Toby Keith and Ted Nugent perform for 1st Marines Div, in Falluja.

Yahoo News Photos ^ | june 4, 2004

[AmericanMade1776]

.S. singers Toby Keith (L) and Ted Nugent (R) perform for the 1st Marines Division on stage at their Falluja base, Iraq in the early hours of June 5, 2004. REUTERS/ Nikola Solic

[AmericanMade1776]

And Yesterday...they were in Afghanistan

Several soldiers, serving in Afghanistan, got up close and personal with country superstar Toby Keith and rocker Ted Nugent.

Keith and Nugent spent the night in Kabul entertaining soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade, which is based in Oklahoma City. The pair greeted the men and women, signed autographs and of course sang.

The 45th Infantry is part of the Coalition Task Force Phoenix, responsible for training the Afghan National Army.

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=63369

[Monty22]

Nuge for Prez

[AmericanMade1776]

ILLESHEIM, Germany — There were no “Angry Americans” in Illesheim as rocker Ted Nugent and country giant Toby Keith unleashed a free Memorial Day concert to pay tribute to soldiers and their families. About 7,000 people from military communities in Germany attended the concert. Many communities offered free bus transportation to the site. Before the concert, hundreds of people had their photos taken with Keith and Nugent. In an effort to get all of the people in line in during the hourlong photo opportunity, groups of at least 10 people were rushed through. Digital photos will be available in about two weeks on the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Web site — www.mwr-europe.com — according to Lisa Eichhorn, 235th Base Support Battalion spokeswoman. Still, some who hoped to have their photo taken were turned away as time ran out. “I was the first one in the group they had to turn away,” said Joellen Arthur, from Schweinfurt. “I’m leaving for the States in a couple days and it was disappointing.” However, Arthur said she expected the concert to make up for it. “I can’t wait for the concert,” she said. “He’s been my favorite country singer since he started. I’ve always been a Toby Keith fan.” During the 90-minute concert, Keith performed his troops-praising singles “The Taliban Song” and “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).” Nugent performed “Cat Scratch Fever” and a screaming guitar version of the national anthem. Early on Monday, Keith and Nugent visited Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and spoke with soldiers who had been injured in Iraq. “There was one girl who was waiting to have surgeries done, and we couldn’t get her to smile,” Keith said. “But the reason she wasn’t smiling is that the doc wouldn’t release her to get back to her unit in Iraq. “It was an awful quiet ride on the way back [to Illesheim]. It was a very emotional time.” Keith said he enjoys performing for the troops. “They’re hard-working people and want peace just like everybody else,” he said. “But their mission is to make that peace.” Nugent said meeting servicemembers was a wake-up call. “It was a real powerful slap in the face,” he said. “The rest of the world is relaxed and comfortable, and they don’t even know why. “We got to see the people who are fighting for that and willing to die for it.”

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=21694&archive=true

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I hope Uncle Ted gave the taliban cat scratch fever!!!!

[AmericanMade1776]

Nugent said meeting servicemembers was a wake-up call. “It was a real powerful slap in the face,” he said. “The rest of the world is relaxed and comfortable, and they don’t even know why. “We got to see the people who are fighting for that and willing to die for it.”

[cripplecreek]

I see Toby made VH1s list of top 100 worst songs ever. When VH1 pushes an agenda they don't let chart toppers get in the way. They seem to have a real problem with patriotism.

[steplock]

Toby Keith and Ted Nugent perform for 1st Marines Div, in Falluja.

They got way more GUTS in their picking fingers than the entire dnc (kerry included) put together!

[AmericanMade1776]

Country music star Toby Keith (news), right, holds an artillery shell he was asked to autograph by U.S. troops at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, June 3, 2004 after a United Service Organizations (USO) performance for coalition forces. Keith is touring U.S. military installations for the USO in Kosovo, Germany, Italy and the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Mike Theiler, USO

[AmericanMade1776]

Thu Jun 3, 4:23 PM ET Country music star Toby Keith (news), right, and rock guitarist and noted outdoorsman Ted Nugent (news) meet with U.S. troops at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, June 3, 2004 prior to a United Service Organizations (USO) performance for coalition forces here. Keith is touring U.S. military installations for the USO in Kosovo, Germany, Italy and the Persian Gulf.

[Cuttnhorse]

Right on!!!

Good for Keith and the Nuge.

[JOE6PAK]

Nuge/Toby

'NUFF SAID!

[VOA]

Toby Keith and Ted Nugent perform for 1st Marines Div, in Falluja.

Wow...this would be the American Testosterone Music Tour, for sure.

[dandi]

Ted Nugent. Man, I've been listening to this cat all the way back to the days of Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. "Great White Buffalo", "Call of the Wild" and all those other classics. He's still one of my faves.

[VOA]

"Keith and Nugent spent the night in Kabul entertaining soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade,
which is based in Oklahoma City. "

Gotta' do a little promotion for my Oklahoma homeboys (and gals), as I drove past
the division museum of the famed Thunderbirds (not the Air Force guys!) on my way to/from work
for about a year.

Link to the 45th Division Museum located in Oklahoma City:
http://www.45thdivisionmuseum.com/

And direct link to one of the 45th more famous troopers, cartoonist Bill Mauldin:

http://www.45thdivisionmuseum.com/Exhibits/Mauldin.html

[commish]

WOW, Toby and Nuge are great. They weren't just doing run of the mill USO stops, they were performing for the guys out on the front lines. It takes balls just to go to Iraq, but these 2 performed in Falluja. Good JOB!

[AmericanMade1776]

I spotted Keith and Nugent in Iraq first, and seem to do their "support our troops tour" backwards. The Iraq Concert was a few hours ago and hard to find pictures of it right now.

[PhiKapMom]

Oklahoma's Republican Women's Clubs adopted soldiers from this Oklahoma unit and every soldier a box of items they needed. Our Cleveland County Republican Women's Club adopted six of the soldiers.

[Iscool]

Right up there with Bob Hope...Puttin themselves in a high-risk area to entertain and boost the morale of the troops when they don't have to gets them hero status with me...

[AmericanMade1776]

..on May 29th they were at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo

[Nachum]

Good job men. We could use some more like them.