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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