From staff reports
As part of the First Lady’s Joining Forces initiative, Jill Biden will visit U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on Friday, June 30 to celebrate and thank Marine graduates and their families.
The First Lady will attend and deliver remarks at the Marine Corps graduation ceremony. According to the online graduation schedule, Biden will address Marine graduates with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion.
The trip also comes in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. military becoming an all-volunteer force.
According to a White House press release, Jill Biden and former First Lady Michelle Obama launched Joining Forces in April 2011 as an effort to motivate and harness support across the public and private sectors to support service members, veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors.
Working with partners in government, the business community, and non-profit organizations, the initiative highlights the challenges faced by the military and veteran communities and drives progress in hiring veterans and military spouses, making classrooms more welcoming for military-connected children, and raising awareness of the mental health needs of the military and veteran community.
Jill Biden’s last visit to the Palmetto State came in August 2022 when she vacationed with President Joe Biden on Kiawah Island.
