Paratrooper earns citizenship during White House ceremony

Pfc. Jhonathan Zapata, an infantryman assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, became a U.S. citizen during a naturalization ceremony conducted by President Barack Obama at the White House, July 4. A native of Cali, Colombia, Zapata moved to Plainfield, N.J., when he was 22 and joined the Army in January 2012. He said he knew serving in the U.S. Army was what he wanted to do and he plans to continue his service for years to come.