Freedom Award In The News

09/11/2008	School District Partners With Community to Support Guard, Reserve
	A small school district in South Dakota is being honored for its partnership with its military employees and the local community.  Winner School District, in Winner, S.D., is one of 15 companies chosen to receive the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, which recognizes employers who provide exceptional support to employees serving in the National Guard or Reserve.
09/09/2008	Local businesses honored for service to Guard and Reserve employees
	Loudoun Times-Mirror profiles several Virginia employers nominated for the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
09/08/2008	State Farm Earns Award for Support of Guard, Reserve Employees
	“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there,” is the insurance company’s advertising slogan, but it doesn’t apply only to the clients the company insures. It also reflects State Farm’s posture toward the reserve-component servicemembers it employs.
09/05/2008	Power Company Does ‘Whatever It Takes’ For Military Employees
	Dominion Resources has a simple philosophy when it comes to supporting its employees who serve part-time in the military: “Whatever it takes, for as long as it takes.”
09/03/2008	Chrysler Earns Top Employer-Support Award
	Defense officials have chosen Chrysler to receive the department's top employer-support award for providing exceptional financial and emotional support to its employees who deploy as National Guard or reserve members. The automaker provides pay differential and full benefits for up to 48 months of military service for all its Guard and reserve employees.
09/01/2008	Employers Nominated for U.S. Government’s Highest Employer Award
	The Department of Defense annually honors up to 15 employers with the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. This is the government’s highest recognition given to employers who provide outstanding support to employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve and their families. The open nomination season for the 2008 Freedom Award closed on January 21, 2008, with 2,199 nominations received from across the country. The turnout represented a 97 percent increase in nominations from previous years.
09/01/2008	In praise of Guard, Reserve members, and their employers
	Labor Day is our annual national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country. Among the millions of American workers who deserve this recognition, one group stands out for its unwavering commitment to our national security -- the 1.3 million members of our National Guard and Reserve service.
08/31/2008	Thomas F. Hall: Recognize Guard and Reserve on Labor Day
	Labor Day is an honored tradition in this nation, an annual national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country. Among the millions of American workers who deserve this recognition, one group stands out for its unwavering commitment to our national security -- the nation's 1.3 million National Guard and Reserve service members.
08/29/2008	Oshkosh Corp. Earns Top Employer Support Award
	Oshkosh Corp. is slated to receive the Defense Department’s top award next month for supporting its employees who volunteer to serve in the National Guard and reserves. The Oshkosh, Wis.-based company will be among 15 employers nationwide to receive the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award during a Sept. 18 ceremony here.
08/27/2008	Choctaw Nation receives Freedom Award
	Tim O'Brien turned out an American literary classic with "The Things They Carried." It was a short story detailing the weight of photographs and guns and fear that troops carried through the jungles of Vietnam.
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