The SpringHill Suites in Sabraton is one example. Anyone with a military identification card can stay for free those nights.

This is the third year the chain has offered the gift to soldiers.

"Those men and women, they protect us and they serve us and if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have the ability to operate a business," said Jerry Hamerski. "Once a year, we feel that this is our way of thanking them for what they do for us."

The offer stands at the nine Double J Development hotels in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland.