Why We Serve

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AGENDA

• Why We Serve
• Program
• MAJ Carters Biography
• Our Military In Action
• Why I serve
• Conclusion
• Question/Answer

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Purpose of the Why We Serve Program

• Why We Serve is a speakers outreach program
  intended to re-connect the men and women of the
  United States Armed Forces with those they serve
  The American people. By hosting uniformed
  service members to speak about their individual
  experiences in the Long War, audiences around the
  country are offered a personal view on military
  service.

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MAJ Carters Biography

• Born Atlanta, Georgia
• Live in Colts Neck, New Jersey
• Family married, Carl, dual military and one
  daughter, Denise
• Civilian Education Graduated of Georgia State
  University (1996) BSW
• Career U.S. Army Officer
• Military Education
• Quartermaster Basic Course at Fort Lee, VA (1996)
• Quartermaster Advance Course at Fort Lee, VA
  (2000)
• The Captain Career Course at Fort Leavenworth, KS
  (2000)
• The Army Acquisition Basic Course at Huntsville,
  Alabama (2005)
• Duty Locations
• Hanau, Germany Jan 1997- Dec 1999
• Fort Bliss, Texas July 2000- June 2003
• Fort Lee, Virginia June 2003-May 2005
• Fort Monmouth, New Jersey August 2005- present

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Why We Serve

• I do solemnly swear that I will support and
  defend the Constitution of the United States
  against all enemies, foreign and domestic that I
  will bear true faith and allegiance to the same
  that I take this obligation freely, without any
  mental reservation or purpose of evasion and
  that I will well and faithfully discharge the
  duties of the office on which I am about to
  enter. So help me God

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Team work In Action
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Training Is Essential
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Defending Freedom
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Building Trust
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Restoring Hope
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Patrolling the Land
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Why I Serve
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Why I Serve

• Mission Statement develop, produce, field, and
  sustain multi-purpose reconnaissance,
  surveillance, and target acquisition sensors and
  sensor systems for unmanned and unattended air
  and ground systems in support of current and
  future forces.

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• Conclusion
• Provided an overview of the Department of Defense
  speaker and outreach program called Why We
  Serve
• Who I am An American citizen serving the nation
  and my fellow person
• Military In Action My experiences are designed
  to empower others and informed the rest
• Why I serve I serve to make a difference in
  seeking technology that save the lives of our men
  and women in uniform

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• The America Supports You organization
• Purpose connects individuals, organizations and
  companies to hundreds of home front groups
  offering a variety of support to the military
  community. The program also connects military
  service members and their families to home front
  groups that provide assistance
• How You Can Help America Supports You home
  front groups show support in many ways including
  writing letters and e-mails, sending care
  packages, offering scholarships and helping the
  wounded when they return home.  Dozens of
  corporations, recognized on the website, are also
  America Supports You supporters.
• The America Supports You website,
  www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil

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• Questions