DoD Recognizes Top Employers For Military Support
ESGR Reports: 15 Exceptional Employers Receive Freedom Award, DoD's Highest Honor
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Defense recognized this year's 15 recipients of the 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award during a Pentagon ceremony Friday. The Freedom Award is the highest honor the department gives to employers for support of National Guard and Reserve employees.
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work lauded the recipients for their support, saying their sacrifices helped make the military contributions by members of the National Guard and Reserve possible.
"These extraordinary contributions that [Guardsmen and Reservists] have provided could not have been made without the extraordinary support from the group of civilians and citizens, business leaders and employers, who have really allowed them to not be worried about coming back to a job."
Earlier Friday, the department unveiled a permanent display at the Pentagon honoring all past and present recipients of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
The 2015 Freedom Award recipients included:
Employer |
Location |
Nominator's Branch of Service |
Black Hills Corporation |
Rapid City, SD |
Army National Guard |
Boise Fire Department |
Boise, ID |
Marine Corps Reserve |
BP America, Inc. |
Houston, TX |
Army National Guard |
Cardinal Health |
Dublin, OH |
Army National Guard |
Cigna |
Bloomfield, CT |
Air National Guard |
City of Glendale |
Glendale, AZ |
Navy Reserve |
City of Shawnee |
Shawnee, KS |
Army Reserve |
College of the Ozarks |
Point Lookout, MO |
Army National Guard |
CVS Health |
Woonsocket, RI |
Air National Guard |
Devon Energy |
Oklahoma City, OK |
Air National Guard |
Dr. Joe A. Jackson, MD, PLLC |
Biloxi, MS |
Army National Guard |
Neil, Dymott, Frank, McFall, Trexler, McCabe & Hudson APLC |
San Diego, CA |
Navy Reserve |
Snell & Wilmer LLP |
Phoenix, AZ |
Marine Corps Reserve |
Town of Hingham |
Hingham, MA |
Navy Reserve |
Walt Disney Company |
Burbank, CA |
Air National Guard |
The 2015 recipients were selected from 2,960 nominations received from Guardsmen and Reservists for going far beyond what the Federal law requires to support their military employees. The Freedom Award was instituted in 1996 under the auspices of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve to recognize exceptional support from the employer community. In the years since, 205 employers have been honored with the award.
To view the 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Awards Ceremony, visit https://www.dvidshub.net/video/420558.
For more information about the Freedom Award and this year's recipients, visit www.FreedomAward.mil. To learn more about ESGR, visit www.ESGR.mil.
For questions or interviews regarding the Freedom Award, contact ESGR Public Affairs, at [email protected] or by phone at (571) 372-0692.
CONTACT: Maj S.J. Brown
(571) 372-0692; [email protected]
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