Vice Commandant Steven Poulin will be presenting Haydn’s award during the April 13 Military Child of the Year® Gala in Washington, D.C. Operation Homefront selected Haydn as this year’s honoree because he reflects the positive impact young people make on their military families, schools, and communities, Recipients represent a branch of the armed forces - the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Space Force - for their scholarship, volunteerism, leadership, extracurricular involvement, and other criteria while facing the challenges of military family life. The annual awards recognize outstanding young people ages 13 to 18. This whole-family effort helped Hayden’s father successfully complete treatment and recovery.Įvery April, we celebrate the Month of the Military Child by honoring the more than 1.6 million military children-including the nearly 33,000 Coast Guard children around the world. He helped care for his younger brothers while his mother supported his father - with some treatments lasting more than a week at a time. Haydn, 17, is the second oldest of four boys. A son of dual Coast Guard parents, Haydn not only fearlessly faced the challenges of numerous moves inherent in military families, but he also showed remarkable resiliency when his father was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of leukemia. Haydn Jones is this year’s Military Child of the Year® for the Coast Guard.
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