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Pictured in 2024 with women Service Members making us proud in the US Army
June 14, 2024

Bill Boosts Service Members Pay, Health Care

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Congresswoman Amata at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (file photo)
May 23, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring Memorial Day 2024. “Throughout the history of the United States, in every generation, there have been brave Service members who gave all for the country, for others, and the cause of freedom,” said Congresswoman Aumua Amata. “On other important holidays, we honor all our military and veterans as each one has taken on the possibility of making that greatest sacrifice. Memorial Day is special in remembrance of those who never came home from the fields of battle.”
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Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Tomio Nomura-Brown of Afono Village
May 17, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring those who serve this Armed Forces Day (Saturday) and for Military Appreciation Month.

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2024 Hall of Fame Inductees with attending family members

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Army Ordnance Hall of Fame presentation
May 14, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating the Chief of Staff of her congressional office, retired Col. Leafaina Tavai, for her recent induction into the Army Ordnance Hall of Fame.

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view of platform during commissioning ceremony
May 13, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to congratulate four new commissioned officers in the United States Army from American Samoa. She attended their University of Hawaii Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony at the John F.

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Congresswoman Amata and Admiral Fagan with members of 9th Mission Support Command, US Army
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Congresswoman Amata and Admiral Fagan with members of 9th Mission Support Command, US Army

February 15, 2024
Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was joined Wednesday by local women Veterans and some of American Samoa’s women U.S. Army Reservists to thank the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Linda Fagan, and send her off feeling especially welcomed by American Samoa. They had the opportunity to speak with and greet Admiral Fagan before her flight departed, and receive the report from the 118th Congress’s Women Veterans Task Force, which Congresswoman Amata chaired.
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Group photo with USCG and Shipyard personnel
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Group photo with USCG and Shipyard personnel

February 14, 2024
Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata met Tuesday with the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Linda Fagan, who is responsible for all Coast Guard operations including 42,000 active-duty, 7,000 reserve, and 8,700 civilian personnel supported by 21,000 Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers, to hear about the Coast Guard’s key role in American Samoa and the Pacific region, and tour Pago Pago Harbor’s shipyard facilities.
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Group photo with USCG and Shipyard personnel
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Group photo with USCG and Shipyard personnel


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Lt. Ridge Alkonis
December 15, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the return of Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis to the United States. “We have prayed for this, and advocated for it, alongside his family, and other strong voices in Congress who called for his return to the United States,” said Congresswoman Amata. “He is Samoan, and serves our country, and I’m thankful to know that finally he is back in the U.S. where he belongs.
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