JANUARY
1, Monday – New Years Day
6, Saturday – World Day for War Orphans
15, Monday – Martin Luther King Jr’s Day
27, Saturday – Vietnam Peace Day
February
National Salute to Veteran Patients
1, Thursday – G.I. Joe Day
1 Thursday – National Freedom Day
4, Sunday – USO Day
12, Sunday – International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers (Red Hand Day)
15, Thursday – Remember the Maine Day (U.S.S. Maine)
19, Monday – Coast Guard Reserves Birthday
19, Monday – Iwo Jima Day
19, Monday – President’s Day
19, Monday – Washington’s Birthday
20, Monday – Military and Veterans Day at the NM State Capitol
MARCH
1, Friday – Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
1, Friday – Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day (Bikini Day)
1, Friday – World Civil Defense Day
2, Saturday – Navy Reserves Birthday
4, Monday – Hug a GI Day
6, Wednesday – Casimir Pulaski Day
12, Tuesday – K-9 Veterans Day
19, Tuesday – Operation Iraqi Freedom Day
19, Sunday – Bataan Death March at White Sands
25, Monday- National Medal of Honor Day
29, Friday – Vietnam Veterans Day or Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day
APRIL
Confederate History Month
Month of the Military Child
1, Monday – U.S. Air Force Academy Day
4, Thursday – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
5, Friday – Gold Star Spouses Day (Gold Star Wives Day)
6, Saturday – Army Day
9, Tuesday – Appomattox Day
9, Tuesday – Jenkins Ear Day
9, Tuesday – National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
9, Tuesday – Winston Churchill Day
14, Sunday – Air Force Reserve Birthday
17, Wednesday – Holocaust Remembrance Day
23, Tuesday – Army Reserves Birthday
29, Monday – Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30, Tuesday – National Military Brats Day
MAY
National Military Appreciation Month
12-18 – Armed Forces Week
1, Wednesday – Loyalty Day
1, Wednesday – Silver Star Service Banner Day
6, Monday – National Explosive Ordinance Disposal Day
8, Wednesday – V-E Day
12. Sunday – Military Spouse Appreciation Day
13, Monday – Children of Fallen Patriots Day
14, Tuesday – The Stars and Stripes Forever Day
15, Wednesday – International Conscientious Objector Day
19, Sunday – National Defense Transportation Day
20, Monday – Armed Forces Day
22, Wednesday – National Maritime Day
27, Monday – Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD)
1, Saturday – Don’t Give Up the Ship Day
JUNE
6, Thursday – D-Day Invasion Anniversary
8, Saturday – New Braunfels Pride
14, Friday – Flag Day
14, Friday – Pause for the Pledge Day
14, Friday – U.S. Army Birthday
23, Sunday – U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday
27, Thursday – PTSD Awareness Day
28, Friday – Operation Red Wings Observance
29, Saturday – San Antonio Pride
JULY
4, Thursday – Independence Day
26, Friday – Armed Forces Unification Day
27, Saturday – National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
28, Sunday – National Buffalo Soldiers Day
29, Monday – Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps
AUGUST
Anti-terrorism Awareness Month
1, Thursday – Air Force Day
4, Sunday – U.S. Coast Guard Birthday
7, Wednesday – Purple Heart Day
10, Saturday – U.S. Department of Defense Birthday
10, Saturday – Agent Orange Awareness Day
14, Wednesday – VJ Day
14, Wednesday – Navajo Code Talkers Day
16, Friday – National Airborne Day
29, Thursday – Marine Corps Reserve Birthday
SEPTEMBER
National Suicide Prevention Month
National Service Dog Month
2, Monday – V-J Day (Victory over Japan)
2, Monday – Labor Day
11, Wednesday – Patriot Day
11, Wednesday – 9/11 Remembrance Day
15, Sunday – National POW / MIA Recognition Day (3rd Friday)
18, Wednesday – Air Force Birthday
18, Wednesday – U.S. Department of Defense Birthday
18, Wednesday – Air National Guard Birthday
16, Monday – National POW/MIA Recognition Day
29, Sunday – Gold Star Mother’s Day (Last Sunday)
29, Sunday – VFW Day
OCTOBER
Agent Orange Awareness Month
13, Sunday – U.S. Navy Birthday
21, Monday – National Pets for Veterans Day
26, Saturday – Day of the Deployed
27, Sunday – Navy Day
NOVEMBER
National Veterans & Military Family Month
Warrior Care Month
3, Sunday – Daylight Savings Time Ends
12, Tuesday – Election Day
10, Sunday – Marine Corps Day/Birthday
11, Monday – Veterans Day
11, Monday – Armistice/Remembrance Day
21, Thursday – Thanksgiving
DECEMBER
1, Sunday – Civil Air Patrol Birthday
7, Saturday – National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
13, Friday – U.S, National Guard Birthday
18, Wednesday – National Wreaths Across America