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US Department of Defense Gives Freedom Award to Ford

Sponsored by the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), the Freedom Award has been given to American automaker Ford this year, for the support the company offered to its employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.

For example, Ford currently offers differential pay for its employees on active duty. In the U.S. there are approximately 700 Reservists and Guardsmen employed by the company along with more than 7,000 veterans. Ford currently has nearly 30 employees actively serving in the military.

Ford’s relationship with Disabled American Veterans (DAV) began in 1922 when Henry Ford organized a cross-country caravan of 50 Model T’s to take disabled veterans to their convention in San Francisco.  Since 1974, Ford Motor Company and the Ford Motor Company Fund have provided over $6 million to veterans organizations.

Since 1996, Ford Motor Company has donated 156 vehicles to DAV for their Transportation Network, totaling approximately $4 million. The automaker also helps all veterans through vehicle donations, scholarships and special vehicle purchase programs.

The Ford Veterans Network Group (VETNG), one of Ford’s corporately supported Employee Resource Groups, sponsors activities throughout the year in support of its veterans, military personnel and their families.

“We are proud of our employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve and it is our privilege to support them,”
said Mike Bannister, Ford executive vice president, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Credit Company, and executive champion of the Ford Veterans Network Group. “We thank ESGR and the Department of Defense for this recognition. We appreciate the honor, and we deeply appreciate all the men and women involved in military service.”
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