North Carolina employers win 11 times over 11 years

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RALEIGH, N.C. --  If you are a Guard or Reserve military member in the state of North Carolina then you know how active your state Employer Support of Guard and Reserve committee is.

It's one thing to know it on a local or state level, but an entirely different thing to be recognized on a national level. The NC ESGR committee is touting what great employers it has, and their showing that North Carolina isn't just a one-trick pony.

Over the past 11 years, employers from the Tarheel State have won the Secretary of Defense's Employer Support Freedom Award 11 times.

Fifteen recipients distinguished themselves out of a pool of 2,899 nominations. The 2013 recipients will be honored at the 18th annual Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award ceremony in Washington, D.C. on September 26, 2013. Those recipients are:

The 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipients are:

Albuquerque Fire Department
Albuquerque, N.M.

Bank of America
Charlotte, N.C.

C.W. Driver
Pasadena, Calif.

City of Columbus
Columbus, Ohio

Colorado Springs Utilities
Colorado Springs, Colo.

DaVita, Inc.
Denver, Colo.

Eastman Chemical
Kingsport, Tenn.

Family Allergy & Asthma
Louisville, Ky.

Humana
Louisville, Ky.

Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas

Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, S.C.

Safeway Inc.
Pleasanton, Calif.

Steel Plate Fabricators
Knoxville, Tenn.

U.S. Bank
Minneapolis, Minn.

U.S. Marshals Service
Washington, D.C.

Freedom Award recipients stand out by going above and beyond what the federal law requires of Guard and Reserve employers. They go to extraordinary lengths to support their military employees through both formal and informal initiatives. The 2013 recipients' exemplary support includes forming an employee resource network for military employees and their families, providing additional paid military leave to Guard and Reserve employees, setting and surpassing employment goals for veterans and service members, and extending personal support to families.