{"id":12939,"date":"2021-05-06T23:34:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T23:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/06\/jill-biden-thanks-military-spouses-in-colorado-for-service\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:16:20","slug":"jill-biden-thanks-military-spouses-in-colorado-for-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/spouse\/2021\/05\/06\/jill-biden-thanks-military-spouses-in-colorado-for-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden thanks military spouses in Colorado for service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DENVER, Colo. \u2014 First lady Jill Biden extended her gratitude to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2021\/04\/07\/first-lady-to-focus-on-military-spouse-employment-child-care-childrens-education\/\" target=\"_blank\"> military spouses <\/a>for their service on Thursday at an Army base in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden spoke at Fort Carson military base near Colorado Springs at an event hosted by the United Service Organization Spouse Connection ahead of Military Spouse Appreciation Day on Friday. The group is a nonprofit established by former President Theodore Roosevelt before WWII that provides domestic and overseas help to service members and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you for your service. Thank you for all that you\u2019ve done for our nation. And for me as well, as a military mom and a military daughter,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2021\/04\/07\/first-lady-to-focus-on-military-spouse-employment-child-care-childrens-education\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jill-Biden.AP-photo.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">First lady to focus on military spouse employment, child care, children\u2019s education<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Efforts will focus on decades-old challenges of military families.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her speech, Biden empathized with the loneliness and anxiety that comes with being married to a service member overseas and commended the spouses\u2019 perseverance and ability to \u201cpush through the hard times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to do more. Your service to this country has earned nothing less,\u201d Biden said. \u201cGiving you the support you need to thrive, matters to me and to the president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krista Cole, 37, who\u2019s husband serves as a major in the National Guard said she and the other military spouses were grateful to be recognized and feel supported by the first lady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt definitely raises morale when the people that you look up to, that you may or may not have voted for take notice and come to events like this. Politics aside, they want to help everyone,\u201d Cole said. \u201cThe spouses really appreciate that and appreciate that people are looking out for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden also touted a revived White House initiative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/15\/jill-biden-names-director-for-military-families-program-joining-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joining Forces<\/a>, which prioritizes employment opportunities for military spouses, education for children of enlisted parents and veterans, and military families\u2019 health and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative\u2019s revival was announced last month but the program was first rolled out in 2011 under President Barack Obama. Joining Forces was led by then-first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden when Joe Biden was vice president. Under former President Donald Trump, the White House\u2019s web page for the initiative was taken down and archived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her remarks, Biden also recognized several of the wives individually \u2014 one who\u2019s working to adopt two foster children while her husband is in Afghanistan and another who runs a Facebook support group for thousands of military spouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a saying \u2014 \u2018If you want to get something done, ask a busy person to do it.\u2019 But after getting to know so many of you &#8230; I think we should change that saying to, \u2018If you want to get something done, ask a military spouse,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2021\/02\/04\/first-ladys-first-efforts-include-listening-to-military-families\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21022793157884.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">First lady\u2019s first efforts include listening to military families<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">First, listening sessions with military families, says first lady Jill Biden.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following her speech, the first lady made rounds of the tables to speak with dozens of military spouses who came to the event. Several spouses spoke with Biden about their troubles finding affordable child care and building relationships with a mobile lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe relationships I find and the stories I hear always stay with me because really this community is unlike any other,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIt\u2019s bound together by love, love for our country, love for our service members and love for our communities that you all build together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennett, Rep. Doug Lambourn and Colorado\u2019s Lt Gov. Dianne Primavera were also in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are more than 1.3 million active-duty service members, 52% of whom are married, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And 642,000 children under 18 are living in those households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining Forces aims to create flexible, transferable and remote job opportunities for military spouses due to the frequent travel lifestyle of active-duty families. According to the Department of Defense\u2019s 2019 Active-Duty Spouses Survey, the military spouse unemployment rate was nearly 22%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A White House statement about the initiative says there are an estimated 2 million children in families with active-duty service members, reservists or veterans. Joining Forces aims to create programs to support military children\u2019s education and \u201chelp ease the burdens created by the highly mobile military lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining Forces also addresses health and well-being for military families. That includes improving mental health resources, eliminating food insecurity and supporting the health and economic tolls of wounded, ill or injured service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first lady named Rory Brosius as Joining Force\u2019s executive director. She had previously served as the program\u2019s deputy director under Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jill Biden\u2019s father, Donald Jacobs, was a Navy signalman in World War II who went to college on the GI Bill. Her late son, Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015 at 46, served in the Delaware Army National Guard, including a year in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden\u2019s other causes are education and cancer research. She is a longtime English professor at community colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her appearance came a day after Biden visited a school and vaccination clinic in Utah. 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