Honoring our veterans and those who support them

Published November 11, 2016 5:02am ET



Last Sunday, one of our Aerospace Industries Association staff members attended church services at the Jubilee Christian Center in Fairfax, Virginia. During his sermon, the congregation’s pastor asked all active duty military service members and service veterans to stand up and be recognized in advance of Veterans Day. He then appropriately asked their family members to stand up as well; as everyone from First Lady Michelle Obama on down understands, our military families are the foundation upon which the modern volunteer armed services succeeds. As relayed to me by my colleague, it was a heartwarming and unifying moment — something our communities and nation needs badly after a rancorous and divisive political campaign.

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