Service Members Become U.s. Citizens aboard Uss Midway Museum

All Hands Update July 4, 2012 #4 Service Members Become U.S. Citizens Aboard USS Midway Museum.

36 SERVICE MEMBERS FROM 19 COUNTRIES BECAME UNITED STATES CITIZENS IN A NATURALIZATION CEREMONY ON THE FLIGHT DECK ABOARD THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM. THE FLIGHT DECK SERVED AS AN OFFICIAL COURTROOM FOR U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, RECOGNIZING SERVICE MEMBERS' DEVOTION TO DUTY IN THEIR PATH TO BECOMING UNITES STATES CITIZENS. "THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SHARE WHAT IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HERE AND WERE NATURALIZED. IT IS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS HERE TO SHARE IN THE MOMENTOUS, ONCE IN A LIFETIME OCCASION. I'M ALSO THRILLED TO SEE COMMAND LEADERS HERE TO RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THEIR MEMBERS." "I FEEL GREAT, I MEAN IT'S A HAPPY MOMENT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE." THE CEREMONY COINCIDED WITH THE NATIONS' 236TH BIRTHDAY. FROM SAN DIEGO I'M PETTY OFFICER CHARLOTTE OLIVER.