[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 40471-40472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18142]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 163 / Thursday, August 24, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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                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 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.

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                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.
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