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Jul 10, 2025 | News

Operation Military Blessings (OMB), in partnership with Tommy Ahlquist of Ahlquist Development in Meridian, Idaho, supports our military with OPERATION: BABIES, BOTTLES & DIAPERS — a nationwide initiative to support young military families with infants and toddlers.

This program provides essential baby care items, including: diapers, baby wipes, infant formula, and clothing.

In times of financial hardship of the lowest 4 military ranks, OMB steps in with a variety of programs to ensure that they can meet basic family needs —offering comfort, dignity, and relief during the earliest and most vulnerable stages of parenting. Service members and their families make tremendous sacrifices to protect our country, and the lowest military ranks often need extra help.

FOR INSTANCE:

• 1 out of 8 Junior Grade Military Families are on food stamps
• 31% of lower enlisted Mi
litary Families are food insecure

These military families deserve our full support, especially as they navigate the challenges of early parenthood. Access to basic baby essentials can offer immediate peace of mind, helping lighten the load for those who give so much.

Through the OMB ADOPT-A-BASE program, we deliver these baby essentials and other support to:

• Military Family & Readiness Centers
• Family Program Centers
• Military Thrift Stores and other support programs on Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard installations worldwide.
 
For over 30 years Operation Military Blessings has stood by military families—providing food gift cards through the Defense Commissary Agency, emergency relief grants after natural disasters, and now direct support for parents of infants and toddlers.
 
A Program like OPERATION: BABIES, BOTTLES & DIAPERS ensures that military families don’t have to go without essentials.