Kansas City News Blog

Heads up, Missouri National Guard and Reserve members. If you like your boss (and who doesn't?), you might want to click here. The secretary of defense wants your nominees for the Freedom Award, which I'm told is "the highest recognition given by the U.S. government to employers for their outstanding support of their employees who serve in the Nation Guard and Reserve."

Family members can also submit nominations. But don't wait. The deadline for nominees is Monday, January 19. Sixty nominations have already come from Missouri. Only 15 businesses will win. They'll be announced this spring and honored in the nation's capital on September 17 during the super-long-titled Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award ceremony. Sounds swanky.