{"id":2411,"date":"2014-03-12T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gisofcomedy.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2014-03-12T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T17:00:37","slug":"a-big-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomtran.com\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"A Big Thank You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

And that\u2019s a wrap on our first international tour for Armed Forces Entertainment! It was 10 days, with stops in 6 countries, and 4 great shows for hundreds of US military personnel, and from the responses we\u2019ve gotten, everyone had a great time! We are truly honored to have been given the opportunity to do this. Many thanks to Max and George from AFE for asking us to do the tour; Jim, Alexis, Mike, Rod and all the troops at Thule, Comalapa, Soto Cano, and Cura\u00e7ao for letting us perform for you! And thank you to PJ for joining us on the tour; as always Jose for being there from the start, and Kyle for capturing the tour on film.
\nMy final thoughts on the tour: In El Salvador one of the Sailors said to me, \u201cWe laughed so hard because we related to you better than any other comics we\u2019ve seen.\u201d In Honduras one of the Soldiers said, \u201cI\u2019m excited to see veterans being successful outside of the military.\u201d And in Greenland, one of the Airmen said, \u201cHey man, thanks for remembering that we\u2019re up here. Thanks for not forgetting about us.\u201d And those three things are the reasons I created The GIs of Comedy… to bring the troops some entertainment that they can really relate to, because we\u2019ve been their boots. To show them that they can be successful if and when they leave the military. And most importantly that they are NOT forgotten just because they\u2019re stationed in a place that isn\u2019t on the news all the time. Their jobs are just as important as the war-fighters.
\nThis tour has never been about the money (of which there is little) or the fame (of which there is none), it\u2019s about those three reasons above. That\u2019s why the group has changed so much since it started. Those three missions come first. And we\u2019ll keep doing it that way as long as the troops want us to, and AFE, MWR, or USO ask us to.
\nThanks gain everyone, and we\u2019ll see you back in the States! Airborne!
\nThom Tran<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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