Recruiters sought out Lorena Sierra in high school after she scored well on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery exam, better known as the ASVAB. The test had been a way to cut class for a day, though, and she had no plans to join.
The federal government shutdown put disabled Army veteran DaQuan Bethea in the difficult position of asking for assistance after he was furloughed from his civilian job with the Department of Defense and then returned to work without pay.
As the holiday season approaches, Operation Homefront is rolling out Holiday Meals for Military events across the nation.
Mike Flores was 21, already a father to a young boy, working full time, and taking part-time college classes when his sister woke him up on Sept. 11 and told him about the terrorist attacks.
After surviving firefights in Iraq, coming home with physical and neurological health complications that could be debilitating, Marine veteran Scotti Fraser turned to music.
As federal lawmakers remained at a stalemate over government funding in mid-October, Army Staff Sgt. Jorge Martinez and his wife, Carolina, watched and worried from their home in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
As Army veteran David Gonzalez watched the joyful smiles on the faces of his wife and son, he felt nothing but gratitude toward Operation Homefront donors who made it possible.
Nothing could have prepared Army veteran Brian Jones and his wife, Jessica, for the news they received on March 4.
Army veteran Donetta Ward was staying with her brother and sharing a room with her young daughter when she learned that Operation Homefront accepted her into their Transitional Housing – Apartments program.
Mara Berthier enlisted in the Navy in 2019 for a reason she laughs about now — she liked the uniform. After joining, however, she found a place she felt she belonged.
