Hometown Heroes will provide a national TV audience with stories that express America’s support and appreciation for the heroic efforts and sacrifices of our troops and their families in protecting our country every day.

Hosted by General Norman Schwarzkopf this national broadcast program will showcase the lifesaving efforts of comminities supporting our wounded troops and their families. Hometown Heroes will spotlight the true character of the American Spirit.

We need to see these stories of sacrificial support from everyday Americans embracing their returning heroes. Hometown Heroes will be there to capture the tireless individuals and grassroots community efforts that are making a difference in the lives for these amazing military families.

Hometown Heroes will also offer unique opportunities for Americans from every corner of our great country to get involved and provide much needed support to these families.

Hometown Heroes is not a political program . Our troops are not tied to any political party and it does not matter what party you belong to. As Americans, taking care of our troops and their families is the right thing to do.

Please contact David Holden if you would like more information about receiving this program of sponsoring a segment.
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Hometown Heroes Non-profit programming

The Hometown Heroes national television program is a Troop supportive programming initiative of the Armed Services YMCA. This program is disigned as to provide direct support to our severley injured troops much like ABC's popular "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" program, however, this program is non-profit with 15% of the sponsorship raised going directly to troop supportive programs.

The programming goal of Hometown Heroes is to tell the stories of these amazing military families at the same time giving corporations large and small alike both product and company exposure and show America the support they are providing to our troops.

Hometown Heroes is not a political program, it is a human interest program that makes a difference in the lives of those we showcase. Our producers want to be there when these troops come home. We want to be able to improve their quality of life, improve their ability to live independent of assistance and lift their spirits. We want to build these severly injured families new homes, give them modified vehicles, secure tuition for their children and give back to these families because they have given so much for us.

 

Community Support

David -

Thank you so much for joining the America Supports You team. I am looking forward to seeing the Hometown Heroes programs and how they really become salutes to the men and women of our armed services. By telling these very important stories, you are exposing our country to truly brave and incredible service members. It is this type of initiative that will motivate people from across the country to join our team and therefore strengthen the America Supports You campaign.

All the best;

Brian Natwick
Special Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (IC/PA)
(message sent via email July 8, 2005)



Host General Norman Schwarzkopf

Host for Hometown Heroes is H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. KCB (born August 22, 1934), United States Army general, was commander of the United States forces in the Gulf War of 1991. Born in Trenton, New Jersey to Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr., he graduated from West Point in 1956, and earned a masters degree in missile engineering from the University of Southern California in 1964. He served two combat tours in the Vietnam War. Schwarzkopf made general in 1978, in 1983 was deputy commander during the US invasion of Grenada, and in 1988 was appointed to the US Central Command.

In 1990 he was chosen to run Operation Desert Storm, and was responsible for the "left hook" strategy that went into Iraq behind the Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait, and widely credited with bringing the ground war to a close in just four days. He was personally very visible in the conduct of the war, giving frequent press conferences, and was dubbed "Stormin' Norman". He was awarded the United States Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom. Schwarzkopf retired from active service in August 1991, and shortly thereafter wrote an autobiography, It Doesn't Take a Hero, published in 1992.