Usha Vance Praises Military Families as ‘Model for Our Country’
Second lady Usha Vance hailed America’s military families as a “role model” for the United States and for her “own family” during a visit to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejune in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
While Speaking To military families on base Wednesday, Vance explained that as she worked to reverse “declining literacy rates” and student disengagement in schools, the Department of Defense Education (DoDEA) and military families were among her “best partners.”
“It is such an honor to be here with you at Camp Lejune, home to some of our nation’s finest Marines and military families,” Vance said. “For me, it’s especially special to be right around the corner in Cherry Point, where my husband, JD, was stationed.”
The second lady continued to share that her husband, Vice President JD Vance, told her so many “stories about his time in Eastern North Carolina” that it felt like home.
“We are so grateful to you for carrying on the proud traditions of duty, honor and service of the Marine Corps,” Vance said, adding that the vice president recently described the U.S. Marines as embodying “boldness in action, unity in purpose and lightning-fast readiness to go wherever the nation requires.”
Vance then explained how, throughout the day, she spent time with military families at the base’s elementary and secondary schools and expressed that it was “so heartwarming to see thriving schools and engaged students.”
“I am so impressed by your commitment to building strong communities and schools,” Vance added in his speech. “Military families are truly a role model for our country and for my own family, as we are in our lives of public service today. »
Vance’s words come as she and first lady Melania Trump visited Lejune High School on base and participated in “small group discussions about artificial intelligence and social media research,” according to Fox News.
During the visit to the base, Trump said she and her husband, President Donald Trump, were thinking of U.S. military troops and their families and had them in their “thoughts and prayers for the holidays” and every day.
While Speaking During the visit to the base, the first lady explained how artificial intelligence (AI) would grow to “take center stage in the theater of war,” but that it is the U.S. Marines who “will always play the most critical role in mission success.”
“Technology is changing the art of war,” Trump said. “As expected, AI will change warfare more profoundly than any technology since nuclear weapons. The most significant change will be speed, weapon rapidity, decision-making, detection, attack and defense. Artificial intelligence will take center stage in the theater of war; it already plays a significant role on the battlefield. Of course, it is the Navy that will always play the most critical role in mission success.”
