Joe Biden has been a staunch military supporter throughout his career
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While Biden came into office toward the tail end of the Vietnam War, he really came into his own as a foreign policy expert during the Cold War era. The Guardian notes his numerous visits to the then-Soviet Union before it rebranded as Russia, at which time he was involved in brokering high-level arms control treaties. During his tenure as VP, Biden played an even more hands-on role, serving as adviser-in-chief to the Commander-in-Chief (another non-veteran) on all matters military in nature.
USA Today also points out that Dr. Jill Biden, herself an Army stepmom, focused on military families during her tenure as Second Lady. Together with FLOTUS Michelle Obama, she worked to get the Joining Forces initiative off the ground. According to the White House archives, this campaign was intended to provide the families of deployed service members, as well as returning service members and veterans, with employment resources, educational programming and access to health and wellness services. In 2012, Jill a teacher by trade, launched her own program called “Operation Educate the Educators” (via Association of Defense Communities) focused on helping to train her fellow teachers how to recognize the special needs of military kids. So even though Biden himself, just like every other president since the first George Bush (via Business Insider), hasn’t spent time in uniform, it still seems as if our armed forces are in good hands with their new CIC.
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Joe Biden has been a staunch military supporter throughout his career
Patrick Smith/Getty Images
While Biden came into office toward the tail end of the Vietnam War, he really came into his own as a foreign policy expert during the Cold War era. The Guardian notes his numerous visits to the then-Soviet Union before it rebranded as Russia, at which time he was involved in brokering high-level arms control treaties. During his tenure as VP, Biden played an even more hands-on role, serving as adviser-in-chief to the Commander-in-Chief (another non-veteran) on all matters military in nature.
USA Today also points out that Dr. Jill Biden, herself an Army stepmom, focused on military families during her tenure as Second Lady. Together with FLOTUS Michelle Obama, she worked to get the Joining Forces initiative off the ground. According to the White House archives, this campaign was intended to provide the families of deployed service members, as well as returning service members and veterans, with employment resources, educational programming and access to health and wellness services. In 2012, Jill a teacher by trade, launched her own program called “Operation Educate the Educators” (via Association of Defense Communities) focused on helping to train her fellow teachers how to recognize the special needs of military kids. So even though Biden himself, just like every other president since the first George Bush (via Business Insider), hasn’t spent time in uniform, it still seems as if our armed forces are in good hands with their new CIC.
USA Today also points out that Dr. Jill Biden, herself an Army stepmom, focused on military families during her tenure as Second Lady. Together with FLOTUS Michelle Obama, she worked to get the Joining Forces initiative off the ground. According to the White House archives, this campaign was intended to provide the families of deployed service members, as well as returning service members and veterans, with employment resources, educational programming and access to health and wellness services.
In 2012, Jill a teacher by trade, launched her own program called “Operation Educate the Educators” (via Association of Defense Communities) focused on helping to train her fellow teachers how to recognize the special needs of military kids. So even though Biden himself, just like every other president since the first George Bush (via Business Insider), hasn’t spent time in uniform, it still seems as if our armed forces are in good hands with their new CIC.
