[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17770]
[From the U.S. 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 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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