ESGR to honor employers in 6th Employer Awards Gala

BARRIGADA, Guam—The Judiciary of Guam has made it to the top 30 lists of employers from all over the United States and its territories who are vying for the 2014 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.

The news comes as the local Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is preparing for its April 25, 2014 annual awards gala, which will be held at the Pacific Star Hotel in Tumon. With the theme of “We All Serve,” MG Bret D. Daugherty, the Adjutant General of the Washington National Guard, will keynote this year’s awards ceremony.

Fifty-five local employers will join the Judiciary of Guam in this awards gala where they will be honored for the extraordinary support they have extended their Guard and Reserve employees.

“Our employers have distinguished themselves for supporting our uniformed service members and their families and the best expression of this is ensuring that their service member employees have a job to go back to right after deployment. The employers we are honoring at this gala have instituted policies and initiative that inspires and encourages the military service of our service members. They make the sacrifice in order to guarantee that the rights and privileges of their service member employees are protected,” said David J. Sablan, ESGR state chair.

“Our yearly gala event is our way of thanking and honoring our patriotic employers for their help and support. We are grateful for their help and we also enjoin our community to honor them for their contributions,” said Sablan.

ESGR is a Department of Defense office that seeks to foster a culture in which all employers support and value the employment and military service of members of the National Guard and Reserve in the United States. Paramount to ESGR’s mission is encouraging employment of Guardsmen and Reservists who bring integrity, global perspective and proven leadership to the civilian workforce.

Companies and agencies that will be honored, alongside the service member that nominated them, include: ANZ Bank, ASRC Primus, Bank of Guam, Black Construction Corp., Defense Commissary Agency – Orote Point, Delta Airlines, Delta Global Services, Department of Military Affairs, Department of the Navy – 36th Security Forces Squadron, Department of Youth Affairs, Docomo Pacific Guam, DZSP-21 LLC, Guam Department of Education, GDOE – Division of Special Education, GDOE – F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School, GDOE – J.P. Torres Alternative School, GDOE – Oceanview Middle School, GDOE – Price Elementary School, GTA Teleguam, Inc., Guam Cleaning Masters, Guam Community College, Guam International Airport Authority, Guam Power Authority, Guam Waterworks Authority, Hawaiian Rock Products, Inc., Hilton Guam Resort & Spa, Igale, Inc., Inland Builders Corp., IT&E Guam – Life In Motion, Judiciary of Guam, Kings Restaurant, KMart Guam, Macy’s Guam, Marianas Variety Guam, MWR Liberty / Single Sailor Sanctuary, Office of the Attorney General of Guam, Office of the Governor of Guam, Outrigger Resort Guam, Pacific Islands Club Guam, Pacific Trucking Co., Payless Supermarkets, Inc., Perez Brothers, Inc., Port Authority of Guam, Secure Safe Solutions, South Pacific Petroleum Corp., Transportation Security Administration – Guam Office, Tumon Kidney Center, U.S. Dept of Agriculture – Division of Aquatic & Wildlife Resources, U.S. Navy Fire & Emergency Services, U.S. Navy Security Forces, and U.S. Postal Service.

For more information about ESGR, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and to RSVP for the event, contact Maj. Josephine Blas, ESGR Guam-CNMI Office at (671) 735-0456. (PR)