Bagram holds Naturalization Ceremony

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Army Cpl. Cylee Yagao, a Security Forces team leader for the Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team, along with fellow military members take the Oath of Allegiance Nov. 12, 2009. A Naturalization Ceremony was held at the morale, welfare and recreation clamshell here making more than 130 service men and women U.S. citizens. Corporal Yagao, a Philippine native, found out that he was part of the Bagram naturalization ceremony through emails and phone calls from his Las Vegas home station, 1-221st Calvary Regiment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Mr. Robert Looney, district director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Bangkok District, leads military members in taking the Oath of Allegiance Nov. 12, 2009. A Naturalization Ceremony was held at the morale, welfare and recreation clamshell here making more than 130 service men and women U.S. citizens. A video message was played from President Barack Obama, congratulating and thanking them for their continued service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Mr. Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, presents a certificate of naturalization to Marine Cpl. Rimy Amurrio-Quiroga, from the 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion, Nov. 12, 2009. A Naturalization Ceremony was held at the morale, welfare and recreation clamshell here making more than 130 military members U.S. citizens. Corporal Amurrio-Quiroga is deployed from Camp Lejeune, N.C., and hails from Manassas, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Military members walk toward the stage to receive their naturalization certificates Nov. 12, 2009. A Naturalization Ceremony was held at the MWR here making more than 130 service men and women U.S. citizens. A video message was played from President Barack Obama, congratulating and thanking them for their continued service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Mr. Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, presents a certificate of naturalization to Army Spc. Oscar Segovia-Alcazar, the mandatory training non-commissioned officer in charge from Task Force Cyclone, Nov. 12, 2009. A Naturalization Ceremony was held at the morale, welfare and recreation clamshell here making more than 130 military members U.S. citizens. Specialist Segovia-Alcazar is deployed from the Indiana Air National Guard and hails from Indianapolis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- For the first time in Afghanistan, a taped video message from President Barack Obama was shown, congratulating the newest citizens of the U.S. "This is now officially your country," said Obama. "In America, no dream is impossible. Together we can keep the beacon of America bright enough for all the world to see." (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Mr. Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, presents a certificate of naturalization to Army Cpl. Cylee Yagao, a Security Forces team leader for the Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team, Nov. 12, 2009. A Naturalization Ceremony was held at the morale, welfare and recreation clamshell here making more than 130 military members U.S. citizens. Corporal Yagao, a Philippine native, found out that he was part of the Bagram naturalization ceremony through emails and phone calls from his Las Vegas home station, 1-221st Calvary Regiment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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Published Nov. 13, 2009