Going beyond putting yellow ribbon magnets on our vehicles, sending cookies and care packages, beyond “Thank you for your service”…
Some of the oldest stories from all cultures are about those who are called to preserve and protect what is SACRED to them: the safety of the community, the country, their people. This a reciprocal relationship.  [...]

By Alison Lighthall, RN, MS
(Former Captain in the US Army Nurse Corps)
Founder, HAND2HAND CONTACT
10. OIF stands for Operation Iraqi Freedom, also known as the Iraq War, and it began on
March 20th, 2003. OEF stands for Operation Enduring Freedom and is a multinational
military operation aimed at dismantling terrorist groups, mostly in Afghanistan. It
officially commenced on [...]