[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9630 of August 20, 2017

National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Throughout our Nation's history, Americans from all walks of life have
made tremendous sacrifices in defense of our freedom. Today, more than
one million citizen soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and
coastguardsmen continue this proud legacy as members of the National

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Guard and Reserve. During National Employer Support of the Guard and
Reserve Week, we express our gratitude to the employers and communities
who support those brave men and women.
Employer support for the National Guard and Reserve is important to our
ability to sustain an all-volunteer force. Employers play a vital role
in easing the transitions our national guardsmen and reservists must
make from civilian life to military service and back again. Whether they
are participating in weekend training in support of readiness or
deploying in response to a crisis at home and abroad, our national
guardsmen and reservists are more effective when they have the support
of civilian employers.
Our Nation salutes our employers and business leaders who, often at
their own expense, back their employees who serve in the National Guard
and Reserve. As President, I will continue to focus on providing our men
and women in uniform and their families with access to the services,
benefits, and care they so deserve. I encourage all Americans to join
with our employers in facilitating the service our national guardsmen
and reservists provide to our Nation and honoring the sacrifices they
make in defense of our security.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 20 through
August 26, 2017, as National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Week. I call upon all Americans to join me in expressing our heartfelt
thanks to the civilian employers who provide critical support to the men
and women of the National Guard and Reserve. I also call on State and
local officials, private organizations, and all military commanders to
observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
second.
DONALD J. TRUMP