The Department of Defense recently posted an article titled "Miller Establishes Task Force to Aid Gold Star Families":

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller virtually sat down with Gold Star families recently to discuss how the Defense Department can better support them.

Miller signed a memo in December 2020, designed to implement programs recognizing the sacrifices of these families and preserve the legacies of those killed.

"I was tremendously honored and humbled to sit with and listen to our Gold Star Family members," Miller said in a written statement. "They've taken personal tragedies and turned them into powerful stories of hope and healing for others."

Miller established the DOD Casualty Assistance Task Force to address concerns of Gold Star families and suggestions from them. Miller and his team coordinated closely with the office of the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness on the task force.

"Taking care of our Gold Star Families is one of my top priorities; and I am focused on outcomes and actions to ensure that we are doing our utmost to support them," the acting secretary said.

Miller praised efforts within DOD to assist Gold Star families.

The families come from diverse backgrounds and situations and include moms, dads, husbands, wives who had a son/daughter/wife/husband killed in action, killed in training or by suicide.

In December 2020, a community gathered to lay wreaths at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West. This Wreaths Across America event was made possible by Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. and veteran support organizations. Please click here for more detail from station WKDZ. 

Issues faced by Women Veterans.  GSW asks how families of Non active deaths can be better served.

Link to Facebook event (copy and paste into Google Chrome directly): https://www.facebook.com/15408433177/posts/10158192174163178/?d=n

The Gold Star Families Display was created by Gold Star Wife Jane Horton and is a permanent installation at the Pentagon. Please read more about the display and the event here: http://www.militaryspot.com/news/dedication-ceremony-pentagons-newest-permanent-display.

Chuck N. Baker, Veterans Reporter for Boulder City Review in Nevada, has the story.

Please click the link below to watch WAAY31 / ABC's coverage of the ribbon cutting ceremony. https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Alabama-Gold-Star-Families-happy-with-monument-reveal-572784341.html 

Gold Star Wives has agreed to be a sponsor of the Centennial - noting the 100th Anniversary of the burial of the World War I Unknown Soldier at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Learn more about this program at https://tombguard.org/centennial/

 

GSW produced an ad for The Oregonian and it is available here for others to use if they wish.

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Gold Star Wives Member and Army Nurse Corps Veteran, Martha Baker, was featured in The Denver Post. Please click here to read about Mrs. Baker's service in Vietnam: https://www.denverpost.com/2020/11/11/colorado-army-nurses-veterans-day/