The Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation ® A registered 501 (c) (3) organization. We are very excited to announce our involvement with NBC Steering Committee: in their newest Reality show. Please watch and support Nick Chairman Paul Troup Lachey as he competes. Below is NBC's official Press Release announcing the show. Board of Trustees: Chairman Assistant Chief Gary Stiles Fulton County Police NBC ANNOUNCES CELEBRITY CAST AND HOSTS OF NEW SERIES Department 'STARS EARN STRIPES,' AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED NEW COMPETITION HONORING AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES Trooper Paul Cesan Massachusetts State Police Hosts General Wesley Clark (ret.) and Samantha Harris Join Celebrity Cast Including Laila Ali, Dean Cain, Terry Crews, Nick Lachey, Todd Palin, Dolvett Captain Ken Burnett (Ret.) Quince, Picabo Street and Eve Torres in the Action-Packed Competition Show Kansas City Police Department th "Stars Earn Stripes" Premiers Monday, August 13 (8-10 p.m.) Assistant Chief Bobby Deal Jacksonville Sheriff's Department Officer Terry Bratton Houston Police Department Sergeant Jim Wurm (Ret.) St Louis Police Department Sergeant Pat Lynch Tampa Police Department Detective Ken Hauser Chicago Police Department Sergeant Brian Hawthorne Texas Department of Public Safety Lieutenant Paul Page Las Vegas Metro Police Department Sergeant Darrick Ross DC Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Bob Stef Aurora Police Department Detective Marty Pottebaum UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - June 19, 2012 - NBC announced the celebrity cast (Ret.) and hosts of its new alternative series "Stars Earn Stripes" - a fierce and Sioux City Police Department emotionally charged new competition show honoring America's armed forces. The cast includes four-time undefeated world boxing champion Laila Ali, actor Captain E. F. "Skip" Murphy Dean Cain ("Out of Time," Five Days of War"), actor and former National (Ret.) Football League player Terry Crews ("The Expendables 2," "The Newsroom"), San Diego County Sheriff's multi-platinum recording artist, actor, producer and television personality Nick Department Lachey (NBC's "The Sing-Off"), Alaska businessman Todd Palin, Olympic gold Officer Jay Smith medalist Picabo Street, "The Biggest Loser" trainer Dolvett Quince and WWE Orlando Police Department Diva, Eve Torres. Major Theodore I. Weintraub (Ret.) The series will be hosted by General Wesley Clark (ret.) - the former Supreme Baltimore Police Department Allied Commander Europe for NATO and former presidential candidate - and television personality Samantha Harris ("Entertainment Tonight," "Dancing with Lieutenant Shaun J. McColgan the Stars"). "Stars Earn Stripes" will debut with a special two-hour episode on Danbury Police Department Monday, August 13 (8-10 p.m. ET) and will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. Darryl L. Anderson The eight competitors will gather at a remote training facility where they will Ohio MARCS tackle complicated and difficult missions that are inspired by real military Officer Brian Burry exercises. Each will be paired with an "operative" who is a member or a former Fresno Police Department member of our armed forces or law enforcement agencies. The operative will Sergeant Richard A. White, coach and guide their celebrity teammate on their training and each of their Jr. (Ret.) missions and will compete along-side them. From helicopter drops to long range Orange County Sheriff's weapons fire - the competitors will be tested physically and emotionally as they Department play to win and to earn a cash prize for military, veterans and first-responder based charities. Each week one of the teams will be eliminated. The Sergeant Richard M. Tiran Nevada Department of Public announcement was made by Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Safety Programming, NBC. Sergeant Dexter Cunningham "We are honored to have a much-decorated and beloved military figure such as Birmingham Police Department General Clark joining 'Stars Earn Stripes.' The general's legendary record in the U.S. armed forces commands respect as he brings so much practical knowledge that will infuse the show with priceless insight," said Telegdy. "Our cast is ready Executive Officers: President& CEO to be put to the test - using the same physical and mental challenges that prepare David Blanchard our nation's bravest men and women to defend our nation - and their arduous journey will make for riveting television." 1st Vice President General James W. Comstock (Ret.) US Army "I am thrilled to join 'Stars Earn Stripes' as host and look forward to watching the celebrity cast members test themselves as they step up to take on these tough Vice President challenges," said Clark. "This new series pays tribute to members of our David K. Bergman dedicated armed forces and civil law enforcement and I know that the winnings, Executive Director which will be donated to first-responder charity and veterans' groups, will make a difference and send an important message." Jack Gaffigan The charitable organizations that the contestants are playing for include the Executive Committee Gary Stiles following: Laila Ali - Military Child Education Coalition (http://www.militarychild.org), Dean Cain - Wounded Warrior Project Co-General Counsel (www.woundedwarriorproject.org), Terry Crews - The Pat Tillman Foundation Chris Seeger (http://www.pattillmanfoundation.org),Nick Lachey - The Badge of Honor Co-General Counsel Memorial Foundation (www.bohmf.org), Todd Palin - Armed Services YMCA Steve Weiss Alaska (www.asymcaofalaska.com), Dolvett Quince - Got your 6 (www.gotyour6.org), Picabo Street - Hiring Our Heroes Treasurer (www.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes) and Eve Torres - USO (www.uso.org). Steve Pinto, CPA From executive producers Dick Wolf ("Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU"), Mark Burnett ("The Voice," "Survivor") and David A. Hurwitz ("Fear Factor"), this extraordinary show will donate money raised through the competition to veterans' charities. Committed to hiring recent vets onto the crew, "Stars Earn Stripes" hopes to inspire other employers throughout the country to make similar commitments to our returning heroes, not to mention proving how impossible their service missions really are. The series is a production of Universal Television, One Three Television, LLC, Wolf Reality, LLC and Bill's Market & Television Productions. For information on "Stars Earn Stripes," please visit NBC.com's official show site: www.nbc.com/stars-earn-stripes/. For artwork and press information, please visit the NBC Universal Media Village website at http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/. .