"This young Marine's name is Diakarius Sangre, and he's a sergeant in the Marine Corps, and he just became a naturalized citizen as of July 4th of 2026, during a special ceremony at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate in Alexandria, Virginia. This event took place as part of America's 250th anniversary, as you are all very well aware of, where more than 100 to 150 people from around 50 different countries took the oath of allegiance. Now, Sangre immigrated to the United States as a child from Guinea, West Africa. He attended school in the United States, graduated from a military magnet academy in North Charleston, and briefly attended college before enlisting. He served for a total of six years, earned a promotion to sergeant in less than three years, and he's been deployed twice. And hearing what he had to say made me that much more grateful for being an American. Listen to what he had to say. This will inspire a lot of people. Check this out. I've loved this country since I first got here. So it's amazing. I've been in the Marine Corps for almost six years now. I've been deployed a lot of field ops. It's just an amazing feeling. It's just amazing. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time to interview me. Thank you. Thank you. I'm from Guinea, West Africa. I came here when I was a little kid. I went to school. I graduated high school. I went to a military magnet academy. It's a small school in North Charleston. It's a military school. I went to college a little bit, you know, student loans, so I was like, OK, let me join the military. I always wanted to join the military. So in the military, end up working out great for me. I promoted to sergeant in less than three years. I got accepted into the Commandant's Retention Program, right? So that's amazing. I've just been blessed. I've just been blessed. It's been a long time. It's been a long time. I want to say thank God. I thank my parents. You know, my parents work hard. Shout out to my mom. She came here, self-employed, worked her butt off, man, to get me here and give me this opportunity. So I want to say thank you, mom. Thank you for watching. Thank you. My stepdad, amazing, amazing man, amazing man. He's at work right now. He works double shifts. Just thank you, man, for making me the man I am. Thank you so much. Thank you. Shout out to my unit, AIB. What's up, brothers? They should be here today, but I only got two invitations. Hey, thank you, American Dream. I just want to bring attention to the fact that he said American Dream as the last thing that he said. And his story tells me and is a good reminder that the American Dream is alive and well."