OH Villages Chapter Highlights Archive

Recipients of the President's Volunteer Award

At Operation Homefront Villages we are so thankful for the volunteers that help us continue to serve our wounded warriors. They put in countless hours working with our families, helping at events, answering phones and supporting us in every …Read More

Live, Laugh and Love...on a tight budget:Read about The Crump Family of OHV San Antonio

Army Sgt. Reggie Crump and his wife Tanya have been living at our Village in San Antonio for the past 8 months. In that time frame, they have been able to pay off $15,000 in debt. This includes two cars and back taxes in excess of $4500. “W …Read More

Fabian Hall: Village Resident Serves Up Basics And More

Army Staff Sgt. Fabian Hall has had a passion for cooking since he was a child. He grew up watching his grandmother cook and picked up many skills and recipes from her. His mother would often work late at night so Fabian started experimenti …Read More

OH Villages S.A. Welcomes Karen Bartlett as She Pedals Across America

On Friday November 2nd we welcomed Karen Bartlett to OH Villages San Antonio. Karen left her home in Sacramento, CA on September 22, 2012 and set off on her bike to ride 2,799 miles to Jacksonville, FL. This ride is raising money for Operat …Read More

Fathead Teams up with Operation Homefront

Fathead, the leading brand of officially licensed sports and entertainment wall graphics, today announced the launch of their military program, Fathead's Salute To Service. As part of the program, Fathead has partnered with Operation Homef …Read More

OH Villages San Antonio Welcomes the Owens Family

Marine Cpl. Anthony Owens suffered third degree burns across his back and flash burns to his face when his vehicle rolled over a 200-pound IED in Afghanistan. In the blast, he suffered a fractured rib and in the days and months following, …Read More

OH Villages Bethesda Welcomes the McComber Family

Infantry squad leader, Staff Sgt. Drew McComber has deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. During his last trip to Afghanistan, his unit was conducting clearing operations along a river bank when an IED exploded. Drew was peppered with sh …Read More

Wells Fargo and Operation Homefront Present Mortgage-Free Home To Wounded

Operation Homefront and Wells Fargo were honored to present a mortgage-free home to Army Corporal and wounded warrior Greg Easley and his family in San Antonio, TX as part of the Homes on the Homefront program. The family got to see their h …Read More

Where are they now? We visit with former OH Villages resident Ryan Rodriguez

We recently followed up with a former SoCal village resident Marine Cpl. Ryan Rodriguez and his wife Rosa. Earlier this summer, the Rodriguez family moved into their new home that they received through Operation Homefront's program Homes on …Read More

Show Us Why You Slurpee! Photo/Video Contest

Is it the cool refreshing taste? Is it the creative flavors? What is it you LOVE about the 7-Eleven Slurpee? Show us why you Slurpee! Our contest is open up for entries thru Sunday, Sept. 23 The top photo wins the all-new Kindle Fire. The 2 …Read More

Uniformed Services University conducts a study on combat-related injuries

Imagine you are a military spouse working part-time, going to school full-time and raising two kids when one day the phone rings. You are informed your spouse has been injured during combat and you need to fly out immediately to meet them a …Read More

Buy a 7-Eleven Slurpee® drink And Support Wounded Warriors

Slurp4Good program is the coolest way 7-Eleven® stores can give back to the community. For every Slurpee you purchase now through Sept. 30, a donation will go to Operation Homefront to help them provide food for wounded warriors living in …Read More

A Soldier and Father: Michael Jenkins New Path of Hope.

Army Sgt. First Class Michael Jenkins moved into the OH Villages San Antonio in February 2012. He served twice in Iraq as a mechanic and spent his tours there repairing the trucks, tanks and heavy machinery that carried his friends and fell …Read More

Moving in a New Direction: The Staelens Family New Life at OH Villages Bethesda

On June 21, 2012 Army Spec. Joshua Staelens moved his family into Operation Homefront Villages Bethesda, MD. When most people think of moving they imagine a stressful time but for the Staelens family this move was different. In 2007, Josh …Read More

OH Villages SoCal welcomes the Yoeurth Family

In three years time, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Rithy Yoeurth deployed to Iraq three times. His tours each lasted 9, 7 and 5 months. During his second tour, an IED struck the vehicle he was riding in. Rithy suffered a concussion and first degr …Read More

OH Villages San Antonio Welcomes the Rodriguez Family

Doctors do not know what is wrong with Air Force Sgt. Angelo Rodriguez. During three deployments to Uzbekistan, he served as a crewmember for a C-130 aircraft. When his last tour ended in 2007, his sickness began. The father of two bega …Read More

OH Villages of San Antonio welcomes the Lyons family

After returning home safely from a year-long deployment to Iraq, a motorcycle accident nearly ended Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Lyons’ life. Lyons crashed his motorcycle near Marine Corps Base Hawaii where he was stationed. He lost his le …Read More

The OH Village in San Antonio, TX Welcomes the Loutzenhiser Family

Army Spec. Hank Loutzenhiser was preparing to go to war. The infantry soldier was training hard and ready to serve on the front lines. Then, during a training exercise in Louisiana, Hank was thrown from a humvee and into a ravine. The ve …Read More

Vacation To Be Given To One Lucky Military

Did you skip a summer family vacation due to limited finances, time & energy to plan? A generous donor has offered use of their time share for a 5-day or 7-day vacation! We will select ONE lucky winner. TO QUALIFY YOU MUST: Be active duty, …Read More

Mortgage-Free Home Given To Soldier at Tim McGraw

Operation Homefront and Chase were pleased to join Tim McGraw in presenting a mortgage-free home to U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Zach Williams as part of the Homes on the Homefront program. Williams and his fiance' Neva attended the McGraw conc …Read More

Miller is Saluting Greatness

Miller Lite is Saluting Greatness and will match online contributions from this page, dollar for dollar from 1 July to 31 August 2012, in support of Operation Homefront Southern California and our mission to provide emergency financial and …Read More

OH Village in Bethesda, MD welcomes the Elliott Family

When Marine Corps Capt. Tommy Elliott was deployed to the Mediterranean and northern Africa he began to experience severe abdomen pain. Over that year, the pain became so severe, he could no longer stand. Doctors aboard the ship where he …Read More

Operation Homefront Preparing to Assist Military Post-Afghanistan

The U.S. military mission is changing, and Operation Homefront is changing to prepare itself to best serve military service members and their families now and beyond the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. As part of its strategic plann …Read More

Heineken with a Heart Fundraiser

Heineken with a Heart came to San Antonio and helped us raise funds for Operation Homefront. Over 250 people attended the event and we raised more than $6,500 which will be used to continue Operation Homefronts mission and vision which is t …Read More

Company Store Design Contest To Bring Comfort To Military Families

Operation Homefront has partnered with The Company Store, one of America’s largest home décor and bedding companies for more than 100 years, to launch the Kids’ Design Contest in which children nationwide will have the opportunity to design …Read More

Operation Homefront VIllages Welcomes the Titovets Family

Army Spec. Igor Titovets was on patrol in the mountains of Afghanistan, navigating rough terrain with a full pack on his back. He lost his footing and fell 40 feet, down a sheer drop. At the bottom, he rolled and bounced another 60 feet ove …Read More

OutBack Steakhouse and Operation Homefront want you to share your pictures of freedom

Share a photo of what freedom means to you on instagram. For every photo you share Outback will donate $1 to Operation Homefront. For more information please go to http://www.outback.com/companyinfo/freedomis.aspx …Read More

Gold Canyon Offers Fragrant Specialty Candle To Support Military Families

Canyon Offers Fragrant Specialty Candle To Support Military FamiliesGold Canyon's Support Our Troops tribute candle was developed to honor our troops serving proudly in the United States military, but also to salute the strong military fami …Read More

Tim McGraw Partnering With Chase and Operation Homefront To Give 25 Homes to Vets

Country music superstar Tim McGraw is launching a nationwide program called HomeFront in partnership with Chase and Operation Homefront to award mortgage-free homes to wounded warriors and servicemembers in need at each concert of his summe …Read More

Miller High Life Welcomes Veterans Back to the High Life

Miller High Life has teamed up with Operation Homefront and will be providing “High Life” experiences, such as tickets to professional sporting events and concerts, throughout the summer. To register for an upcoming experience, click a regi …Read More

A closer look at life in the Village: An Interview with Retired Army Specialist Ouintin Muirhead and his family

The Muirhead family were honored and surprised in San Antonio, TX when they received news that they would receive a home from Chase and Operation Homefront. They have been residing in the S.A. Village for the past nine months. We recently s …Read More

American Signature Furniture Announces Million Dollare Furniture Give Away

American Signature Furniture Announces Million Dollar Furniture GiveawayAmerican Signature, Inc., (parent company to Value City Furniture and American Signature Furniture), and Operation Homefront are proud to announce an exciting partnersh …Read More

A Volunteer's Story of Commitment

Ali Yantes is a volunteer peer-to-peer facilitator of our BEITZ group (Bring Everyone in the Zone) at Operation Homefront Village San Antonio, TX. Her commitment to veterans started at an early age as many of her uncles served in the milita …Read More

Operation Homefront Grants a Warriors Wish

A warrior's wish was granted recently when he married his beautiful bride on Marriage Island in San Antonio, TX. Operation Homefront provided the wedding as a gift and then surprised them with a home to call their own as well! In June of 2 …Read More

The Ziegenfelder Company Check Presentation

On May 18, 2012, the Ziegenfelder Company of Wheeling, WV arrived at the Operation Homefront Village in San Antonio with another generous donation from sales of their popular Budget $aver Red, White & Berry Blast Pops. Brad Allen (left), th …Read More

Army Homefront Fund Helps Wounded Soldiers

Since its kickoff in June 2011, the Army Homefront Fund has met more than 770 needs of wounded soldiers and their families in the active Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve across the United States. The Fund provides for basic needs, …Read More

Cabela's Brings Gaming Break To Wounded Warriors

Cabela's visited the Operation Homefront Village in San Antonio recently to treat some of our wounded warriors to an afternoon of gaming. It was a much-needed break from endless medical issues for most of these heroes. Even family members c …Read More

The Nabors Family

To Whom It May Concern: I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for all that Operation Homefront has done for me and my family. When we first heard of this organization, honestly, I didn't think OH would be able to help our fam …Read More

Operation Homefront - San Antonio Village

Operation Homefront San Antonio Village is actively assisting Wounded Warriors and their families at a critical transition period. Check out the current needs section to see how you can help. …Read More

The Butler Family

Staff Sergeant Wesley Butler has spent 15 of the last 25 years of his life serving in the United States Army. Butler first enlisted out of Dallas, Texas in 1983 and did overseas tours in Greece and Germany before retiring in 1993. Butler th …Read More

The Barnes Family

Born at Naval Base San Diego Luquan Barnes was practically born into the military. Like his father, Luquan decided to enlist choosing to join the Army in November 2007. After a year of training to become a food service specialist, one day w …Read More

The White Family

Specialist Scott White was deployed to Balad, Iraq in November 2007. Just about one month before he was scheduled to complete his mission he was injured during a training exercise. Scott’s arm was torn out of its socket, causing a very pai …Read More

The Wilson Family

The start of 2008 was anything but prosperous for Army Specialist Levi Wilson. On January 18, while in Iraq, Levi’s platoon was returning from a mission when his 3 vehicle convoy was hit by an IED. One minute Levi was drinking water and the …Read More

Matt Wheeler

In February 2008 newly enlisted Matthew Wheeler arrived in Baghdad, Iraq with the 25th Infantry Division. As part of a small reconnaissance platoon Wheeler’s group was constantly engaged in fighting the enemy. There were lots of direct smal …Read More

The Laing Family

Specialist William Laing had what could be described as the perfect start to his military career in November 2003. First he married his high school girlfriend Megan, and then the two of them enlisted in the Army together in Dallas, Texas. I …Read More

Jeremecia Perry

Staff Sergeant Jeremecia Perry suffered his injury 10 days short of completing his eighth year in the Army. Perry was 13 months into what should have been a year-long deployment with the 1-156th AR BN unit in Baghdad, Iraq when a Vehicle Bo …Read More

Sandra Smith

Staff Sergeant Sandra Smith first joined the U.S. Army in 1980 near her Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona. In May 2006, while stationed in Diwaniyah, Iraq a car explosion, caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) threw her into a c …Read More

The LaDuke Family

Specialist E4 Jared LaDuke was sworn into the Army on 9-11, 2007 and was deployed to Iraq on March 7, 2008 as part of the 4th Infantry Division. Ten months into a 12 month deployment, LaDuke was on a standard private security detail missio …Read More

The Garner Family

Every morning Sergeant Michael Garner wakes up with blood on his pillow, a constant reminder of the shrapnel and gunshot wounds he suffered in April 2004 while on his second deployment to Iraq. Ever since a six-inch piece of shrapnel was re …Read More

The Garrett Family

The patriotic displays of July 4th together with a desire for stability and a brighter future led 22 year-old Don Garrett to sign up for the Texas Army National Guard on July 15, 2006. The Houston-native was originally sent to the Army Nati …Read More

The Harvey Family

Native Puerto Rican Feliciano Harvey began his military career with the Army in April 2008. By the end of 2008 Harvey was deployed to Iraq for 10 months. After successfully serving that tour Harvey returned to Ft. Hood in Killeen with the 4 …Read More

The Rios Family

In April of 2008, reservist Juan Rios found himself at Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher, just northwest of Tikrit, Iraq an area where the National resistance is known to be intense. As part of the 345th Combat Support Hospital, Jua …Read More

The Whatley Family

Sergeant first class (SFC) Nekia Whatley was injured in Baghdad, Iraq on June 7, 2007 when en route to check-out a bridge that was blown-up. Nekia recalled it was a very hot afternoon, when his 2nd Infantry Division convoy dismounted. He re …Read More

The Castro Family

After three years at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, Specialist Christian Castro deployed to Iraq in May 2007. After completing a six-month long mission Castro returned to Hawaii, where he met and married his wife of 15-months Amanda. In F …Read More

Chris Larkin

Corporal Chris Larkin was 13 days away from completing a year-long deployment in Iraq when the vehicle he was travelling in suffered a direct hit from an improvised explosive device (IED). The 24 year-old refers to that day – August 20, 200 …Read More