2 Shows today… Its was real early and we are going to the DEFAC to eat breakfast, then off to our first show of the day. We will be traveling by helicopter!!!! Just when I thought it couldn’t  get any cooler,  it just did. The first FOB (forward operating base) we went to was very small and way out there. Its about as far out there as you can get!!! They were so happy to see us! We were the first group ever to visit! We were right there on the front lines with these guys. There was about 40 of them and i think 2 or 3 women.  They gave us a tour of there operation there. It looked like something out of a  movie. It was almost surreal. We toured there sleeping quarters and holy shit!!!!!!! It would blow your mind. EVERYONE THAT IS READING THIS SHOULD KNOW WE ALL HAVE REALLY REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!!! WITH NO COMPLAINTS AND ALL SMILES THEY SHOWED US HOW THEY LIVED UP THERE.. Ok it was time.  We did our performance in the mess hall!!!! It was very small, and nothing like the mega base. We had some technical issues due to the makeshift generators being used for the power. Kay Gee’s hard drive fried and my computer was acting up as well. We only had 3 hours total with this unit so we had to make it work!!!! WE DID JUST THAT!!! Heres where it gets really good. After the show and after the pix with each and every one of them, one of the commanders of the unit comes up to me, and rips his combat patch of his sleeve  and hands it to me saying….” THIS PATCH HAS BEEN ON MANY MISSIONS AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT FOR COMING OUT TO SEE US’!!!!! My knees just buckled and was very overwhelmed by his gesture and felt so honored that this guy felt this way, again seeing how important this tour is!!!!! I was blown totally away. It has now become a daily routine that these men and women continue to do so!!!! Each time gets more and more intense for me.