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16 new Americans from 11 nations take the oath of allegiance on Camp Foster
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Marine Corps Installations Pacific November 21, 2023
Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp
Marine Corps Installations Pacific November 21, 2023
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp ()
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adnan Ahmad, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, bows his head for the invocation during a naturalization ceremony hosted at the Camp Foster Community Center on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 14, 2023. 16 service members and Status of Forces Agreement personnel from 11 countries swore the Oath of Allegiance and received their naturalization certificates to become U.S. citizens. Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen after he or she fulfills the requirements to become a citizen established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Ahmad is a native of the Republic of Iraq.