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!"#&$"%%!´ THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2015 |67th Ye ar Number 37 PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE FORT MEADE COMMUNITY FTMEADE.ARMY.MIL STANDING TOGETHER 9/ on r President Barack Obama (center) greets service members from Fort Meade before his "Worldwide Troop Talk" on Friday. Obama visited the post to conduct a live, televised troop talk with service members on the 14th anniversary of 9/11 from the Defense Media Activity studios. For the story, see Page 3. PHOTO BY MARVIN LYNCHARD HIGH HOLIDAYS UPCOMING EVENTSBOOTS TO BUSINESS SUITS Rabbi serves Meade Saturday, 8 a.m.: Football Fanfare 5K Run & 1-Mile Walk - Constitution Park Program aims to Saturday, 8 a.m.-1p.m.: Fall Yo uth Fishing Rodeo - Burba Lake Area #5 Jewish community Sept. 24, 11:30 a.m.: Hispanic Heritage Month Observance - McGill dress vets for success PAGE 6 Sept. 26, 7 a.m.-1p.m.: Prescription Drug Take-Back Day - PX & Commissary PAGE 4 2 NEWS THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2015 |SOUNDOFF! ! 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Facebook.com/ftmeade Guaranteed circulation: 11,285 SOUNDOFF!|THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2015 COVER STORY 3 President reflects on 9/11 during ‘Troop Talk’ Obama visits service members on Fort Meade By Amaani Lyle DoD News, Defense Media Activity On the 14th anniversary of 9/11, Presi- dent Barack Obama, in gratitude for military members who’ve served after the nation’s darkest day, hosted a global, multimedia “Worldwide Troop Talk,” live from Defense Media Activity studios. The first sitting president in history to conduct a troop talk of this scope, Obama told service members who attended the event and those who asked questions via Facebook, Twitter, Skype and satellite that 9/11 was “particularly appropriate” to address them directly. “When I look out in this audience and when I think about all the members of the armed services all around the world who serve — this represents America,” Obama said. “You’ve got people of every race, religion, faith, every region of the country. “But what we share is a common creed, acommon commitment to freedom, a common belief that America is an indis- pensable force for good around the world.” The president described the military as a“linchpin” in the nation’s ability to project its values, diplomatic efforts and relations, and thanked service members who he said have kept the United States safe and free since 9/11. When a Twitter user asked the presi- dent about his personal experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, Obama spoke candidly of his memories that day. The president recalled that 9/11 was his eldest daughter Malia’s PHOTO BY MARVIN LYNCHARD first day of kindergarten and his younger President Barack Obama shares a light moment with service members during his “Worldwide Troop Talk” as Air Force Tech. daughter Sasha was only a few months old. Sgt. Nathan Parry, the event’s moderator, looks on from the studios at the Defense Media Activity on Friday. While Michelle, Sasha in tow, had gone to drop Malia off at school, Obama, then a state senator, was en route to downtown “Every single day, I see The event, he said, forever changed his first or a Texan first or Californian first, Chicago for a hearing. perspective and inspired him and many you’re an American,” he said.