Welcome to the Freedom Team!

FreedomTeamSalute.com is the official website of the U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute program.

Volunteers Provide Vital Service

Henry Crumb of Idaho Falls, ID is a volunteer ambassador for the Freedom Team Salute program. He is one of over 400 people who provide vital outreach support in their local communities to Freedom Team Salute. Listen to a podcast in which you can hear volunteer ambassadors in their own words describing their efforts on behalf of Freedom Team Salute:

podcast link (1:30) MP3


Also see our 2007 Year in Review of the volunteer ambassador program.

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Young Soldiers Return from Iraq

Rhyan Salvadore (pictured at right while a firefighter at the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Fort Pickett, VA) came home from active duty in Iraq with many lessons learned. "I appreciate just being alive and walking out in the street without thinking of danger. And the smallest things in the world--like it's a beautiful day or it's a rainy day--I appreciate things like that now," he says. Read more about young Soldiers who have returned from Iraq.

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WWII Veterans & Families Honored in Documentary Film Read the story behind THE WAR, a Ken Burns film.	Notes From A New Generation See how schoolchildren responded to a day at the Library of Congress in 2007 that remembered the U.S. Army legacy.	2007 Army Birthday The 232nd birthday of the U.S. Army was celebrated in a special way for several Army veterans.