America Supports You
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America Supports You is a United States Department of Defense
program that provides opportunities for citizens to show their support for the U.S. armed forces. The program was launched in 2004 in an effort to highlight citizen support for U.S. military men and women.
America Supports You connects individuals, organizations, and companies to hundreds of non-profit support groups, called homefront groups, offering a variety of support services to the military community. The homefront groups provide support in many ways, including writing letters and e-mails, sending care packages, offering scholarships, and helping wounded service men and women when they return home. The America Supports You program also connects military service members and their families to homefront groups that provide assistance.
Dozens of corporations, recognized on the program’s website, are also America Supports You supporters.
reported on allegations that money had been improperly moved from the Stars and Stripes
newspaper budget to fund the public relations program. In October 2007, Stars and Stripes reported "documents obtained Friday show that Stars and Stripes awarded a $499,000 purchase agreement in July 2006 for a public relations firm".
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
program that provides opportunities for citizens to show their support for the U.S. armed forces. The program was launched in 2004 in an effort to highlight citizen support for U.S. military men and women.
America Supports You connects individuals, organizations, and companies to hundreds of non-profit support groups, called homefront groups, offering a variety of support services to the military community. The homefront groups provide support in many ways, including writing letters and e-mails, sending care packages, offering scholarships, and helping wounded service men and women when they return home. The America Supports You program also connects military service members and their families to homefront groups that provide assistance.
Dozens of corporations, recognized on the program’s website, are also America Supports You supporters.
Website
The America Supports You website serves as the forum where citizens and service members connect with homefront groups running support programs.Controversy
In May 2006, The New York TimesThe New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
reported on allegations that money had been improperly moved from the Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes (newspaper)
Stars and Stripes is a news source that operates from inside the United States Department of Defense but is editorially separate from it. The First Amendment protection which Stars and Stripes enjoys is safeguarded by Congress to whom an independent ombudsman, who serves the readers' interests,...
newspaper budget to fund the public relations program. In October 2007, Stars and Stripes reported "documents obtained Friday show that Stars and Stripes awarded a $499,000 purchase agreement in July 2006 for a public relations firm".