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Jared and Jensen Receive Military Honors

by Hannah Parsons

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(This press release was sent by the fans of Supernatural. For more information on Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural, Smallville and Buffy/Angel”, please contact Monica Gillen at monica@creationent.com)

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki received a very special honor on Sunday, November 11, 2007. Ackles and Padalecki, stars of the CW’s television program, Supernatural, were special guests at Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural, Smallville and Buffy/Angel” in Schaumburg, IL.

Master Sergeant Kevin Wise, a Special Forces soldier, was in attendance at the convention. Wise joined Ackles and Padalecki on stage to announce that Supernatural Season One and Season Two are the most requested DVDs among armed forces personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wise also reported that Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc. and Kripke Entertainment, Inc. are going to send 3,000 copies of the DVDs to soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wise next presented Ackles and Padalecki each with a thank you letter from General David H. Petraeus, Commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, as well as an honorary Special Forces coin from his unit.

Wise explained that five active Special Forces Groups are in existence. Each group has its own unique coin. Wise is a part of the 12-member Special Forces Unit ODA 045 or “Team Texas.” To receive a coin, recipients must either become a Green Beret or be given one by a Green Beret. Civilians are rarely given a coin.

Ackles and Padalecki were very touched by the gesture, and presented Wise with a shooting script, signed by the Supernatural cast and crew.

This wonderful honor received by Jared and Jensen has been helped, in part, by the workings of Operation: Winchester, a website dedicated to sending care packages, along with a Supernatural DVD, to the troops.

You can help by logging onto Operation: Winchester and signing up to send a package to one of the troops stationed overseas. Any information you may need about assisting with this venerable project can be found at the Operation: Winchester website: http://opwinchester.supernaturalunderground.com/.

For other details about the Creation Convention, you can find descriptions here.

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Posted in Actors, Fan Conventions, News on November 20th, 2007

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2 Responses to “Jared and Jensen Receive Military Honors”

  1. Watching Supernatural » Blog Archive » Supernatural Slowly Getting Recognition Says:
    January 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    [...] Padalecki and Jensen Ackles might have received military honors for their work on the show, but Supernatural is still considered just one of the many sub-par shows [...]

  2. Stephanie Says:
    May 21st, 2008 at 6:23 am

    OMG!!!

    I Love Jared Padalecki!!!

    They are both really good looking boys. ;)

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