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To be eligible for the award, an employer must be nominated by one of its Guard or Reserve employees, or a family member of that employee. The Freedom Award was instituted in 1996 by then-Secretary of Defense William Perry under the auspices of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR).
Subsequent awards can be given in three-year increments from the initial award. The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award is the highest recognition given by the U.S. government to employers for their outstanding support of Guard and Reserve employees. Fifteen awards are presented annually to small, large, and public sector ...
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The IRC was founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, [2] and made its first Freedom Award in 1957, to German politician Willy Brandt, who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. [3] The following year, the award was presented to Winston Churchill , British prime minister during the Second World War , for his "dedicated and devoted ...
Nov. 10—There are a lot of struggles that come with being a veteran, but one of the hardest can be trying to balance life as a civilian while at home. For Zack Lorton, a nine-year National Guard ...
U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute (FTS) was an official U.S. Army Commendation Program sponsored by the Secretary of the Army and U.S. Army Chief of Staff. [1] The Freedom Team Salute Program began in 2005 and ceased operation at the end of February 2010. Over 2.3 million Commendations were issued by the program during its five years of operation. [2]
Spike Lee, Xernona Clayton and Sherrilyn Ifill received the Freedom Award from National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis during a ceremony on Oct. 17.