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NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
ALTHOUGH NATIVE AMERICANS DID NOT BECOME CITIZENS UNTIL 1924, THEIR LEGACY OF U.S. MILITARY
SERVICE DATES BACK TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON ENLISTED THEM FOR
THE ARMY, NAVY AND MARINES.
TODAY MORE THAN 12 THOUSAND SAILORS AND 15 HUNDRED CIVILIANS OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE HERITAGE SERVE IN THE NAVY.
"NATIVE AMERICANS AND ALASKA NATIVES ACTUALLY HAVE THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA RATE OF MILITARY
SERVICE OF ANY ETHNIC GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND THAT'S A HUGE CONTRIBUTION CONSIDERING
I THINK WE MAKE UP ABOUT TWO PERCENT OF THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHIC."
SEND YOUR PICTURES AND STORIES CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH SO WE CAN SHARE
THEM ON NAVY.MIL.
FROM THE DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY, I'M PETTY OFFICER BRANDIE WILLS.