Commentary Op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama in USA Today: Support Our Military Families by Gary Kopycinski on September 15, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2011. The full text of an op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama published in USA Today is printed below.