Michelle Obama Military Quotes

Quotes about: Military

• The issues facing working women and their families are closest to my heart. I decided to focus intently on the challenges military wives face because they juggle the same pressures as their nonmilitary peers, all while coping as single parents while their loved ones are overseas. I wanted to help make their voices heard.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Heart, Voice

• I was out there meeting with a lot of working moms and whenever I would gather a group of women, there was always a voice that was unfamiliar to me, and it was the voice of a military spouse, oftentimes a woman, oftentimes working, many times in a position where they've had to move every two or three years, where their kids have had to change school multiple times, people dealing - families dealing with multiple deployments, dealing with the stresses of reconnection.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Stress, Military

  Source: www.wbur.org

• This year's [2016] White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts as a nation: from our incredible military families, to the life-changing impact of a great education.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Life Changing, Holiday

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years. And we announced during the tour last week that we have gotten more than 60,000 jobs, and we're well on our way to just crashing that goal out of the water, because what businesses are understanding is that these men and women are some of the most highly trained resources that we have in this country.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Jobs, Couple

  Source: www.wbur.org

• We're starting to see, as the economy improves, that the unemployment rate among veterans and military spouses - we're seeing some improvement in those numbers. And that's a good thing.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Numbers, Unemployment

  Source: www.wbur.org

• I mean, that's the least we should do for these men and women [veterans and military spouses], is to make sure they come back to jobs that pay, to career opportunities, that these spouses are able to add a second income to their households, because these families do not have a lot of resources.

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, Military, Mean

  Source: www.wbur.org

• These are things that we hear from military families everywhere we go. But it - on PTSD, the thing that I want to make sure people understand is that the vast majority of veterans and military families aren't dealing with any kind of mental health. But there are - these are what are called the invisible wounds of this war. And many times they don't present.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, War, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

• I think employers need help in understanding how to translate a military career.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Thinking, Careers

  Source: www.wbur.org

• During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to women. There were voices that were new to me: the voices of military spouses, many of them women, and veterans.... I was overwhelmed by their challenges, and the notion that we as a country don't even know that these women exist, because we live in a country where one percent of the population protects the rights and freedoms of the other 99 percent of us. I thought that if I had the opportunity to serve as First Lady, I was going to use this platform to be their voice.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Jobs, Husband

  Source: www.glamour.com

• There are many different ways that a military person's career can be translated.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Careers, Different

  Source: www.wbur.org

• I think I'm probably more typical of the average American who doesn't have a connection to a military community.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Thinking, Average

  Source: www.wbur.org

• It's been so important that the Chamber of Commerce, for example, has hosted hiring fairs that are specifically targeted to military communities.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Community, Important

  Source: www.wbur.org

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