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The fine folks at the USO provided us with another great concert this week. Carrie Underwood, winner of American Idol and country singing sensation, made a trip to Iraq this past week. We were lucky to get her up at Anaconda on Saturday night. When the stars come over, they usually hit only a few bases due to the limited time that they have. We have had good success at Anaconda due to our size and the airfield makes it easy to fly in and out. Unfortunately, we aren't getting the WWE rasslers tour, but this was a nice substitute.

For some reason they decided to have this concert inside the beloved Sustainer theater instead of at Holt Stadium where all of our other MWR events have been at. This meant that only a select number of soldiers would be able to go, and there was a raffle for the tickets. Our unit only got 5 tickets, so our odds weren't good. Fortune smiled upon us however, and the Flecker and Beans won tickets. After much pleading, begging, and promises of future favors, they surrendered their tickets to Hammer and I (read his story here).
I've got the golden ticket!


You see, I'm not a big reality show fan, but the wife loves American Idol and watched every episode of Season 4. And of course since she was in control of the remote at the time, I was also forced into watching pretty much the whole season. Young Carrie became my favorite after doing a pretty awesome cover of "Alone" by Heart (I had to go to Wikipedia to find out what song this was, but it only took about 5 minutes to nail it down and then find the lyrics. I love the Internet).

I was pretty pumped to get the hook up and go to the concert. Earlier that day, Carrie and her entourage stopped by our building for a quick tour. She took some pictures in the Operations Center, and we thought she was going to do a meet and greet for the rest of us, but they were behind schedule, so we didn't get anything more then a passing glance in the hallway. After leaving here, she went down to visit our LRS (long range surveillance) unit, who does the QRF (Quick Reaction Force) mission. They are on call 24/7 so they don't usually get to go to the concerts. Here are some pictures of her with the LRS.

Carrie manning the .50 cal in a Humvee.


Carrie and the band.



The .50 cal makes me smile every time too.


We had to wait in line for about an hour to get in to the actual concert. I was worried we were going to kicked out of line after Hammer mouthed off to a Command Sergeant Major. In his defense, it was dark out and he didn't see his rank. We got seated up front and the concert was great. She did 7-10 songs. She did a cover of Sweet Child O' Mine by GNR that was pretty outstanding. I don't listen to much country music, but this definitely had a rock and roll feel to it. The only thing really country about it was the fiddle (if you want to play in Texas, you gotta have fiddle in the band). Other than that, the lead guitar was pretty nice, the bass player was solid, and the band sounded great. The only negative was that I was bracketed by 2 young females who kept screaming in my ear after every song. Darn kids.

Unfortunately, the lighting in the theater was not up to snuff so the pictures that Hammer took didn't turn out. They usually upload them to the intranet here, but for some reason they compressed them and this is the best I can do for a concert pic.
After the show, we filed out and were able to get a picture with Carrie. We had to get in groups of 5 and they herded us through pretty fast. The Air Force dude in this picture had a problem with him camera, so he joined our group, effectively forcing me into the back row. I look like a random dude that was walking by and stuck my head in the picture. After they snapped the pics, they booted you out so there was no time for any small talk about Josh Brown. Good times were had by all.

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Wow, she's cuter than I thought!

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Wow, what an awesome blog! Thanks for taking the time to post it ...... plus the pics look great too :D

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Thanks for your service to us and thanks for the pictures of Carrie with the .50MM

Anonymous said...

Wow. How cool is this? With all that you do and are forced to endure, I am so glad to see that good things come your way sometimes.

Thank you for what you do for our country!

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Thanks for sharing a great blog and pic's. I hope you know millions of us support and pray for all of you servicemembers every day and every night. God Bless you and yours.

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Sack,

I think that it is kind of hard to take the u.s forces seriously with former american idol contestant Carrie Underwood maning the .50cal. If you put William Hong on the .50 and clay Akins driving the humvee that would be a intimidating sight.

J

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That is so awesome that you got to meet Carrie! I wish I could! Thank you so much 4 ur service it means a lot to us back home. Merry Christmas may God bless you and keep you safe!

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Thanks for posting.

My prayers go out to you and all the service men and women fighting for our freedom. Thank you for giving your time for my freedom. May you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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I love Carrie Underwood. She is a real honest to goodness person. I'm glad she got to come and entertain the troops. My son is a Marine and made it back home safely. I am hoping that each and every one of you do the same. Thank you for your dedication and service to the citizens of the USA.

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Hi, I just want to thank-you so very much for all you are doing you guys are terriffic and I wanted you to know that not a day passes that your not in our thoughts and ofcourse our prayers, I am glad you got to go to the concert sorry you didn't have more time to chat, but thanks for sharing, but mostly thank-you for keeping us all safe and sound, all the best to you and all the troops over there keeping us safe at home, you take good care of each other, hugs,prayers and much thanks, Carole & Matt Groves

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