The All American Beef Battalion provides steaks for troops and will be serving our troops a great steak meal for Christmas Day. Read about it and see some photos below.
Steaks for Troops
Bill Broadie loves the cattle industry and the American Armed Services. Back in 2006 he got upset at the constant negative media coverage of our military. It was then that he decided to combine the two things he loved. That’s when he started the All American Beef Battalion.
“(I) got upset about the negative news coverage about the military and decided that I needed to do something to show these young soldiers that most Americans were behind them,” recalled Broadie, a fourth-generation cattleman in Kansas, who served and was wounded with the Third Marine Division in Vietnam in 1967.
Broadie decided to combine his passion for beef and belief in soldiers and in July of 2007, founded the All American Beef Battalion.
“Our mission is to promote American beef and to support the troops, and their families, fighting the war on terror,” said Broadie.
The idea behind the group was to provide steak dinners for deploying, homecoming, and injured military personnel.
The group has grown and depends on people from all walks of life for donations of money and time to provide the meals for the Soldiers. To date they have provided 5,370 steak meals for soldiers at deployments, homecomings and wounded soldier events. They say they are willing to go anywhere, anytime to provide a special American meal for our Soldiers. So far all their events have been stateside, but they are willing to grow into being able to go to war zones as funds are available to provide that service.
Broadie is a Vietnam Vet and says this is the most rewarding project he has ever worked on. He sees it as a way of saying ‘Thank You’ to the Troops.
Steaks for Troops - Photos
February 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am
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