JAPAN
U.S. Navy photo by Ryo Isobe

U.S. Navy photo by Ryo Isobe ()

YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 17, 2021) – U.S. Army Spc. Rigoberto Montoya Arcega, a native of Mexico, attached to Medical Department Activity Japan at Camp Zama, recites the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony held aboard the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) stationed at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet’s forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

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