This is the cover that will be on our beautiful program, printed by Print Solutions in Englewood, NJ; and designed by TGD of Edmonds, WA. This year we are honoring the US Navy Warships in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Sea regions. Our Special Guest is CMC Tim Bickerton of the USS GRAVELY (DDG-107). […]
Fly Fishing in the Catskills
The week of our Fall Pack we also had a special Outdoor Respite event for our Wounded/recovering Veterans – a fly fishing event in the Catskills! (More info to follow shortly)
2024 Fall Pack
On September 25, we packed over 200 care cartons for ALL our Adoptees – warships in the Eastern Med and Red Sea regions, the NJ ARNG in the Middle East, Green Berets and SEALs in East Africa and Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coasties all over the world; also USOs and a Red Cross station […]
Field Presentation from USS BATAAN (LHD-5)
On July 4th, Alan and Mary-Edna Krutchkoff got to present a very special memento from the Red Sea deployment of the USS Bataan (LHD 5), a signed Field of 50 stars from the crew. Special presentations from our Adoptees are always heart-warming. The Freidenrich’s are great Benefactors and Patriots and it’s always fun to be […]
Field Presentation to Benefactor
Yesterday, 15 February 2024, we had the distinct pleasure to present a signed 50-star Field from the USS Bataan (LHD-5) to our great Benefactors at Best Way Trucking Service in Fairfield, NJ. Owner Mark Trewhella is a very generous Patriot who does all our local trucking pro bono. He picks up food products from Inserra […]
Salute to American Heroes 10 – “Nothing is Impossible”
On October 19,2023, our Salute to American Heroes 10 featured an internationally-known Wounded/Recovering Veteran, former Corporal, 1st Royal British Gurkha Rifles Regiment, Hari Budha Magar, as our Special Guest — he climbed Mt. Everest on May 19, 2023, on prosthetic legs. He is an inspiration to all who doubt themselves, who have disabilities and and/or […]
Salute to American Heroes 9 – the NASCAR Year!
It was a “One in a Million” year. Unilever sponsored a NASCAR Xfinity Race Car with JR Motorsports and the Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon image raced at Charlotte Motor Speedway May 28. Well, our driver, Justin Allgaier, made it to our Gala, even if only briefly for a few hours, since he had to be in Miami, […]
RACE CAR Weekend
Mooresville, NC, 26 May — An Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon team of military Veterans and their caregivers/family and a core group of Volunteers spent several days in NC visiting the JR Motorsports Shop, touring a local lake on a dinner cruise and attending the ALSCO 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Xfinity race. The reason? […]
Unilever/Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon NASCAR Simulator visiting Military Bases
Exciting news – a NASCAR Xfinity race car simulator for the Unilever/Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon Car #7 driven by Justin Allgaier on May 28th at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be visiting the following military bases: So very cool. SSgt Garret K. and his family stopped by the simulator and his daughter drove the car, while at the […]
Veterans Day 2021 – Race Car Unveil
CLICK ON LEARN MORE BELOW and click on picture of the Race car to see the tweet from JR Motorsports. On Veterans Day, 2021, Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon volunteers were treated to a tour of JR Motorsports in Mooresville, NC. Along with the tour came the unveiling of an exciting new paint scheme for the Xfinity Chevy […]
SALUTE 8 was a great success!!
SALUTE 8 was WONDERFUL! Thanks to everyone who attended our Gala, our Sponsors, Benefactors, Donors, Volunteers and our Great Team!. CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW TO WATCH VIDEO! CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE TO WATCH VIDEO! Our KEYNOTE SPEAKER was MG (Ret) Jemal J. Beale.. Thank you so much for being part of this event General! Major […]
Subaru of America Share the Love
For the last eight years, Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon has been honored to be a local Subaru Share the Love charity for Liberty Subaru of Emerson, NJ. The end of year 2020 event was no different and AaSP was fortunate enough to receive over $47,000 from Subaru of America and Liberty Subaru. The monies will go to […]