DoD Honors Anti-Drug Fighters

Courtesy Photo | Andre Hollis, deputy assistant defense secretary for counternarcotics, speaks at the opening ceremonies of Red Ribbon Week at the Pentagon Oct. 21, 2002. Joining Hollis are (seated from left) Miss USA Shauntay Hinton, Peggy Sapp from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, and Texas Rep. Sylvestre Reyes. Photo by Jim Garamone.  

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

10.20.2002

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Andre Hollis said he is "continually impressed" by the way American military and civilian personnel around the world give back to their communities.

Hollis, deputy assistant defense secretary for counternarcotics, told the audience at the Oct. 21 Red Ribbon Week Observance in the Pentagon that thousands of U.S. personnel dedicate hundreds of thousands of hours each year to help kids stay away from drugs.

Red Ribbon Week is held annually to spotlight efforts to keep America drug free. The week is an outgrowth of a tribute to the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique Camarena in 1985. In 1990, the Defense Department joined the observance and began a yearly award to recognize outstanding anti-drug programs developed by the services, the National Guard and the defense agencies.

Miss USA Shauntay Hinton presented the awards to this year's recipients. They were:

Finally, Hinton presented the 2nd Annual Fulcrum Shield Award for Excellence in Youth Anti-drug programs to the Dover, N.H., military-affiliated Youth-to-Youth Program.

Story by Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

• Date Taken: 10.20.2002
• Date Posted: 07.04.2025 00:18
• Story ID: 528610
• Location: WASHINGTON, US