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Maj. Wendy Leone, 319th Comptroller Squadron commander, stands alongside Airman 1st Class Nikolai Smirnoff, after he became a U.S. citizen during a naturalization ceremony, Aug. 30, 2012, at the Quentin N. Burdick U.S. Courthouse in Fargo, N.D. Smirnoff emigrated from Russia with his mother when he was 11 years old. He has since changed his last name from Vlasov to his mother’s maiden name, Smirnoff, in honor of his maternal grandmother who raised him for many years in Russia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christina Groesbeck)