To know Stephanie Ouellette is to understand that there is a difference between choosing joy and merely experiencing it. Stephanie’s happiness, her integrity, her quiet leadership are no accident. They are the result of years of choosing to serve others. Stephanie’s younger brother, Cpl. Michael Ouellette was a squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, […]
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For U.S. Navy Veteran Cecilia Deyo and her family, the act of visiting memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. is personal — almost sacred. Cecilia’s family comes here to honor her grandfather, a fighter pilot who was shot down over Vietnam and killed when her father was just 10 years old. “I visited […]
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Article by Robert M. Gates, Leon E. Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Ash Carter, Jim Mattis and Mark T. Esper Robert M. Gates, Leon E. Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Ash Carter, Jim Mattis and Mark T. Esper are the six surviving secretaries of defense who led the Defense Department during the past 20 years of the global war on terrorism. At the end of World […]
September 11, 2001 changed things for Francisco Rivera. How he understood himself changed. How he understood his commitment to his family, his community, and his country changed. “When I think about that day, it’s as vivid to me as what I did this morning,” he says. “I remember every detail — where I was, what […]
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Washington, D.C. — The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Memorial Foundation, the congressionally-designated non-profit tasked with planning, funding, and coordinating efforts to build the GWOT Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is pleased to welcome MISSION BBQ Founder and CEO Bill Kraus to its Board. “At the GWOT Memorial Foundation, our mission is […]
Each Memorial Day, thousands of active duty service members and military veterans make a pilgrimage from cities and towns all over America to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It’s a sacred pursuit — one that honors friends, brothers and sisters in arms, young men and women who fought in our nation’s wars and did […]
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The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, the non-profit organization congressionally designated to oversee the planning, fundraising, and construction for the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington, D.C., is pleased to welcome Navy Veteran and military family advocate Ashish “Ash” Vazirani to its Board of Advisors. Ashish comes to the Global War on […]
Today, The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Memorial Foundation celebrated a milestone in the effort to establish a GWOT Memorial on the National Mall. The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act, introduced by GWOT veteran Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), would establish a location for the national GWOT Memorial within […]
The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Memorial Foundation today heralded a significant step toward establishing a GWOT Memorial on the National Mall alongside memorials to veterans of every other major American conflict with the introduction of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act by GWOT Veterans Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) and Rep. Mike Gallagher […]
In the wake of the Capitol riots that saw one of the world’s most recognizable symbols of stability and democracy shattered and broken, the lawmakers, leaders and citizens of the United States turned to one of its most trusted institutions for safety and security — the United States military. The United States military answered the […]
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Learn more about the GWOT Memorial and what we are doing to honor those who have served, and continue to serve, in this complex, multi-generational war.
