Supporting Army Families

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Secretary of the Army Pete M. Geren took a firm stand in support of Army families in his keynote address at the AUSA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in October. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Secretary Geren pledged to give Army families "a quality of life equal to their quality of service" to the nation during wartime, saying that Army families play an integral role in and contribute greatly to the fight and acknowledging the degree of sacrifice they bear for the good of the nation.

Secretary Geren said that the Army Family (soldiers, spouses and children) is "shouldering the burden for 300 million Americans and most of the free world" and that the health of the …