Hollywood studios, networks, guilds, agencies align for new veterans initiative, ‘Got Your 6’
Hollywood studios, networks, guilds, agencies align for new veterans initiative, ‘Got Your 6’
LOS ANGELES — Though often rivals when it comes to fighting for fair contracts, hot scripts, top talent and big audiences, Hollywood’s power players are united in their support for American veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Movie studios, TV networks, talent agencies and the entertainment unions, together with a host of nonprofit groups, have created the “Got Your 6” initiative, a multipronged effort to support military veterans and their families.
“It’s an opportunity for all of us,” said Universal Studios chief Ron Meyer, who announced the campaign Wednesday. “I can’t think of anything more important than supporting the troops that are coming back from active service.”
More than a million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are expected to return to the U.S. over the next five years, said Chris Marvin, director of Got Your 6.
“Got your six” is military lingo, an expression of solidarity that means “I’ve got your back and I know you’ve got mine,” Marvin said.
“It means we’re watching out for each other and we’re all in this together,” he said. The saying originated with pilots engaged in dogfights before expanding throughout the military, but Marvin said it applies perfectly to the alliance of entertainment powerhouses that adopted it: “These different entities all agree that the way we work with and deal with our military veterans and their families is crucially important to the future of this country.”
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