The Back-to-School Brigade® is an annual nationwide campaign by Operation Homefront that collects and distributes school supplies to eligible dependents of service members. Through this assistance program, military children receive free back-to-school supplies, including backpacks, to help them start the new school year on the right foot. Since its inception, the Brigade Backpack program has helped distribute more than 500,000 backpacks to military children, saving military families nearly $55M in school expenses.