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The field offices are organized into three service territories or regions: Red, White and Blue.

Led by a President/CEO, COO, and CFO, as well as an “Advisory Board” (Board of Directors), Operation Homefront has 17 field offices plus a headquarters that serves the 50 states.

Operation Homefront’s Mission Statement is: “Operation Homefront provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors.” The mission has changed over time, as the organization was originally founded to provide emergency financial assistance. OH receives funding from fundraising events, community/corporate sponsors and individual donations. Since 2002, OH has delivered more than $207 million through cash and in-kind programs benefitting military families. The consolidation centralized service delivery in San Antonio and allowed the organization to expand its services throughout the United States, with the headquarters handling cases in states without a local office. In June 2012, the OH Board of Directors voted to consolidate the individual chapters into one national headquarters the individual chapters either closed or remained open as field offices. In 2008, the transitional housing program was added in response to significant wait times for VA benefits processing. Operation Homefront (OH) had 25 individual “chapters” in various locations around the United States, each serving a specific geographic area.

In 2006, the organization's Board of Directors renamed the organization Operation Homefront, Inc.

A series of online discussion groups grew to an online magazine then merged in 2004 with a chapter-based group which provided emergency financial assistance throughout the country. The organization originated in February, 2002 when a group of Navy spouses in the San Diego area were searching for a way to support each other through deployments. (OH), headquartered in San Antonio, TX, is a national organization which provides financial assistance and other programs to active duty military personnel, veterans and their families.