Military Child of the Year Honors Seven of the Nation’s Best and Brightest Teens In selecting seven military teens to receive the Operation Homefront’s 2020 Military Child of the Year (MCOY) Award, we see some of the brightest minds, biggest hearts, and strongest characters among the young people in our country. Now in its 12th … Continued
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and what better way for Operation Homefront to honor Cupid than with a meet-cute story that ends in a wedding six weeks later. Yup, six weeks! Army veteran Amanda Schroeder shared the story of how she and her husband Matt Schroeder, also an Army veteran, met, fell in love, and surprised … Continued
As a military spouse of 20 years, Aileen Boone knows the difficulty of connecting and making new friends with each move. Her most recent was to San Antonio, where she and her husband had been for 18 months before she heard about Operation Homefront’s Homefront Celebration program, which celebrates the service of our military spouses. … Continued
As a full-time caregiver for her wounded-warrior husband and a mom of two, Angela Walter works every day to keep her family safe. The Colorado Springs, Colorado, woman put extra thought into emergency preparedness. “What are you going to do if whoever you’re caring for freaks out” in an emergency, she wondered. Having an emergency … Continued
