The Department of Defense is pleased to announce the 15 recipients of the 2021 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest U.S. government honor to employers for support of National Guard and Reserve employees.
Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Michael Lyons, a charge nurse on 5-West of the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska is currently deployed to Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official name given to military operations assisting in rebuilding Iraq's economic and governmental infrastructure, training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and...
Montana Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Joseph B. Carter, an employee of the City of Helena, is currently deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official name given to military operations assisting in rebuilding Iraq's economic and governmental infrastructure, training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq's sovereignty and independence...
U.S. Navy reservist Cmdr. Kenneth Kirkland is currently deployed to Naval Central Command in Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the official name given to military operations from Afghanistan to the Horn of Africa in support of the Global War on Terror.
Navy Reserve Petty Officer 1st Class Salvador Castro, a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Marble Falls, Texas, is currently deployed to Bahrain in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official name given to military operations assisting in rebuilding Iraq's economic and governmental infrastructure, training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq's...
U.S. Navy Reserve Petty Officer 1st. Class Terry Carlton, a correctional probation supervisor with the Florida Department of Corrections, is currently deployed to Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the official name given to military operations from Afghanistan to the Horn of Africa in support of the Global War on Terror.
