Category Archive for 'Music and Performers'

Singer Kaya Jones performs for the Soldiers assigned to Contingency Operating Station Endeavor, Iraq, Feb. 24. Jones, a former member of the Pussycat Dolls, signed autographs and posed for pictures after her performance. Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto

Former Pussycat Doll, Kaya Jones entertained the Soldiers assigned to Contingency Operating Station Endeavor, Iraq, Feb. 24.

Jones and her dance team danced and sang for an appreciative audience for over an hour, before signing autographs and posing for pictures with their audience.

“We love you,” said Jones. “We miss you back home. We thank you for what you are doing out here.”

Lisa Pratt and husband Capt. Matt Pratt

“The only thing I would compare this to, as far as the level of emotion I feel, was walking into the gym and seeing Lisa for that first time after I came back from Iraq,” he said. “This is up there. It’s on par with that sort of feeling of surreal. This is one of the most exciting times since Lisa and I have been together.”

Miley turns 18 on November 23, 2010. She may be looking to move into adulthood through another entertainment venue, probably the movies. She is still in the Disney stable, at least until she takes after many of the women that preceded her and fall apart with drugs, lesbian affairs and a career in the toilet.

Model and tennis star Anna Kournikova and SSG Joseph Lary pose for a photo during the USO Holiday Show at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 18. Photo by Lee Craker

Photos of Christmas time USO show in Iraq starring Anna Kournikova

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The Scarlet Ending performs for a live audience of deployed service members, Oct. 19. The Scarlet Ending is a New York-based band performing in Southwest Asia as part of an Armed Forces Entertainment-sponsored tour.

Photos: Scarlet Ending performs for deployed service members

Catchpenny wows Balad

Spc. Stephen L. Bray, administrator with the 248th Area Support Medical Company out of Marietta, Ga., and Catchpenny's lead singer Christian Schauf sing together during a free rock concert Sept. 23 at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation east at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Catchpenny allowed Bray, a Cartersville, Ga., native, on stage to play guitar with the band. Photo by Sgt. Ryan Twist

Christian Schauf, a Minneapolis native, said he can see a difference in the service members after the band’s concerts.

“You see the looks on their faces, and for that minute they forget they were in the middle of the desert and it’s 110 degrees,” said Zachary Schauf, Catchpenny’s singer and keyboard musician and Christian Schauf’s brother.

The band Flyleaf plays for hundreds of Soldiers and civilians July 5 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod. The internationally known rock band spent the day at Ramrod signing autographs and spending time with Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment from Ft. Carson, Colo. Photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Weaver

The internationally known rock band Flyleaf filled the night air with heavy music and throaty vocals on a makeshift stage at 8 p.m., July 5, at Forward Operating Base Ramrod.

The Texas-based band played a six song set and for almost two hours, some 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment Soldiers forgot the hardships they’ve been faced with.

 Savana Buttacavoli, with the band Night Shift, sings for military service members, Aug. 31, in Southwest Asia. Night Shift, a southern California-based band, is the first U.S. band to perform here through the use of locally generated non-appropriated funds. Servicemembers are deployed in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.  Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Barney

Photos: Night Shift, a southern California-based band, is the first U.S. band to perform here through the use of locally generated non-appropriated funds.