Homefront Sentinel AI Campaign Featured in Military Times

We're proud to announce that our groundbreaking AI awareness campaign, “Protect Your Six – And Your Savings,” has been featured in Military Times, highlighting the critical work our Homefront Sentinel program is doing to protect military families from sophisticated AI-generated scams.

The article shines a light on how our campaign addresses the growing threat of AI-powered fraud targeting and impersonating the veteran and military family community. As the piece explains: “As computer-generated fraud becomes easier to create and spread quickly, the military community will become an even more attractive target for scammers, given the stable incomes and respected social standings of troops.”

This growing risk isn’t something we can afford to ignore. Instead of waiting to be victimized, members of the military community should be on the front lines of identifying and shutting down these increasingly convincing scams. We the Veterans’ Executive Director put it plainly: “These scams are getting more and more sophisticated with the use of generative AI. We know that foreign adversaries are using them, and we know that they are targeting people across the country, especially using the veteran voice or the veteran brand.”

And the data backs it up. According to Federal Trade Commission data cited in the article, military consumers reported over 99,000 fraud complaints last year, with imposter scams alone costing veterans, troops, and their families an estimated $178 million in 2024.

The centerpiece of our awareness campaign features a compilation of AI-generated videos that demonstrate just how realistic these scams have become. By showing military families and the general American public what these sophisticated attacks look like, we're empowering our community and others to recognize and avoid falling victim to these schemes.

As part of our broader Homefront Sentinel project, this campaign represents our commitment to keeping military families safe from emerging digital threats. We believe that by staying ahead of these evolving scam tactics, we can better protect those who serve our country. Be aware of the threat. Think critically about what you consume online. Use reliable sources. 

Read the full Military Times article here: That's not a real soldier: campaign warns troops, families of AI scams