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Knights serve up a warm welcome to returning warriors
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The fourth annual Soldier Appreciation Breakfast treated more than 300 Soldiers and family members to a hot meal at the Main Post Chapel Annex, here, Oct. 25. READ MORE
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- I want to say this to all of you: You have done everything that has been asked of you. The United States of America is proud of you. I'm proud to be your Commander-in-Chief.Your families will always be a priority of Michelle's and mine, and remain on our hearts and on our minds. And when our service members do return home, it will be to an America that always welcomes them home with the care that they were promised.
- President Obama
To Military Members and their Families
The White House, July 4, 2009 - It's incumbent upon us to look in our own back yards…and to figure out who's out there serving our country and what kind of support they need. We need to make sure, as a community, that we're coming together around those families.
- Michelle Obama
Fort Bragg, March 12, 2009 - I try to encourage every American to either call their National Guard unit, or their Army unit, or Marine unit in their area, and say what can I do to help? What that means is that when the families at home are taken care of, our soldiers can then concentrate and focus on the job they're supposed to do. So if you help by mowing somebody's lawn, or sending a note to a soldier, or packing boxes… just saying to a soldier that you see in an airport 'Thank you for your service.'
- Dr. Jill Biden
NBC "Today" Show
New York City, June 4, 2009 - Our Soldiers can't do their jobs if their families are not able to stand and support them. We've got a different Army than we did 30-40 years ago. More than half the Army is married. There are 700-800,000 kids in Army families. Their Soldier/loved ones are going to far-off places, risking their lives, and giving their lives in some places. We as a country have a duty to those families.
- Secretary of the Army Pete Geren
Army News Service, July 17, 2009





