C-17 aircrew scores touchdown
in mission with NFL greats by www.afcent.af.mil
The lone figure was crouched in his uniform, scanning the field from under his helmet for his intended receivers. But this was no stadium; it was a
C-17 Globemaster III flying over the harsh and dangerous terrain that is Afghanistan. full story
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2009 Tour
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders and two players, Will Allen and Michael Clayton, brought a piece of home to troops stationed in Okinawa and Guam through Armed Forces Entertainment tour.
Rock bands Hinder and Ember welcome home troops from the frontlines at US Army Garrison Baumholder
Home of the Iron Brigade, US Army Garrison Baumholder is settled among the green rolling hills of Central Germany. Most compare it to the setting for the famed movie, The Sound of Music. But the sound of the music from the festival tent on June 4 will forgo the soft, sultry folk voice of Julie Andrews for heavy guitar riffs and booming base. full
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Bucs cheerleaders back
from overseas
Several of the Bucs cheerleaders and two of the players just completed a tour of Japan and Guam entertaining the troops.
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Coaches in Kansas
Three NCAA football coaches--(from left to right) Jim Tressel of Ohio State, Jim Grobe of Wake Forest, and Troy Calhoun of Air Force--listen to Staff Sgt. James Long talk about the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on May 27. The coaches visited different units at the base to start Coaches Tour 2009, a second annual morale-boosting mission that allows U.S. servicemembers to interact with icons of college football. Full Story
Military recruits emerging bands to tour bases,
entertain troops overseas
The Dallas Morning News, AUSTIN – The military is looking for a few good bands.
And so a platoon of recruiters arrived at the South by Southwest music fest and pressed themselves into teeming venues. full story
Good Day Live Music:
Subrosa Union
Fox 7, AUSTIN - Subrosa Union has found a way to simultaneously play music while helping people. The band is part of Armed Forces Entertainment and spends part of its time playing rasta rock to soldiers. Yearly around 130 bands, including several from Austin, are sent to bases around the world for a totally unique touring experience. video
NOISE:
Music News and More, Played at Full Blast Hordes of young people gather in the middle of nowhere, raising devil
horns and pumping fists along to a rock-radio staple. Laser lights penetrate the deep night sky and catch dust particles launched by the stomping of boots on desert ground. But these are not Doc Martens in the Coachella mosh pit; they’re the combat boots of 5,000 men and women who are mostly wrapped in the sandstone camouflage of the U.S. Army, and strapped with M16 rifles. by Peter Gaston full story
Tour of Duty:
Bands Go to Iraq On the road with the young acts the military books for the scariest gigs on earth. by Evan Serpick full story
Iraq & Roll:
Texas music and the troops
Country music good ol' boys Charlie Robison and Kevin Fowler brave oh-six-hundred wake-up calls, fire warnings an several stomach-churning combat-roll landings to bring a slice of home to our men and women on the front lines of the Iraq War.
by Stewart Ramser
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