SAN ANTONIO — Operation Homefront announced the 95 semifinalists for the 2018 Military Child of the Year Award.
This year’s pool of semifinalists includes Hannah Browning, 18, of Wooster; Air Force. The event, in its 10th year, is the nation’s premier celebration of the achievements of its military children.
The Military Child of the Year Award reflects the positive impact that these special young people have made on their military families, their schools and their communities. The final seven award recipients will travel to Washington, D.C., to be recognized at the April 19 gala, during which senior leaders of each branch of service will present the awards. They also will each receive $10,000, a laptop computer and other donated gifts.
"One of the greatest honors of my life so far was representing the Air Force in 2013 as an Operation Homefront Military Child of the Year," said Mark Newberry, the 2013 Air Force Military Child of the Year, in a news release. "If you would have told me as a high school senior that I would be chosen to represent military children at the Operation Homefront gala, meet the Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, and receive an Air Force ROTC scholarship that would afford me opportunities to study what I love, jump out of planes, and become a pilot, I wouldn’t have believed you."
Thirty-five finalists will be selected in February by a panel of judges chosen by Operation Homefront’s senior leadership.