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Sergeant Major Kenneth Preston and the

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USO brought the Hope and Freedom tour

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to bagram airfield . And the

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entertainers that I brought on this

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show . They volunteer , they do it for

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free and it's their opportunity to give

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back and to say thanks . Having been a

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soldier myself for so long . I know

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what it's like . I remember when

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entertainers came to entertain us when

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I was in the army . That's something

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that's become very personal for me and

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to have the opportunity to come over

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and share , share a little time , share

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a meal , play some music that's

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that's bringing a piece of home to them .

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I know a lot of people get down because

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they're missing their families like me ,

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I'm missing my son . So it distracts

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you from what you're missing back at

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home , comedian louis C . K . Had the

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crowd laughing while master of

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ceremonies Leeann Tweeden kept them

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looking for me . It's just saying thank

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you to all the troops and all of you in

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uniform who hold it down for us every

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day , bagram is the last stop on the

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tour for these entertainers who took

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time away from their families to bring

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a little holiday cheer to the deployed

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troops . Senior airman Jamie Sikora

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bagram Airfield Afghanistan . I

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don't