MS firms earn ESGR semis

The Defense Department’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) has selected 162 employers as semi-finalists for the 2014 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award - DOD’s highest honor for employers - that provide support to their Guard and Reserve workers. Mississippi’s Nissan North America of Canton and the City of Brandon Fire Department were among the semi-finalists. ESGR will announce the 2014 Freedom Award finalists later in April. Afterward, up to 15 recipients will be announced in the summer and honored in September in Washington, D.C., at the 19th annual Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award ceremony. Source: DOD, 04/11/14.