CSX becomes first two-time Freedom Award winner

CSX announced Tuesday that it has become the first two-time recipient of 
the Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.

Chairman, President, and CEO 
Michael J. Ward will accept the 2011 award in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 
22. CSX first received the award in 1998. 

The award is given by the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the 
Guard and Reserve (ESGR) agency, and is the highest recognition for 
companies that provide support for employees serving in the Guard and
 Reserves. Of the 15 honorees, CSX is the only major railroad to receive the
 award. More than 4,000 companies were nominated.


“CSX is proud and appreciative of its citizen-soldiers as well as our 
military veterans,” Ward said. About one in five CSX employees is a veteran
 of the armed forces, or is a member of Guard or Reserve units.