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  • ANSBACH, Germany - On the evening of May 14, 1,385 Soldiers, family members, civilians and local nationals of the Ansbach military community came together at Storck barracks to set the unofficial armed forces record for the largest yellow ribbon formation.
  • Senior Army Leadership and community leaders join together to sign the Army Community Covenant in a ceremony at Fort Benning, Ga., April 17.
  • Secretary of the Army Pete Geren and the daughter of Staff Sgt. Jose and Elizabeth Vera sign their names to Greater Fort Riley Community covenants during the Army Community Covenant ceremony Aug. 20 at Fort Riley while her parents and her brother look on.
  • Members from the communities surrounding Fort Bliss sign the Army Community Covenant in El Paso, Texas, on July 9. Photo Credit: Lacey Justinger, USAG Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Children stand by holding American flags as members of the Yakima Valley Community sign the Army Community Covenant at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Science in Yakima Valley, Washington on Nov. 12.
  • Forty-four state and local community leaders, military and family gathered to sign the Army Community Covenant during the Fourth of July celebration at U.S. Army Garrison, Hawaii.

The Community Covenant

program is designed to foster and sustain effective state and community partnerships with the Army to improve the quality of life for Soldiers and their Families, both at their current duty stations and as they transfer to other states. It is a formal commitment of support by state and local communities to Soldiers and Families of the Army - Active, Guard and Reserve.

While Community Covenant is an Army program, it extends to the other Military Services as well, recognizing that many community efforts support all Service Members and their Families regardless of the uniform they wear.

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What people are Saying

  • 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

  • I think it's pretty clear that our men and women in uniform and their families have more than done their duty to this nation, so I think it now falls upon us, as a grateful nation, to do ours in return…It's our turn to look out for you.

    - Michelle Obama
    Eglin Air Force Base
    Florida October 15, 2009