Presidential Document2024-25811
National Veterans and Military Families Month, 2024
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November 5, 2024
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October 31, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25811]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 5, 2024 /
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Proclamation 10854 of October 31, 2024
National Veterans and Military Families Month,
2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Each veteran and military family represents a link in a
chain of honor that stretches back to our founding
days, unwavering in their devotion to their loved ones
who served in uniform. This month, we honor all of our
military and veteran families. They too serve and
sacrifice to answer our Nation's call to duty. We owe
them a debt of gratitude we can never fully repay.
I often say that, as a Nation, we have many
obligations, but only one is truly sacred: to prepare
and equip those we send into harm's way and to care for
them and their families when they come home.
We are continually working to make sure that our
Nation's veterans and service members have access to
the benefits and care they deserve. I have signed more
than 34 bipartisan bills to better support our service
members, veterans and their families, caregivers, and
survivors. One of those bills, the Sergeant First Class
Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address
Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, was the most
significant expansion of benefits and services for
toxic-exposed veterans and survivors in nearly 30
years. To date, more than 1.1 million veterans and over
11,000 survivors are now receiving new service-
connected disability benefits, and over 796,000
veterans have newly enrolled in Veterans Affairs health
care since the law was enacted. This law is helping
families who lost loved ones to toxic illness gain
access to critical resources and services, including
monthly benefits, educational assistance, home loans,
and more. Actions outlined in our national strategy to
prevent military and veteran suicide are tackling the
root causes of the military and veteran suicide crisis,
including by better supporting families through the
Governor's Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among Service
Members, Veterans, and their Families. And we are
making progress in eliminating homelessness and
improving financial security for veteran and military
families. Too often, veteran and military families
become the targets of bad actors and scam artists. My
Administration's Veteran Service Member Family Fraud
Evasion initiative is providing easy, one stop access
to resources to report fraud and get help from the
Federal Government to combat scams. Additionally, I
signed an Executive Order that implemented historic,
bipartisan military justice reforms to transform how
the military handles sexual assault and domestic
violence cases. And I directed the Department of
Defense to review pay and benefits for our service
members--an important step toward ensuring their
compensation reflects their service and sacrifice.
Military-connected families sacrifice for our country,
answering the call to duty over and over again. Many
military and veteran spouses, caregivers, and survivors
struggle to achieve their desired career goals due to
unique challenges military-connected families face.
This is why I signed an Executive Order that takes the
most comprehensive set of administrative actions in
history to support the economic security of military
families and veterans' spouses, caregivers, and
survivors. I encouraged Federal agencies to do more to
retain military spouses through flexible policies,
ensuring they have access to stable jobs throughout
their careers. Last year, I signed an Executive
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Order that directed more than 50 actions to improve the
care economy, which included critical actions to better
support military and veteran caregivers and expand
access to military child care. These orders build on
the efforts taken by my Administration to improve the
quality of life for military families, including
initiatives to ease military moves, afford housing, and
find child care. Joining Forces, the First Lady's
initiative, is working to better support military and
veteran families--doing everything from making school
transitions easier for military children to expanding
economic opportunities for military spouses and
caregivers.
This is personal for my family and for me. We know the
pride of seeing your child wear the uniform of the
United States. We know the pain of long deployments far
from home. We know what it is like to pray for the safe
return of someone you love. This month, may we show our
immense gratitude for our military and veteran
families, whose courage and dedication represent the
best of who we are as a Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2024
as National Veterans and Military Families Month. I
call upon the people of the United States to honor
veterans and military families with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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