{"id":247725,"date":"2024-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=247725"},"modified":"2024-08-07T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:28:07","slug":"usag-bavaria-welcomes-18-new-citizens-to-us-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=247725","title":{"rendered":"USAG Bavaria welcomes 18 new citizens to US citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TOWER BARRACKS, Germany \u2013 As part of a special program to naturalize active-duty service members and their Families, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria hosted a naturalization ceremony July 25 at the Tower View Conference Center, welcoming 18 new citizens of the United States.<\/p>\n

The citizens naturalized at the ceremony originally come from 10 different countries: Haiti, China, Germany, Australia, Peru, American Samoa, Palau, Kenya, Ghana, Colombia, Nepal and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

Following the national anthem, the Oath of Allegiance was virtually conducted by a representative with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, you become a part of something great \u2013 America,\u201d Poole said. \u201cAnd today, America becomes greater and more complete because of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ceremony concluded with the garrison commander distributing certificates of naturalization to America\u2019s newest citizens.<\/p>\n

Pfc. Abdul Salam with the 15th Engineer Battalion, originally from Ghana, was very thankful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m going to thank God almighty for bringing me this far and thank my parents for bringing me this far,\u201d said. \u201cWithout them, I wouldn’t have been here. It\u2019s just a great day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sgt. 1st Class Titi Kaisa Jr., a Soldier with the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, is from American Samoa. He drove from his duty station in Hohenfels to attend the ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is a very important day because now I become a U.S. citizen,\u201d Kaisa said. \u201cNot only for me but for my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muriel Rose Frye, originally from Australia, started her process to become a U.S. citizen in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m the first American in my family,\u201d said Frye. \u201cIt was a very big day, and it was very exciting, and I am very, very proud to be a new American.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very moving event just to see so many new Americans from all over the world,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was concluded with the youngest and oldest new citizens, Spc. Sebastian de Aaron Gesto Pena from Peru and Kaisa cutting the cake together with garrison commander Col. Kevin A. Poole.<\/p>\n

To view the livestream of the event, visit the USAG Bavaria Facebook Page\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View additional photos of the event at the link\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a list of all the newly naturalized U.S. citizens:<\/p>\n