Beyond Business Is Honor
Certified Company ISO 9001-2008
- BEYOND BUSINESS . . . IS HONOR
- Red Shirt Fridays:Honoring those who have served in the Armed Forces
- What Is It :A movement to Remember Everyone Deployed
- When:Every Friday
- Why:To honor and support our freedom fighters
- Join Us:Will you join us and take the Red Friday challenge?
Red Shirt Fridays – Honoring those who have fought for our freedom!
Every Friday, AGS employees wear red shirts in recognition of the U.S. servicemen and women serving around the globe. This act to honor deployed military personnel is part of a nationwide movement called RED Shirt Fridays, with RED standing for Remember Everyone Deployed. They are our friends. They are our family. They are our freedom fighters.
The story that inspired Remembering Everyone Deployed
Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine Sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together. After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who’d been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home. No, he responded. Heading out, I asked. No, I am escorting a soldier home. Going to pick him up? No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq. I’m taking him home to his family. The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn’t know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier’s family and felt as if he knew them after many conversations in so few days. I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said thank you. Thank you for doing what you do so my family can do what we do.
- Take the RED Challenge: Remember Everyone DeployedWear RED on Fridays . SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! GOD BLESS AMERICA
