[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 166 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1721-E1722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF THE LANCE CORPORAL CALEB POWER YOUNG MARINE UNIT'S 
                   EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RED RIBBON WEEK

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 20, 2013

  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the efforts of 
the Lance Corporal

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Caleb Power Young Marine Unit in the First District of Virginia to 
promote Red Ribbon Week. Their efforts in this national drug prevention 
campaign are impressive. The work these young men and women are doing 
is vital to our community and shows their commitment to making our 
schools, cities, counties, Commonwealth and Nation drug free. I am 
proud to represent the First District of Virginia, where young women 
and men are striving to make our communities better.
  The Young Marine Program is a drug demand reduction program for 
children ages 8 through the completion of high school that instills the 
Corps values of teamwork, leadership, and discipline. The mission of 
the Young Marines is to positively impact America's future by providing 
quality youth development programs for boys and girls that nurtures and 
develops its members into responsible citizens who enjoy and promote a 
healthy, drug free lifestyle.
  Red Ribbon Week serves as a vehicle for communities and individuals 
to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of our children through a 
commitment to drug prevention and education and a personal commitment 
to live drug free lives, with the ultimate goal being the creation of a 
drug free America.
  The Fredericksburg unit of the Young Marines is named after Lance 
Corporal Caleb John Powers, a Fredericksburg resident and former Young 
Marine who joined the United States Marine Corps and was killed in 
action in Iraq in 2004.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking these Young 
Marines and their families for their dedication to improving this great 
Nation.

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