Marine works hard for citizenship [Image 2 of 2]

CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ

04.13.2008

Courtesy Photo

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Only months from swearing in as a United States Citizen, Lance Cpl. Mehmet S. Bayar, a company clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, stands proud in front of the National Ensign at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 22. Bayar, 22, from Istanbul, Turkey, He hopes to become a pilot in the Marine Corps, and later, an astronaut in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Cpl. Ryan L. Tomlinson)

• Date Taken: 04.13.2008
• Date Posted: 04.17.2012 13:34
• Photo ID: 86877
• VIRIN: 080505-O-9999X-002
• Resolution: 1000x667
• Size: 557.67 KB
• Location: CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, IQ