PURPOSE – In return for their service and sacrifices made for our country, AFF believes veterans, military service members, and their families are deserving of support that empowers and enables them to lead confident and productive lives. MISSION – AFF honors, serves and supports veterans, military service members, and their families by creating awareness and building support of their service, sacrifice and needs through partnerships with military focused organizations. VISION – AFF is, and always will be, relentlessly driven to bettering the lives of veterans, military service members, and their families. HISTORY – Co‐founded in 2004 by SMA (R) Jack L. Tilley, 12th Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army and Ted Hacker, music business executive.