First Lady Jill Biden tours Whidbey Island naval base and Joint Base Lewis-McChord
First Lady Jill Biden visits Joint-Base Lewis McChord
On Tuesday, Dr. Jill Biden visited the air force-army joint base, talking with military families and addressing the need for more educational and job support for military families.
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Washington state on Tuesday to met with military families at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM).
Dr. Biden met with local military families at JBLM. This was her first tour of any military base since her husband became president.
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is in Washington hearing about the challenges military families are facing in the pandemic.
Air Force Two touched down Monday afternoon at Joint Base Lewis-McChord where Biden was greeted by Gov. Jay Inslee and his wife, Trudi.
The impact of Dr. Biden visiting military families at JBLM and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island is one that brings hope for future collaboration.
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First lady Jill Biden visited with military spouses and children based in Twentynine Palms on Wednesday as part of a relaunch of an Obama-era program designed to support U.S. service members, veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors.
“The men and women of the armed forces can’t be their best when they’re worried about all of you, the families who are struggling, and that’s why this … is a national security imperative,” Biden said.
The “Joining Forces” program was started by former first lady Michelle Obama and then-second lady Biden in 2011.
Biden said she wanted to learn firsthand from families working at the Marine Corps installation in Twentynine Palms what they need from their country to succeed in and out of the military, and what is being done at the base to help military families across the country.
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US First Lady Jill Biden speaks, March 9, 2021, at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington. (Photo by Ken Lambert / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KEN LAMBERT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden arrived in Washington on Monday afternoon ahead of her visit to several military installations in Washington and California.
Biden visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on Tuesday. She’ll head to California on Wednesday.
She met with military families at the bases to hear about ongoing challenges they are facing during the pandemic.
Active-duty troops hit the ski slopes with Montana Legionnaires
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Mar 10, 2021
Members of American Legion Post 91 in Corvallis, Mont., know the mental toll that military deployments, combat and reintegration can have on active-duty servicemembers. They also know the mental health benefits reaped from the outside beauty surrounding them in the state of Montana.
Over four days in late February, Post 91 hosted its first reconnect event for 10 active-duty servicemembers and their spouses with an all-expense paid trip to Montana for skiing, camaraderie and respite.
The servicemembers came from Joint Base Lewis-McChord outside of Tacoma, Wash., representing the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Squadron, Army Rangers, Army Special Operations Aviation and 7th Infantry Division. Their invitation to join Post 91’s reconnect event was made with a phone call.