[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 120 (Monday, July 25, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1169]
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       HONORING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK MILITARY WOMEN

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 25, 2016

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an organization that 
has served our veteran community with great distinction for 40 years, 
the National Association of Black Military Women.
  The NABMW is an association of women located throughout the country 
who are veterans or current members of the United States Armed Forces. 
The group was founded in July of 1976, when a group of 21 women who 
served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army 
Corps (WAC) during World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars got together 
at Lucille Brown's house in Hampton, Virginia. At this chartered 
meeting, the group decided to locate and invite other former service 
women to a first reunion that was held in 1978 in Dallas, Texas.
  Ever since, Biennial Reunions have continued to be held all through 
the country, where members discuss many of the issues facing the 
veteran community of black military women. The NABMW mission, ``To seek 
out, record, maintain and tell the history and heritage of African-
American Military Women who served and are serving in the United States 
Armed Forces'' is as strong and power today on the organization's 40th 
anniversary as it was on the very first.
  This year, NABMW is holding their biennial conference from August 10-
14. I want to congratulate the entire organization on the occasion and 
thank them for their service.

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