梅拉尼娅到访阿拉巴马州 Fort Rucker 陆军航空总部，感恩节前感谢军人家庭的付出
11月12日，第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普与第二夫人 Usha Vance 到访位于阿拉巴马州 Dale County 的 Fort Rucker，这里是美国陆军航空兵总部所在地。白宫第一夫人办公室当天发布访问消息，并附上梅拉尼娅讲话全文。
梅拉尼娅在讲话中向军人家庭致谢。她说，感恩节还有几周就到，她要向一个非常重要的群体说声谢谢，那就是美国军人的家人。她请与亲人共度节日的美国人花一点时间，想一想那些感恩节餐桌旁留着空座位的军人和军属家庭。
她对在场的军人家庭说，要让家庭坚强、让孩子安全、让家里充满爱。她还说，美国的战士们已经准备好捍卫每个人的自由，包括自由表达、和平集会和按自己的信仰敬拜的自由。
梅拉尼娅在讲话开头感谢 Usha Vance 的介绍，并向 Baker 少将致谢，提到他在韩国、科索沃、伊拉克、欧洲和阿富汗等地的服役经历。她还说，在 Fort Rucker，人们能看到强大的飞行器腾空而起。
结束讲话环节后，梅拉尼娅走访了基地内的 Ellis D. Parker 小学，走进幼儿园和一年级教室与学生互动，并表彰把科技融入教学的教师。白宫说，把科技用于教学是梅拉尼娅通过其「培育未来」倡议持续推动的重点之一。
白宫表示，这次访问传递的信息是，美国的军事实力不仅来自服役的精锐官兵，也来自在家中扛起这份重担的军人家庭；感恩节临近，军人部署在外期间，家人的缺席之痛在节日期间感受最深。
Melania Trump Visits Fort Rucker Army Aviation Headquarters in Alabama, Thanks Military Families Ahead of Thanksgiving
First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance visited Fort Rucker in Dale County, Alabama, on November 12. The post is the headquarters of U.S. Army Aviation. The Office of the First Lady published an account of the visit the same day, including the First Lady's full prepared remarks.
In her remarks, Mrs. Trump thanked military families. She said that with Thanksgiving just a few weeks away, she wanted to thank one very important group of people: the families of America's military. She asked Americans who will spend the holiday with loved ones to take a moment to think of America's service members and families with an open seat at their Thanksgiving table.
She told the families to keep their families strong, keep their children safe, and keep their homes full of love. She also said America's warriors are ready to protect individual liberty, including the freedom to speak, to assemble peacefully, and to worship according to one's own beliefs.
Mrs. Trump thanked Usha Vance for her introduction and thanked Major General Baker, citing his service in South Korea, Kosovo, Iraq, Europe, Afghanistan, and across the United States. She noted that at Fort Rucker, powerful aircraft take off into the heavens.
After the remarks, Mrs. Trump continued her visit at Ellis D. Parker Elementary School on the post, where she joined kindergarten and first-grade classrooms and recognized educators who integrate technology into their teaching. The White House said the use of technology in teaching is a focus of the First Lady's Fostering the Future initiative.
The White House said the visit carried a message of gratitude: America's military strength is defined not only by the elite soldiers who serve, but also by the families who carry the weight of that service at home, and the emotional toll of deployment is felt most deeply during the holiday season.
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