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Joe Nichols’ Trip to Iraq & “Believers” Video

All Posts Information September 22 2009
 — By White Rose

“Believer” is  Joe Nichols’ single from his upcoming album “Old Things New,” scheduled to release October 27th. In June, Joe preformed for the Troops in Iraq.  He told me in a phone interview that it was almost the last minuet when they decided to take a videographer with them. Hopping a C130 from Kuwait to TQ and then a helicopter to Ramadi and Al Asad, Joe got a small taste of what our troops deal with every day. When I asked him if there was anything that surprised him about the trip, he said, “The physical demands of the Troops. The 130 degree heat is enough on it’s own, but they carry all this gear on their backs in that heat and they don’t complain. They do their job.” Joe recalled the stadium at Al Asad and how great it was to see an American Flag flying high above a place that held such a bad history from when Saddam was in power. Every where Joe went in Iraq he was impressed with the stamina and dedication of the Troops. “It’s the simple things and it was great to be able to bring a little bit of home to the Troops.” he told me when asked about what he thought of his tour. I also asked if he had plans to return to Iraq or maybe go to Afghanistan, “I hope to go to Afghanistan, if my wife will let me. It’s a little more dangerous there, but I do want to go.”
 

The Troops are very special to Joe. He has several family members that have served in the military. “None are over there now, but I do have a cousin, a mother of two, that just came home from Iraq, not to long ago.” he told me. He is very proud to have been able to entertain the Troops and help them “forget where they are for a little while.” Not long after he came home form Iraq he received a letter from the mother of a Marine. In the letter she wrote:

 

I just received a phone call from my U.S. Marine son currently deployed in Ramadi, Iraq. I have not heard that kind of excitement in his voice for a long time. When I asked him how he was doing he responded, “FANTASTIC!” He called just to tell me that you had played for the troops last night and then stayed as long as necessary to sign autographs and take pictures with him and the others.

You can read the full letter here.

While in Iraq, Joe also visited the hospitals where many of the less sever wounded were. “Their courage and strength is impressive” Joe said. Joe will be performing along with Heidi Winfield in Tyler, TX on October 24th  in the “Country for Our Country” concert to benefit Wounded Warriors. You can find out more about the concert at CountryforOurCountry.com

Joe Nichols works hard to stay in touch with his fans. On September 21st he held a Twitter chat and his first live video chat with fans through Ustream and Facebook. He also has his Official Web Site and a YouTube page. You can also buy a copy of the “Believers” song on iTunes.

 

 

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  2. Curt Kastens

    09/24/2009 at 2:10 am

    This is perhaps a bit off topic. Since I am writing from a Golden Triangle you should be pleased to get it anyways. I wish to give credit where credit is due and that is to a group of people who have made a small but correct point that does not get talked about very often. The group is libertarians. The point is that if American Citizens wish to travel outside of the United States, unless they are working as a government official, they should travel at their own risk.
    The idea that tax dollars should be used to rescue well healed American taking foreign vacations because they happened to go to China and be so stupid to be there when an earthquake strikes, or to go to Egypt and and get kidnapped by Egyptians and then expect the State Dept. or the Delta Force to come to their rescue is just completely irresponsible. Every US passport should have a warning on it just like every package of cigars, warning travel outside of the US could be dangerous to your health. The US laws of the US government do not apply outside of its borders, except to government employees, you are responsible for undertaking foreign travel at your own risk.
    If I should disappear while overseas I do not want to US government to spend even one cent trying to find me or get me released from a foreign prison.
    It is a small point. It might not be important either.

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