Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 87
CHAPTER 124
Relative to Military Families Recognition Week.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
September 24, 2001.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 87, Chavez.
Military Families Recognition Week.
This measure would designate the week of November 18 through November 24, 2001, as Military Families Recognition Week.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, Military families play an integral role in ensuring the effectiveness of America’s Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS, Without fanfare, military families selflessly provide behind-the-scenes support to service members, their units, and their commands worldwide; and
WHEREAS, Their devotion to their loved ones, the military, and their country is unfaltering; and
WHEREAS, Military families frequently and bravely bid farewell, as wives, husbands, children, and parents depart for missions in far off and often hostile areas; and
WHEREAS, Military families face abrupt separations which often create single-parent families to endure not only the absence of a loved one but the hardship of rearing children alone for extended periods of time; and
WHEREAS, Military families are uprooted from their hometowns and moved to foreign soil for tours in isolated locations away from friends and relatives; and
WHEREAS, As they adjust to conditions around the world, military families learn to do without many of the conveniences that most Americans consider part of their basic lifestyle; and
WHEREAS, Military families quickly and adeptly transform unfamiliar quarters into welcoming homes, forming bonds of friendship with others in the unit, and sharing their hopes, dreams, and aspirations; and
WHEREAS, Military families in foreign lands act as goodwill ambassadors, representing all Americans; and
WHEREAS, Military families are committed to preserving freedom and democracy for all, and these families provide the continuity and stability essential to the well-being of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and the members of our Coast Guard, National Guard, and the Reserves; and
WHEREAS, We have long recognized the importance of families in the retention and readiness of military members; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature, in honor of military families throughout the world who are supporting the American men and women who defend the cause of freedom at home and abroad, hereby designates the week of November 18 through November 24, 2001, as Military Families Recognition Week.