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Monday, September 26, 2011

Department of Defense Honored 15 Employers from Across the Nation for Support of Guard and Reserve

Only 145 companies have been presented the Freedom Award since it was first instituted in 1996. Freedom Award recipients distinguish themselves by going to extraordinary lengths to support their military employees. This year’s honorees range from a small church in South Dakota, to two sheriff’s departments, to major automotive, technology, and banking corporations. The recipients were honored by senior Department of Defense officials during the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award ceremony.

This year’s recipients are:
Employer Location
3M  St. Paul, Minn.  
Ameren Corporation St. Louis, Mo.
Burt County Sheriff’s Office Tekamah, Neb.
CSX Transportation  Jacksonville, Fla.
Electrical Contractors, Inc.  Omaha, Neb.
Ford Motor Company  Dearborn, Mich.
Hanson Professional Services Inc.  Springfield, Ill.
Integrity Applications Incorporated Chantilly, Va.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department  Santa Ana, Calif.
Qwest Communications, Denver, Colo., now CenturyLink, Inc. Monroe, La.
St. John’s Lutheran Church  Yankton, S.D.
State Employees’ Credit Union  Raleigh, N.C.
The Principal Financial Group  Des Moines, Iowa
Town of Gilbert  Gilbert, Ariz.
Wells Fargo & Company  San Francisco, Calif.

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