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Motivational Speaker to Celebrate Black History Month With Troops in Europe

By David MoyeFeb 2nd 2011 – 10:04AM
Courtesy Dave Moser

Courtesy Dave Moser

Dr. Nathaniel J. Williams picked an interesting occasion for his first trip overseas: Black History Month. The African-American motivational speaker and author is 46 but has never left the United States. That will change Feb. 15 when Williams leaves for a three-week trip to military bases in Europe and the Mediterranean...

Band to Spend New Year's Rocking Troops in Germany, Kosovo

By David MoyeDec 24th 2010 – 9:28AM
Afredo Luna

Afredo Luna

What are you doing New Year's Eve? Whatever it is, it probably isn't as exciting as what the up-and-coming modern rock band Acidic is doing. The band, whose members are between 18 and 21, is flying to Germany and Kosovo to entertain the troops who are stationed there as part of an Armed Forces Entertainment tour. The...

How Rock Bands Got Backstage at Gitmo Prison

By S.I. RosenbaumJun 27th 2010 – 6:34PM
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(June 27) -- On a sweltering January afternoon in 2008, Kelly Keagy -- aging rock star, drummer for Night Ranger, the guy who belts MOTORINNN' on that one power anthem from the '80s -- found himself in the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He and his bandmates walked alongside a chain-link fence topped with...

Background on Armed Forces Entertainment

Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) is the official United States Department of Defense (DoD) agency for providing entertainment to U.S.

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