A member of the 266th Movement Control Battalion stationed at Ft. Riley, Kan., Falmngar has been deployed to Kandahar since March.
Falmngar and 87 other servicemembers representing 37 different countries took the oath of allegiance. The oath allows those who have lived in the United States and served in the military to become U.S. citizens.
“I am part of something great, something greater than myself,” Falmngar said after the ceremony. “This is a new beginning for me.” Falmngar is a native of the FSM, which has a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
The transport management coordinator said she’d thought about becoming a citizen for many years. “I want to live in the United States and have my own home someday,” Falmngar said. “It would be great to raise a family there someday.”
Falmngar also said she’d like to someday bring her family to the U.S. She has six brothers and four sisters, as well as her mother and father, who live in Yap. One older brother, Francis, also is in the Army, stationed at Fort Carson, Colo. Edisenhirosi Palik and Barvin Santer, both of Micronesia, also received their U.S. citizenship.
