Move America Forward (MAF) is the largest pro-troops grassroots organization in the United States committed to supporting the brave men and women of our military and their efforts to defeat terrorism. As a not-for-profit charitable organization, we are dedicated to preserving America’s heritage of freedom and liberty. MAF was formed in early 2004 by the Honorable Howard Kaloogian and acclaimed media personality, Melanie Morgan.

Since its inception, MAF has organized several national tours, hosted dozens of rallies in cities across the country, and produced many television and radio advertisements—all to support our troops. We also led two trips to Iraq to showcase the great work of our troops and to bring our message of thanks and support directly to the troops.

In 2008, MAF organized the unprecedented internet telethon, "From the Front Lines." Working with television, radio and print media stars and celebrities, as well as popular internet bloggers, and the cutting edge company UStream.TV, we raised over $1.5 million for care packages. Orders from our first 'Troopathon' exceeded 12,000 packages. We have shipped over 100 TONS of goods to the troops since our care package program started in 2006.

We are continuing our efforts to support the troops with a new 'Troopathon' for 2009: "Honoring Their Service."


Move America Forward rally to support the troops in Washington D.C.


Here is a short list of some of our accomplishments:


  • Sent a delegation of radio talk show hosts to Iraq for the "Voices of Soldiers" Truth Tour. With MAF’s Co-Chairs Howard Kaloogian and Melanie Morgan as leaders, this delegation of journalists interviewed soldiers so they could tell the American people about their successes in the fight against terrorism.

  • Sponsored the "Gold Star Parents to Iraq" trip in which parents of U.S. soldiers killed in the war could see first-hand the country where their sons and daughters made the ultimate sacrifice.

  • Produced and broadcasted dozens of national television and radio commercials that advocate support for our troops serving heroically in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 100 million Americans have seen our ads.


    MAF Delegation in Iraq with Troops in Baghdad


  • Traveled across America on the “Honoring our Heroes at the Holidays” tour which collected over 200,000 Christmas, Hanukkah and holiday cards for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our MAF delegation went to Iraq and personally hand-delivered many of the cards and saw firsthand the success of the “surge.”

  • Started the "Coffee, Cookies, Gatorade, and Beef Jerky for Our Troops" program to send care packages to our military men and women. To date we have sent over 125 tons of premium fresh ground coffee, cookies, beef jerky, Gatorade and other treats to our troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan. The packages include a personal message of support from a sponsoring family back home.

  • Launched a Candy Diplomacy program in partnership with the Jelly Belly Candy Company, in which we send 2 oz bags of jellybeans to U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. The bags display the following message in both English and Arabic, “A gift from the American people in hope that your country will one day enjoy the freedom and opportunities that we have in the United States.”

  • Broadcasted our first annual Support Our Troops Care Package Telethon via webcast in June 2008 – the most successful fundraising web telethon to date. We raised over a million dollars to send the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in American history with the help of Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Ann Coulter, John Bolton, General David Petraeus and many others.


Move America Forward is a registered 501(c)(3). Contributions are tax deductible.