[Ohio-Talk] This Veterans Day, we honor Ohio Members of women and men who served and sacrificed

[Suzanne Turner]

Ohio Members and Friends,

 

Today in Ohio, the Ohio Membership Committee, ask that you join us in
recognizing Veterans Day.

 

As we honor our Ohio Veterans, please take a moment to express your sincere
gratitude for their bravery, commitment and dedication of the incredible
sacrifice   and service they made for our nation by protecting and
defending.

 

We honor you!  

 

Specialist Richard Nevling United States Army

Jose Centeno, Gunnery Sargent (E7) U.S. Marine Core 

Chad Thomas, a Boatswains Mate in The United States Navy, and a Civil
Engineer in The United States Air Force

Robert Pierce, Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force 

Mickie Cooper, Navy Yeoman, Second Class Petty Officer, a YN2

Harold Jefferson, U.S  Army Security Agency,  Specialist 5th Class 

Ken Maher, United States Navy, Officer  

Alex French, US Air Force, Officer 

And those who served, we have not identified. We thank you as well! 

 

Also, thank you to the families who supported their Veteran while serving.

 

Here is the United States President's 202 Veteran's Day Proclamation:

 

 

     This Veterans Day, we honor the generations of women and men who have
served and sacrificed - not for a person, a place, or a President - but for

an idea unlike any other:  the idea of the United States of America.  For
nearly 250 years, our veterans have defended the values that make us strong
so

that our Nation could stand as a citadel of liberty, a beacon of freedom,
and a wellspring of possibilities. 

 

     Today, I am thinking of all our Nation's veterans, who put their lives
on the line to protect our democracy, values, and freedom around the world. 

We honor our wounded warriors, so many of whom the First Lady and I have met
over the years, who are bound by a common sense of duty, courage, and
optimism,

and we remember those who are still missing in action or prisoners of war
and renew my pledge to bring them home.  Our military families, caregivers,
and

survivors also answer the call to serve.  I remember so clearly the pride I
felt in our son Beau during his service in Iraq as well as those mornings I

saw the First Lady saying a prayer for his safe return.  Our veterans and
their families give so much to our Nation, and we owe them a debt we can
never

fully repay.

 

     As a Nation, we have many obligations, but we only have one truly
sacred obligation:  to prepare and equip the brave women and men we send
into harm's

way and to care for them and their loved ones when they return home.  Since
the beginning of my Administration, we have worked to make good on that
promise,

passing nearly 30 bipartisan laws to support our veterans and service
members and their families, caregivers, and survivors.  That includes the
PACT Act

- the most significant effort in our Nation's history to help millions of
veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service.  Since I

signed the PACT Act into law last year, more than 478,000 veterans and
survivors are already receiving benefits - ensuring that veterans exposed to
burn

pits and other harmful substances and their loved ones get access to the
care and support they need. 

 

     My Administration is also committed to ending veteran suicide and
homelessness and ensuring that our veterans have the resources they need to
live

full lives and thrive in their communities.  We released a national strategy
to reduce military and veteran suicide by improving lethal means safety and

enhancing crisis care as well as by addressing the economic, legal, and
mental health issues that impact veterans.  The Department of Veterans
Affairs

is also funding community-led suicide prevention programs, which help
connect veterans and their families to needed services.  Every veteran
deserves a

roof over their head, which is why we have taken bold actions to end veteran
homelessness, permanently housing more than 40,000 veterans last year and

investing $1 billion to provide supportive services to help homeless and
at-risk veterans and their families.  My Budget also proposes tripling the
number

of rental-assistance vouchers for extremely low-income veterans to prevent
homelessness.  Further, we have taken steps to improve the economic security

of veterans and their families by expanding job training programs for
transitioning veterans and their spouses and issuing rules to protect them
from predatory

educational institutions.  We are also working to ensure every veteran has
access to the benefits and services they have earned.

 

     Earlier this year, I signed an Executive Order directing more than 50
actions to improve access to child care and long-term care for Americans,
including

military and veteran families, and to support family caregivers, especially
those who care for our veterans.  Recognizing the talents and contributions

of veteran and military spouses, caregivers, and survivors to our workforce,
I signed an Executive Order establishing the most comprehensive set of
administrative

actions in our Nation's history to support their economic security -
increasing training and employment opportunities for military spouses in the
workforce

throughout the transition to veteran spouses status and encouraging all
Federal agencies to do more to retain military and veteran spouses through
flexible

policies.  The First Lady's Joining Forces initiative is further supporting
military and veteran families, caregivers, and survivors by improving
economic

opportunities and expanding resources to promote health and well-being for
this community.

 

     As we mark the 50th anniversary of an all-volunteer force and the 75th
anniversary of the full integration of women in the Armed Forces and the
desegregation

of the troops, my Administration reaffirms our commitment to supporting
everyone who serves in our Armed Forces.  We have taken steps to ensure that
the

more than 918,000 women veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans
Affairs health care have equitable access to benefits and health services,
in part

by expanding access to reproductive health care.  We have worked to
proactively review the military records of veterans discharged under "Don't
Ask, Don't

Tell" and to modernize the process of upgrading discharges to help all
veterans access their earned benefits.  We will continue to support our
LGBTQI+

veterans and veterans of color who have made innumerable contributions to
our Nation and have truly made our military stronger, tougher, and more
capable.

 

     This Veterans Day, may we honor the incredible faith that our veterans
hold, not just in our country but in all of us.  They are the solid-steel
backbone

of our Nation, and we must endeavor to continue being worthy of their
sacrifices by working toward a more perfect Union and protecting the
freedoms that

they have fought to defend.

 

     In respect and recognition of the contributions our veterans and their
families, caregivers, and survivors have made to the cause of peace and
freedom

around the world, the Congress has provided (5 U.S.C. 6103(a)) that November
11 of each year shall be set aside as a legal public holiday to honor our

Nation's veterans.

 

     NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim November 11, 2023, as Veterans Day.  I
encourage

all Americans to recognize the valor, courage, and sacrifice of these
patriots through appropriate ceremonies and private prayers and by observing
two

minutes of silence for our Nation's veterans.  I also call upon Federal,
State, and local officials to display the flag of the United States of
America

and to participate in patriotic activities in their communities.

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the
Independence

of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.

 

 

                               JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

 

 

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