Vehicle Donation Eases Stress for Guard Veteran
After enlisting in the Air National Guard to help pay for college, Shanta Swinton learned something about serving in the military that surprised her.
After enlisting in the Air National Guard to help pay for college, Shanta Swinton learned something about serving in the military that surprised her.
Army spouse Alyssa Brown is a devoted follower of Operation Homefront events. She learned of the national nonprofit when her husband, Justin Brown, received his first assignment after joining the Army in 2012.
From age 10, Trey Spellman felt inspired by his father’s stories of service as an Army combat medic. He knew he, too, would serve.
When COVID-19 shut down the world, Marine veteran Rene Garcia Jr., his wife, Esmeralda, and their two boys, hit the road in an RV.
Christopher Wyatt was born into a military family. As a child of a father in the Army, he lived all over the world. When it was time for him to choose between civilian life or military service, he opted to enlist in the Army, joining in 2000.
Purchasing a home for their family of eight felt surreal to Navy veterans Whitney and Steven Moore as they signed documents on a house in Georgia.
When Lissette Caeser clicked “Donate” on the Operation Homefront urgent needs web page, she thought about how life-changing Operation Homefront has been for her and her husband, Deidrick, an Air Force veteran, and their three children.
Honoring the service of military veterans is a personal and professional mission for Katelyn Wilcox, the daughter of an Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War.
Through each one of her 650 volunteer hours with Operation Homefront in 2024, Kati Calhoun knew why she was giving her time to military families.
Even after she was shot in the eye during a 2005 deployment to Iraq, losing 70 percent of her sight in her left eye, Scarlett Martinez continued to serve her country in the Army National Guard.