IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 64 
Urging the President to designate 2009 as the ‘‘Year of the Military Family’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2009 
Mr. SKELTON (for himself, Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ORTIZ, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
MARSHALL, Mr. MASSA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. 
SESTAK, Mr. BARTLETT, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. MCKEON, Ms. LORET-
TA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. JONES, Mr. AKIN, 
Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. LARSEN 
of Washington, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. MEEK
of Florida, Ms. PINGREE
of Maine, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mrs. MCMORRIS 
RODGERS, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, and Ms. HARMAN) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Urging the President to designate 2009 as the ‘‘Year of 
the Military Family’’. 
Whereas there are more than 1.8 million family members of 
regular component members of the Armed Forces and an 
additional 1.1 million family members of reserve compo-
nent members; 
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Whereas slightly more than half of all members of the regular 
and reserve components are married, and just over 40 
percent of military spouses are 30 years or younger and 
60 percent of military spouses are under 36 years of age; 
Whereas there are nearly 1.2 million children between the 
ages of birth and 23 years who are dependents of regular 
component members, and there are over 713,000 children 
between such ages who are dependents of reserve compo-
nent members; 
Whereas the largest group of minor children of regular com-
ponent members consist of children between the ages of 
birth and 5 years, while the largest group of minor chil-
dren of reserve component members consist of children 
between the ages of 6 and 14 years; 
Whereas the needs, resources, and challenges confronting a 
military family, particularly when a member of the family 
has been deployed, vastly differ between younger age chil-
dren and children who are older; 
Whereas the United States recognizes that military families 
are also serving their country, and the United States 
must ensure that all the needs of military dependent chil-
dren are being met, for children of members of both the 
regular and reserve components; 
Whereas military families often face unique challenges and 
difficulties that are inherent to military life, including 
long separations from loved ones, the repetitive demands 
of frequent deployments, and frequent uprooting of com-
munity ties resulting from moves to bases across the 
country and overseas; 
Whereas thousands of military family members have taken on 
volunteer responsibilities to assist units and members of 
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