Throughout our nation's history, brave sons and daughters have left their homes prepared to fight and perhaps to die in foreign lands. West Virginia has seen many of her young people march from her hills into the ranks of names on memorials in our nation's Capital. These men and women came from big cities and small towns, from college campuses, factories, farms, and mines. They fought so that we would remain free. They fought so that their children and ours could grow to be doctors, farmers, school teachers, and musicians. They answered the call of their country, and they did not fail it.
One of my highest honors as a U.S. Senator is to work to improve the quality of life for those West Virginians who served in our Armed Forces. To that end, my office provides a number of services for veterans and their families. In addition, I have worked on a long list of initiatives important to West Virginia veterans, from expanding health care access to assisting with disability claims to helping veterans take advantage of education programs created for them. In Washington, I have pressed for enactment of a number of important pieces of legislation aimed at benefiting veterans in West Virginia and across the country. This web site is aimed at highlighting these services and initiatives to make it easier for veterans to take advantage of them.
The Preamble to the Constitution contains the brief phrase, "[to] secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," words that merely hint at the sometimes staggering costs entailed in preserving that liberty. "Freedom is not Free," etched into the dark stone of the Korean War Memorial two centuries later, begins to capture the price that Americans have always been prepared to pay to preserve freedom for themselves and future generations. During my service in the U.S. Senate, I have always looked for ways to pay the debt which we owe our nation's veterans for their service.
Most Americans today have never seen war, and hopefully, they never will. I hope everyone will join in offering a prayer of thanks to the brave spirits who defended us with their lives, and offer their thoughts and their thanks to the men and women of today's military -- active, Guard, and reserves. May God bless all West Virginians who have fought and sacrificed for the preservation of our nation's freedom and our nation's interests throughout the world.
This site is divided into a number of sections.
Services for Veterans and Their
Families
Veterans Projects and Initiatives
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