t Up With A Bazooka

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Dan Bilzerian, the social media star/aspiring operator/dude-told-to-fuck-off-by-a-Las-Vegas-cop, just became a citizen of Armenia and celebrated by blowing shit up with a bazooka and firing off some machine guns with the country's military.

The so-called "King of Instagram" [said](<https://twitter.com/DanBilzerian/status/1033475747720048640>) he flew to Armenia on Aug. 25, where the Tampa, Florida native was naturalized as a citizen of the former Soviet Republic. He "enthusiastically" received a copy of the country's constitution and was photographed with officials after the ceremony, [according](<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1031233203705467&set=a.152222964939833&type=3&theater>) to Mnatsakan Bichakhchyan, head of the passport and visa department of the Armenian Police.

[Facebook](<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb&set;=a.152222964939833&type;=3>)

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On Instagram, where he has nearly 24 million followers, Bilzerian later posted a photograph of himself firing a rocket-propelled grenade, with the caption, "First day as an Armenian citizen."

In videos posted on his account, Bilzerian was also seen flying in a Mil Mi-17 helicopter before landing at a firing range where he fired machine-guns, grenade launchers, an RPG, and what appeared to be a 30mm cannon on a Russian-made BMP.

Various members of the Armenian military could be seen around him.

[The Daily Mail](<https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6108577/Dan-Bilzerian-gets-Armenian-citizenship-registers-military-service.html>) and others have speculated that Bilzerian will be conscripted into the country's military since the country [requires](<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2024.html>) all citizens 18 to 27 to serve at least two years. But that rule doesn't apply to Bilzerian, however, as dual citizens are [exempt](<https://jurist.am/en/millitary>) if they served in another country's military for at least one year (Bilzerian served in the Navy for just [over a year](<https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-truth-about-dan-bilzerian>), with [three unsuccessful](<https://thenewsrep.com/26399/exclusive-dan-bilzerian-talks-to-sofrep-for-the-record/>) attempts to pass Navy SEAL training).

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## Author
Paul Szoldra was the Editor in Chief of Task & Purpose from October 2018 until August 2022. Since joining T&P, he has led a talented team of writers, editors, and creators who produce military journalism reaching millions of readers each month. He also founded and edits [Duffel Blog](<https://www.duffelblog.com/>), a popular satirical newsletter for the military. Before becoming a journalist in 2013, he served as a Marine infantryman in Afghanistan, Korea, and other areas of the Pacific. His eyes still go up every time a helicopter from Camp Pendleton flies over his office in Southern California.

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