From Larry and Judy Syverson, parents of four sons who served in the military:
When our two Army sons were sent to Iraq in 2003, we were disheartened. We were proud of our sons, but we were against the war. We felt isolated and torn. Searching the Internet, we found MFSO....
View ArticleFrom Kara Hollingsworth, wife of a soldier who served two tours of duty in Iraq:
MFSO gives me a voice for my opposition to the war in Iraq, while remaining proud of my families’ tradition of military service. It is the one place where I do not have to choose any side except for...
View ArticleFrom Lisa Leitz, wife of a US Naval aviator currently serving in the war in...
It is only due to the hard work, dedication and organizing skills of Charley and Nancy that MFSO has grown to become the largest organization of military families to oppose ongoing wars in the history...
View ArticleFrom Celeste Zappala:
We offer a tribute to Charley and Nancy. We met them in the darkest hour, when my son had been deployed and was then killed in Iraq. They gave us all encouragement, support, and stood with us as we...
View ArticleFrom Jim and Holly Clemans:
Dear Charley – We send you our tribute with hearts full of love and hope. You and Nancy have given so much of yourselves to help end these wars and to help others in so many ways, and we are ever...
View ArticleFrom Sarah Fuhro, whose son served with the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Nancy and Charley have stood next to me in these terrible years of my son’s deployment first to Iraq and then to Afghanistan. They taught me how to use my anger and terror to speak out against wars I...
View ArticleFrom Amy Quinn:
Charley and Nancy’s commitment to creating a more peaceful and beautiful world was a major inspiration to my own work for peace and justice. The voices of military families that Charley and Nancy help...
View ArticleFrom Steve and Michelle DeFord (son David W. Johnson KIA in Bagdad, Iraq on...
During the long ten days between the time our son was killed and the day his body came home from Dover, we somehow found Charley and Nancy. Their compassion, kindness, and steadfast courage helped us...
View ArticleFrom J. Stephen Cleghorn:
A Google search for Military Families Speak Out runs at least 69 pages with story after story of the difference you have made, Charley. It is a difference that makes peace for so many in profound...
View ArticleFrom Kevin & Joyce Lucey, in memory of Jeffrey Lucey
To Charley and Nancy, who in 2004 gave us the courage and strength to speak out against the war and to advocate for veterans’ health care reform. You walked with us and made us smile in spite of our...
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