
Navy in a job that has the largest, most professionally diverse and highly decorated hospital enlisted corps to achieve his dreams. As a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he knew that he wouldn’t have the same educational opportunities available to reach his aspirations, so he joined the U.S. Navy and a total of over 33,000 throughout the Department of Defense have earned the privilege to become a citizen of the United States of America.Įver since he was young, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Samuel Jean-Louis was interested in the medical field. Over the last five years, a total of over 5,500 Sailors became naturalized citizens through their service in the U.S. Others in the command have already completed the process and are fully naturalized citizens. “Plus, I am grateful for the opportunities that the Navy has given me and hopeful to become a citizen.” military because it is the best in the world,” said Huergogodoy, who is a pay and personnel administrator for the command. to study English when she was 16, and after receiving a residency within five years, she decided to join the military. Her mother first brought her family to the U.S.


Personnel Specialist Seaman Recruit Viviana Huergogodoy, a Nieva-Huila, Columbia native, is a NMFL Sailor currently going through the naturalization process to become a U.S. Constitution, Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Forces Atlantic share their experiences of going through the naturalization process and reflect on the privilege of being an American citizen. On the 236th anniversary of the signing of the U.S.
