Melania Trump, Usha Vance Visit Military Families at North Carolina Marine Base

The First and Second Lady expressed gratitude to military families and prepared care packages for deployed U.S. Marines ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

First Lady Melania Trump addresses a crowd of U.S. Marines and military family members at a hangar bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., on Nov. 19, 2025. Ryan Morgan/The Epoch Times

JACKSONVILLE, N.C.—First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance visited Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Nov. 19 to show their gratitude to U.S. troops and military families ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

As she addressed a crowd of troops and their family members inside a hangar on the base on Wednesday, the First Lady called military families “the quiet strength of our nation.”