ESGR recognizes, honors 24 employers

BARRIGADA, Guam—The Guam-CNMI ESGR State Committee, a Department of Defense program, paid a special tribute to 24 employers of National Guard and Reserve members during its 14th Annual Employer Awards Ceremony on Aug. 18, 2022, at Hyatt Regency Guam.

Twenty-four employers throughout the Guam and CNMI region were nominated for the 2022 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award were recognized and honored for their dedication and patriotic support they provide to their employees serving in the Guard or Reserve.

“As Guard and Reserve members are called upon, so too are their patriotic employers. Our community employers have endured the absence of our service members from numerous deployments by reserve components who have been called to assist their active-duty counterparts to protect the freedom we have today. More deployments continued when our Guard and Reserve members were also called for direct support to combat COVID-19, placing a huge demand on employers. ESGR honors and recognizes these employers for their great support to our Guard and Reserve members and their families, in peace, in crises, and in war,” said the ESGR in a news release yesterday.

PRO PATRIA AWARDS
The highest state-level award was given to only three exemplary employers that have demonstrated exceptional support to national defense by adopting policies that make it easier for their employees to participate in the Guard and Reserve. The awardees are:

• Bank of Guam

• GTA Teleguam

• Judiciary of Guam

ABOVE & BEYOND AWARDS
Six employers who have gone above and beyond the requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act in their patronage of their service member employees and their families were honored. They are the

• 1224th Engineer Support Company, Guam Army National Guard

• Guam Department of Education

• Jose L.G. Rios Middle School

• Office of the Governor of Guam

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Districts of Guam & Northern Mariana Islands

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection CNMI.

MOST SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYER AWARDS
Fifteen employers were given most supportive employer awards for contributing to the National Defense by their outstanding support and patronage to their employees who have answered the call for military duty. They are:

• 36th Civil Engineering Squadron

• Atkins Kroll Guam

• Detachment 2, 21st Space Operations Squadron

• DFS Guam

• Andersen Elementary School

• DynCorp./Amentum International

• Guam DPHSS Bureau of Nutrition Services

• Guam Memorial Hospital Authority

• Guam Office of the Attorney General

• MWR Child and Youth Program

• Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

• Personal Finance Center

• Southern High School

• Tango Theatres

• United Airline (PR)