Oklahoma Army National Guardsmen from the 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team took part in a mass casualty training exercise at the Norman Armed Forces Reserve Center in Norman, Oklahoma on Aug. 1.
The battalion-wide training exercise tested Soldiers on their ability to treat casualties, move them to higher care at a Role II care facility and prepare them for air evacuation. (Oklahoma Army National Guard video by Sgt. Anthony Jones)
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Pfc. Rylee Natale
Medic
700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
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2nd Lt. Ashlyn Spurgeon
Platoon Leader
700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat...
Pfc. Isadora Desrochers, medic with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, trains at the National Training Center near Fort Irwin, CA, July 2021. Desrochers, of Canada, first arrived in the U.S. on July 4, 2008. She says she aspires to become a U.S. citizen and plans to take her citizenship test within the next six months. (Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Spc. Caleb Stone)
Two service members that were born in other countries work toward U.S. citizenship through their service with the Oklahoma Army National Guard.
The soldiers are Spc. Stephen Ezenwosu of Nigeria and Pfc. Isadora Desrochers of Canada. Both are medics with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Ezenwosu and Desrochers are not alone in their pursuit. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, since 2002 more than 139,000 U.S. service members born in other countries have become naturalized U.S. citizens through military service.
Ezenwosu first visited the U.S. in January 2017 and later decided to move to Oklahoma. He enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National...
