 Less than 1% of America's population serving today's military, as rare as this is, these military members are proud to sacrifice their lives without even having citizenship yet. Honorable Ambassador David Robinson expresses this significance. The uniformed you wear, your presence here in Afghanistan, on a day when most Americans are safe and secure with their families and friends, are eloquent testimony to your allegiance, to your courage, and to your loyalty. You are eloquent testimony to the best that America is. To some members, like Specialist Sabar Ebas, this was the perfect setting for a naturalization ceremony. Diego Carpere. I love to serve in the armed forces, but when I served there was something missing for me. When I got deployed, I heard that they do this process here, out here, naturalize, get naturalized to be a U.S. citizen. So I went ahead and did my process out here. It gives me more pride that I'm being deployed and being a U.S. citizen and serve the country. Roberto Martinez. Specialist Doris Apola expresses the relief of finally getting her citizenship. It's an honor. It's a fight worth fighting for. I mean, nobody else gets to say that they sworn in in Afghanistan in a combat zone. Really it's a privilege. These 37 service members are not only citizens now, but the defendant nation they now call home. I'm Air Force Staff Sergeant Sack Lopez, Bagua, Afghanistan.