Matthew Currier Burden Joins Soldiers' Angels Board of Trustees

Top Milblogger 'Blackfive' Makes Long Relationship with Nonprofit Official

PASADENA, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading military support
nonprofit Soldiers' Angels announced this morning the appointment of military
veteran, IT executive and blogger/author Matthew Currier Burden to its Board
of Trustees, approved by unanimous vote on July 11. Burden is expected to
focus on a variety of projects for Soldiers' Angels, using his skills and
contacts in technology, active duty military and politics to help the
200,000-member organization continue to care for America's military personnel,
veterans, and their families.

A longtime supporter, Burden has worked closely with Soldiers' Angels in an
unofficial capacity since 2003. "I've been doing a lot of soldier support on
my own and with SA on a variety of projects for the last six years, but I
wanted to do more by taking an official role," he explains. "I'm looking
forward to using my military and social media experiences to assist Soldiers'
Angels any way I can."

After enlisting at age seventeen, Burden served in the 82nd Airborne, Special
Forces and the Defense Intelligence Agency as he moved from enlisted to
officer. He started the influential military blog Blackfive in 2003 to address
the unreported stories of America's heroes and in 2006 edited Blog of War, a
collection of essays from military blogs. Burden recently co-founded the
Warrior Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit committed to protection and promotion
of the reputation and dignity of America's Warriors, and is President of
independent reporting and advertising production company SOG Media. He holds
masters degrees in business and computer science and is currently an IT
executive in Chicago.

Soldiers' Angels founder Patti Patton Bader warmly welcomes Burden. "It is
truly an honor to serve wingtip to wingtip on the Board of Trustees with
Matt," she enthuses. Board of Trustees Vice-chairman Richard M. John adds, "We
are very excited to have Matt join the Board. His wealth of knowledge and
contacts with the military, bloggers, and other military support organizations
will be vital to Soldiers' Angels continuing to accomplish its mission. Matt
has demonstrated time and again that his first concern is the welfare of our
service members, and we look forward to having his formal input and
participation as a Board member."

Established in 2003, Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) providing
aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy,
Air Force and Coast Guard, as well as veterans and military families through a
variety of hands-on projects and volunteerism. For more info, see
www.soldiersangels.org or call 615-676-0239. Tax ID# 20-0583415. CFC# 25131.

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