The GI Film Festival would like to thank the following sponsors for their valued support.  Please help support these companies by clicking on the links below.

Featured Sponsors include The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Military.com, The American Legion, The National Memorial Day Parade and Disabled American Veterans.

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SAIC

SAIC is a leading systems, solutions and technical services company. We solve our customers' mission-critical problems with innovative applications of technology and expertise. In medical labs researching cancer cures, in the desert testing next-generation robotics, in the ocean deploying tsunami warning systems, SAIC people and technologies are there. In crime labs investigating new evidence, in Iraq helping protect and support our men and women in uniform, SAIC is there. 

We do all this with the constant and deliberate commitment to ethical performance and integrity that has marked SAIC since its founding.

United States  National Guard

Just like Firefighters and Police Officers, Guard soldiers help American citizens in times of emergency. This film was intended to create an understanding amongst Americans of how the National Guard serves them and to demonstrate emotionally the character and commitment of today's Guard soldiers.  Most civilians never have an opportunity to witness the dynamic range of actions required to carryout the missions of the National Guard.  Thus, this film tells a story of these capabilities and the Soldiers who risk their lives to perform them.

Disabled American Veterans

Building Better Lives for Disabled American Veterans And Their Families

With more than 1.2 million members, Disabled American Veterans is an organization of disabled veterans who are focused on building better lives for disabled veterans and their families.

The organization accomplishes this goal by providing free assistance to veterans in obtaining benefits and services earned through their military service. It is fully funded through its membership dues and public contributions. It is not a government agency and receives no government funds.

DAV is the foremost representative of the interests of disabled veterans and their families, their widowed spouses and their orphans before federal, state, and local governments. Our National Legislative Program ensures disabled veterans are not forgotten by lawmakers.

The DAV was formed as our country faced the painful effects of World War I. Throughout our 85-year history, DAV has grown and adapted to face the needs of disabled veterans. As a new generation of wartime disabled veterans return from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the DAV is working hard to ensure all veterans are cared for well into the future.

The U.S. Navy

One Navy. One Mission.

The Navy and Navy Reserve. At sea, on land and in the air, we are not only a presence in this world but a definitive leader. A driving force in the mission to uphold and promote freedom. A front-runner in the development and utilization of emerging technology. An employer of choice for anyone interested in making the most of their proven or potential abilities – while making a genuine difference through the work performed.

Here, everyone from aspiring students to motivated professionals will find greater opportunities. Bigger challenges. Better training. Money for schooling. And the prospect of achieving professional and personal goals faster.

Here, you can pursue adventures that most can only imagine. Discover a camaraderie that can last a lifetime. And enjoy benefits that few employers can match.

In the Navy or Navy Reserve, you’ll have the chance to do great things.
Serving full-time or part-time.

Vietnam Veterans of America

Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is the only congressionally chartered national veterans’ service organization exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families.  Formed in 1978, the organization today has more than 650 local chapters across the nation.  VVA’s dedicated volunteers at the chapter, state and national levels, and its professional advocacy, claims work and other services have gained the respect of Congress and the veterans’ community.  VVA’s ambitious agenda has always aimed to find solutions to the concerns of Vietnam-era veterans, while at the same time fulfilling VVA’s founding principle that “Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.”

VVA’s legislative victories have included the establishment and extension of the Vet Center system; passage of laws providing for increases job-training and job-placement assistance for Vietnam-era veterans; the first laws assisting veterans suffering from Agent Orange; landmark passage of legislation establishing benefits for the offspring of Vietnam veterans who have the birth defect spina bifida related to their parent’s Agent Orange exposure.

VVA takes great pride in its record of accomplishments and works every day to live up to its motto: “In Service to America .”

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States    

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries includes 2.4 million members in approximately 9,000 Posts worldwide.  Our  mission is to "honor the dead by helping the living" through veterans' service, community service, legislative action, and youth development.

The VFW's voice had been instrumental in establishing the Veterans Administration, creating a GI bill for the 20th century, the development of the national cemetery system and the fight for compensation for Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange and for veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome. The VFW also has fought for improving VA medical centers services for women veterans.  

The VFW’s Military Assistance Program, Unmet Needs, and Operation Uplink have provided troop support, financial aide, and free prepaid phone cards to those serving in the military around the world.

Annually, VFW members and its Auxiliary contribute more than 13 million hours of volunteerism in the community, including participation in Make A Difference Day and National Volunteer Week.

From providing $2.5 million in college scholarships to high school students every year to encouraging elevation of the Veterans Administration to the president's cabinet, the VFW is there--honoring the dead by helping the living.

Homes for Our Troops

Homes for Our Troops is a non-profit organization helping Servicemen and Women who have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries. We assist these disabled Veterans across the country by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and coordinating the process of building a new home or adapting an existing home for handicapped accessibility.  These homes are provided at no cost to the veteran.

The Veterans we assist are among the most seriously injured, including loss of multiple limbs, paralysis and traumatic brain injuries.  Many have returned blind, deaf or with severe burns in addition to their other injuries.  They must now struggle with relearning skills that we all take for granted like walking, getting dressed and talking.

These specially adapted homes are individually designed to meet the challenges faced by the Veteran.  Taking the financial and emotional burden of finding an appropriate home off the shoulders of the veteran and his or her family at this disruptive point in their lives promotes a more stable future and a better chance for physical and emotional recovery.

In the three years since our founding we have completed 14 projects and we have 14 more underway across the country.

The Media Research Center

Founded in 1987, the Media Research Center (MRC) is America ’s largest and most respected media watchdog group.  Its mission is to create a media culture where truth and liberty flourish in America .

    
The Alexandria, Virginia-based organization brings balance and responsibility to the news media through its News Analysis Division, which documents, exposes and neutralizes liberal media bias; the Business & Media Institute, which audits the media’s coverage of economic issues; TimesWatch.org, which monitors the New York Times; and NewsBusters.org, the MRC blog, which exposes liberal media bias 24 hours a day. 

The MRC is also home to the Cybercast News Service (CNSNews.com), an Internet news outlet that is dedicated to providing unbiased coverage of the news of the day.

In 2006, the MRC launched the Culture and Media Institute with a mission to advance and help restore America ’s culture, character, traditional values and morals against the assault of the liberal media elite.

Former CBS reporter and now best-selling author Bernard Goldberg says of the MRC, “The Media Research Center folks don’t give the media hell; they just tell the truth and the media think it’s hell.”

The Air Force Sergeants Association 

The Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) was incorporated on May 3, 1961 , by TSgt Lee R. Thompson, MSgt Benny W. McGehee, TSgt Virgil Perry, and Sgt Don G. Ward.

The enlisted members strongly believed all Air Force enlisted personnel needed and deserved a voice to represent their interests and concerns to America ’s elected officials and military leaders.

For more than four decades AFSA has been the organization founded by enlisted members for ALL Total Air Force Enlisted Corps members—AFAD, ANG, and AFRC components; active, retired, and veteran—and their families.  Today, more than 125,000 members strong, AFSA is a trusted source on Capitol Hill and in the Pentagon to which our national and military leaders can turn for information and advice about the enlisted corps.

The Airmen Memorial Museum (AMM) was founded in 1988 by the Air Force Sergeants Association.  The AMM stands as a tribute to those enlisted men and women who have served in all components of the U. S. Air Force and its predecessor organizations since 1907.

Because of its enlisted focus, the AMM has received international acclaim for researching, unveiling, exhibiting, publishing, and displaying enlisted heritage in ways other organizations do not.

AAFES

AAFES (Army Air Force Exchange Service) is a joint military activity providing quality merchandise and services to active duty, guard and reserve members, military retirees and families at competitively low prices.  AAFES returns earnings to the Army and Air Force to improve troops’ quality of life and to provide a dividend to support MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) programs.  Civilians can also participate in supporting the troops through the purchasing of prepaid phone cards and Gifts from the Homefront Gift Certificates found on AAFES website, www.aafes.com.

U.S. Army Recruiting Command
 "Providing the Strength" for America 's Army

The United States Army Recruiting Command recruits Soldiers, both officers and enlisted, to meet the needs of an expeditionary Army; begins the transformation from civilian to Soldier; acts as the Army's liaison with the American people; and does all with integrity and a professionalism that clearly demonstrates the warrior ethos and Army values.  We remain relevant and ready to provide the strength for our Army, today and into the future.

The U.S. Army Recruiting Command is responsible for manning both the Active Army and the U.S. Army Reserve, ensuring security and readiness for our Nation.  Recruiting operations are conducted throughout the United States , Puerto Rico , the Virgin Islands , Guam , American Samoa , and at U.S. facilities in Germany and Asia .

There are more than 8,000 Soldier and civilian recruiters working out of nearly 1,700 recruiting stations across America and overseas.  Army recruiters must be knowledgeable in Army opportunities and the enlistment process before they are assigned to a recruiting station.  All have records of proven ability and potential, and each represents the finest traditions of the Army and military service.

Libertarian Party

The Libertarian Party is your representative in American politics. It is the only political organization which respects you as a unique and competent individual.

America's Heritage

Libertarians believe in the American heritage of liberty, enterprise, and personal responsibility. Libertarians recognize the responsibility we all share to preserve this precious heritage for our children and grandchildren.

Free and Independent

Libertarians believe that being free and independent is a great way to live. We want a system which encourages all people to choose what they want from life; that lets them live, love, work, play, and dream their own way.

Caring For People

The Libertarian way is a caring, people-centered approach to politics. We believe each individual is unique. We want a system which respects the individual and encourages us to discover the best within ourselves and develop our full potential.

Freedom Alliance

The mission of Freedom Alliance is to advance the American heritage of freedom by honoring and encouraging military service, defending the sovereignty of the United States and promoting a strong national defense.

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America 

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans.

Reserve Officers Association

Serving those who serve

US Military Stuff

US Military Stuff exists to celebrate the courageous men and women who have served our great nation in times of war and peace, all giving some and some giving all. We offer official military medals and insignia; heirloom-quality shadowboxes, flag cases, and display cases; and many other products to proudly honor military service past, present and future.

Founders of America

FOA Specializes in Patriotic Items, Portraits, posters, prints, greeting cards, tshirts, sweatshirts and speciality gift items for special interests. Produced in and Shipped worldwide from the USA.   NetKaleidoscope is the leading supplier of HIGH QUALITY specialty products for special interests, shipped globally.

WMAL

Radio station WMAL is one of the oldest radio stations in Washington, D.C., broadcasting in the news-talk format at AM 630. The WMAL call letters were also used in the past on a Washington-area TV station (now WJLA) and FM radio station (now WRQX).

WMAL first went on the air on October 12, 1925, using call letters incorporating the initials of M.A. Leese, a local optician. The station shifted through various frequencies in its first three years, until the Federal Radio Commission's national frequency allocation plan assigned WMAL the AM 630 frequency in 1928; WMAL still broadcasts on that frequency today. WMAL was a CBS affiliate from 1928 until October 19, 1932, and then was briefly unaffiliated until joining the NBC Blue network in January 1933; this network later became ABC, which WMAL is still affiliated with today. WMAL broadcast from various facilities in Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland until July 25, 1973, when it settled in at its current studio facility at 4400 Jen ifer Street NW in Washington, two blocks from the city's border with Maryland. WMAL's transmitting facility, located in the Bradley Hills section of suburban Bethesda, Maryland, also housed studios for WMAL's AM, FM, and TV stations at one time.

WMAL on-air hosts today, in addition to Chris Core, include morning-show co-hosts Fred Grandy and Andy Parks, weekend host David Burd, conservative commentator Michael Graham, gardening hosts Jos Roozen and John Peter Thompson, investing adviser Ric Edelman, and lawyer Mike Collins. The station also carries national hosts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Paul Harvey, John Batchelor, and Dr. Dean Edell, and the Coast to Coast AM show hosted by George Noory and Art Bell.

W* USA 9

W*USA 9 is home to the quality programming of CBS primetime, offering viewers the best in drama, comedy and newsmagazine programming all week long!

From successful comedies such as “Two & A Half Men” to the top show in Prime time, “CSI”, through Sunday’s powerful 60 Minutes & Amazing Race, W*USA 9 is proud to present the quality of CBS prime. With the star power of Charlie Sheen, David Caruso, Jeff Probst, and the integrity of the 60 Minutes team, W*USA 9 has the family oriented prime time programming that viewers desire!

In Hollywood Magazine

The print version of inmag.com is available at newsstands and selected retail points from Malibu to Marina del Rey and eastward throughout Brentwood , Westwood, Beverly Hills , Culver City , West Hollywood , Hollywood , Studio City , Burbank and Encino. The publication is also distributed at special events such as expositon and area film festivals

National Review

Founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955 and edited by Rich Lowry,National Review has long been, and continues to be, America’s most influential journal of opinion. Sure, National Review readers are extremely affluent, educated, and influential. But, more than anything else, they are engaged readers, aware of issues being debated in the public square. National Review readers, on average, are activists in the best sense of the word, devoted to improving the quality of life in their communities at both the national and local levels. Consistently in the vanguard of ideas and movements, they lead and shape opinion on important political, economic, social, and cultural issues.

Militaryspot.com

With the tremendous success of our postal site - PostalMag.com, we received suggestions that we also design a military site to help American military people find and share military information. We were reluctant at first. The military category is huge, with five services, thousands of different jobs, and bases and operations around the world. We researched other sites, and found several that tried to cover everything, but only had a little about a whole lot. But we also found many interesting sites that expertly covered certain segments/categories of military information. Overall, we found that the sum of these many sites were greater than any one site could ever hope to offer. So instead of being redundant, and wasting our time and yours by duplicating this info on one site, we decided to offer a military portal. For example, instead of developing our own Army equipment facts files, we have a direct link to the U.S. Army's online facts files. Instead of trying to post all of the day's diverse military news, we've included links (including up-to-the-minute Google news links) to a number of military news sources. That way, you get all of the news, instead of just the top headlines. We've applied this idea across our entire Web site to give you immediate access to all military information, not just some of it!

A Soldier's Perspective

A Top Rated Military Blog.  CJ attempts to uncover the often misunderstood and complicated life of soldiers. His goal is to publicize the realities of military ops around the world that the media doesn't want you to know about...the successes.

MOVIEGUIDE  

MOVIEGUIDE®: A Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment a Publication of the Christian Film & Television Commission(tm) ministry and Good News Communications, Inc., a Not-For-Profit 501(C) 3 Donor Supported Publication dedicated to Redeeming the Values of the Mass Media of Entertainment. Good News Communications is a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles by influencing media executives to adopt higher standards imbued with Christian and traditional family values, and by informing and equipping moral people in America and around the world, especially parents, families and Christians, to make wise media choices based on the biblical worldview.  

WMZQ-FM 

WMZQ-FM is a radio station located at 98.7 FM in Washington, D.C.. The station has had a country music format since the late 1970s.  The station is now owned by Clear Channel.

HOOAH!!!! Radio

HOOAH!!!! Radio is a free internet-based radio station Saluting our Soldiers and Supporting their Families. HOOAH!!!! Radio brings another way for families and soldiers to connect with one another, another way for us to salute our men and women of the US Military and Allied Forces being active duty or a veteran, and to act as a source of entertainment, directed towards their interests and personalities. For them, by them and their families.

VetStage Foundation

The value of live theatre is immeasurable. VetStage offers self-growth and education to all of its audiences. But that could be said about all theatre companies.  What makes VetStage unique is its subject matter and the benefit that it will have for its participants.  VetStage presents one of the best opportunities for our nation’s veterans to define their experience and how it is perceived by the public.  In addition to that, it provides a positive, creative outlet for veterans to process their personal experience, enable them to make an artistic contribution to society and ease the transition back into civilian life.  Our classes for veterans are focused on building self-confidence through playwriting, acting workshops and performance. Our performances are always a new experience for audiences whether it is a new rendition of classic war and homecoming plays, or new works developed by VetStage. We try to relate as performers to our contemporary audience and offer new insights on our society from the veterans’ perspective.

Combat Casting

Combat Casting is here to help the Film Industry produce films that are more accurate and correctly portray those men and women who proudly serve this Country by putting their lives on the line for all of us.

Combat Casting provides Real Military / Police and S.W.A.T. Technical Advisors, Actors and Special Ability Actors for Film, Television, Commercials, Music Videos and Video Games.  All of Combat Casting members have served or our serving Honorably in various Military and Law Enforcement Agencies thus bringing unparalleled realism to the production.

Operation Care and Comfort

Historically, Americans have shown their support to our Troops serving in times of war in many ways. By writing letters, mailing care packages, or by showing support for a deployed service member's family, Americans have opened up their hearts, homes, and wallets to show that they support those who serve. Operation: Care and Comfort is proud to continue this tradition of service.

Operation: Care and Comfort, our all volunteer program, exists to provide support and comfort to "adopted" units of deployed U.S. military service members, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and conflict regions. Working within our community and through donations received from all over our country, we assemble and ship care packages to our adopted units every month until they return home. Our unique program allows caring Americans to donate their time, talent, and treasure to honor those serving our country during these difficult times.

Family & Friends Freedom Fund

Our mission is to raise funds for Injured Marines and their families. Our severely wounded Marines continue to fight battles here at home with their struggle to adjust to their injuries. Our mission is to provide financial support to injured Marines while they continue their long road to recovery. As stated in our Bi-laws, Family & Friends For Freedom Fund, Inc is organized exclusively for charitable purposes to provide financial aid to injured marines and their families, as well as post traumatic stress disorder cases from war, and all branches of the U.S Military as the need arises.

The US Army

The Army, as one of the three military departments (Army, Navy and Air Force) reporting to the Department of Defense, is composed of two distinct and equally important components: the active component and the reserve components. The reserve components are the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard.

Regardless of component, The Army conducts both operational and institutional missions. The operational Army consists of numbered armies, corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions that conduct full spectrum operations around the world. (Operational Unit Diagram and descriptions) The institutional Army supports the operational Army. Institutional organizations provide the infrastructure necessary to raise, train, equip, deploy, and ensure the readiness of all Army forces. The training base provides military skills and professional education to every Soldier—as well as members of sister services and allied forces. It also allows The Army to expand rapidly in time of war. The industrial base provides world-class equipment and logistics for The Army. Army installations provide the power-projection platforms required to deploy land forces promptly to support combatant commanders. Once those forces are deployed, the institutional Army provides the logistics needed to support them.

US Air Force  

Your call to duty will come from within. Maybe it will whisper. Maybe it will hint. Or maybe it will come to you as a resounding scream that you were meant for bigger things, faster moves and a higher cause.  

That cause may very well be the United States Air Force. Become a part of the pre-eminent Air and Space power in the world. Take your place at the forefront of war-fighting, peacekeeping, and humanitarian aid. Join the most technologically sophisticated military branch and one of the largest and most important institutions in the world. An organization that measures success by its impact on the world, our country and the lives of the men and women who hear the call and join our ranks.