Words from America's newest citizen-soldiers [Image 1 of 4]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

02.15.2010

Photo by Sgt. Mike MacLeod 

1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs

Paratroopers with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), stand with their new flags after participating in a naturalization ceremony to gain U.S. citizenship Feb. 15, 2010, in Al Faw Palace, Victory Base Complex, Iraq. From left to right are Spc. Victor Martin-Hurtado, Spc. Hector Tobar-Castaneda, Spc. Georgios Theocharis, Sgt. James Hayes, Spc. Ojumiri Mammah, Pfc. Yaroslav Prikhodko, Spc. Casper Alsoft and Spc. Arturo Maint-Martinez. Also with 1/82 AAB and earning citizenship, but not pictured here, are Spc. Said Bahmad and Spc. Isa Jubran.

• Date Taken: 02.15.2010
• Date Posted: 02.17.2010 08:49
• Photo ID: 251955
• VIRIN: 100215-A-3108M-004
• Resolution: 2100x1395
• Size: 1.04 MB
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ