2nd Tour of Kuwait and Iraq

I was fortunate to be asked to go on a second tour of Kuwait and Iraq to entertain our troops. Unlike the cool weather January tour, this one took place in the hottest time of year: August! It was 120-130 degrees the entire time I was there with co-headliners Lee Marvin Adams and Caroline Picard. This tour was just as amazing as the first one, and I have even more respect, if possible, for our military men and women now, seeing what they have to go through during the summer months!

We performed at Camp Patriot, Camp Victory, Camp Loyalty, Camp Ramadi, Al Asad, Camp Taji, JSS Muthana, Camp Hammer, JSS Duora, and JVS Palace for the Special Forces Unit.


We usually slept in the CHUs (Containerized Housing Units), but we also got to spend 4 nights in one of Sadaam Hussein's 88 palaces. Niiiiice.

I just want everyone to know that while we were over there, it was the same week that all of the U.S. national news stations were headlining their evening newscasts with "Final Combat Troops Leave Iraq!!". That was so hard for the service men and women in Iraq to take -- because 50,000 troops ARE STILL THERE serving our country!! It was a matter of semantics. The troops are no longer called "combat" troops, but they ARE still there, and don't want to be forgotten. I know I will never forget them and the sacrifice they are making for us all.