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Ten Sailors become U.S. citizens during ceremony at NAS Lemoore
Written by Melinda L. Larson, Naval Air Station Lemoore Public Affairs
Friday, 23 January 2009
Sailors stationed onboard Naval Air Station Lemoore (NASL) took the oath of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony held at NASL Jan. 14.
"You will leave today as American citizens," Capt. Kirk A. Foster, commanding officer, Region Legal Service Office Southwest told the group after they became naturalized citizens during the first naturalization ceremony held at NASL.
The Sailors from China, Chad, Nigeria and the Philippines completed the naturalization process after they recited an oath of allegiance to "support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
NASL Commanding Officer, Capt. James Knapp, noted the similarities between the oath of allegiance and the military's oath of enlistment.
"There are not many nations on this planet that have these types of oaths," he said. "Our oath of allegiance and oath of enlistment are what make us special. Welcome to becoming a co-equal share of the greatest nation in the world."
Some 42,000 U.S. military members have become American citizens through a fast-track program created by order of President George W. Bush in 2002.
"It takes a special person to defend the country's freedoms," Susan M. Curda, district director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said during the ceremony. "I think that it takes an extraordinary person to do that in a country that is not their own."
Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) Airman Jude Osezua Epken, a student at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, won a green-card lottery in his home country of Nigeria through the U.S. Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. He said he joined the Navy to repay a debt to America.
"I feel I owe this country a lot," said Epken, who was selected to conclude the ceremony by leading the group in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
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