From left in background, Maj. Gen. Margaret W. Boor, commanding general of the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command, and Maj. Gen. Rick Martin, commanding general of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, meet with Gold Star families Dec. 15 prior to U.S. President Barack Obama’s address to an audience of 3,000 service members, military families, civic leaders and elected officials inside a U.S. Navy hangar on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The purpose of the president’s visit to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst was to thank troops for their service.