This week, Homes For Our Troops is being featured on CNN’s Champions for Change, a week-long special event highlighting bright examples of humanity who give hope and inspiration. Long-time HFOT Ambassador Jake Tapper hosts the segment and he interviews HFOT Board Member and HFOT home recipient Marine Sergeant Adam Kisielewski, who lost two limbs while …

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On August 16, 1940, 48 volunteer members of the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon performed the first official U.S. military parachute jump at Fort Benning, Georgia. Today, the date is celebrated as National Airborne Day, a day to honor the U.S. Airborne Forces. After the first jump, a large force of more 100,000 paratroopers was …

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