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  • Armed Forces Entertainment Spices It Up for Troops Overseas

    01/29/2004 1:42:21 PM PST · by Calpernia · 7 replies · 547+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Jan. 29, 2004 | By Donna Miles
    Its list of offerings reads like a who's who of entertainment icons: musical superstars, award-winning actors and professional athletes among them. Armed Forces Entertainment has been presenting first-class entertainment to U.S. troops and their families overseas for more than 50 years. Last year alone, it sponsored more than 1,200 shows at 225 sites worldwide —85 of them in Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of Southwest Asia, according to Air Force Col. Janice Long, chief of Armed Forces Entertainment. During the past six months, the program sponsored visits by headliners such as World Wrestling Entertainment, Bruce Willis, Blink-182, Collective Soul, Drew...