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Military spouses are unemployed at a staggering rate and this fact has caught the attention of the First Lady and Dr. Jill Biden.  Read on ... 

What does the number 15 million mean to military families?  It means SUPPORT and HONOR. Thank you to all who have pledged hours and here's to 15 million more! 

Today Dr. Jill Biden and The First Lady, Mrs. Michelle Obama, announced an initiative called Joining Forces. After the announcement, several MilBloggers and writers participated in a conference call with Dr. Jill Biden and Matt Flavin, an Army veteran and the Director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy.

Blue Star Families is excited to be part of this initiative, with an exciting new program honoring our military families, veterans and service members launching tomorrow!  First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will launch a national initiative to support and honor America’s service members and their families on Tuesday, April 12^th at the White House.

A Nationwide Call to Action: First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will launch a national initiative to support and honor America’s service members and their families on Tuesday, April 12^th at the White House. 

My dad just got back from one year at war in Afghanistan.  I know that for someone who's not part of a military family this might sound unimaginable, but for me it's part of my life.  Since I'm only 12, this war and the things that come with it are the only thing I've ever known.

Today President Obama announced 50 new programs for military families in a news conference with Mrs. Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. The announcement comes as the culmination of a presidential directive and the findings of the Military Family Interagency Committee, created in 2010 to institutionalize support for military families as a national security priority.

Since her husband took office nearly two years ago, Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, has been tireless in her work to bring light to the challenges military families face. Whether she's traveling to the deserts of Iraq or to a stateside child care center, Dr. Biden is intent on one mission: boosting support to servicemembers and their families. As a military mom herself, she feels it's the least she can do.

This week, I was privileged to travel to Los Angeles to be a guest of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. I wouldn’t realize the gravity of this opportunity until later when I would be onstage with three of the women I love the most. A diva could get spoiled: Charles and I were picked up at the airport in a limo and taken to the Sheraton Hotel in Universal City.