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Well i first met you when me and my wife were on leave from iraq in march of this year.  we went to vegas to get married and we had decided to go to the mall there to do some shopping when we went into the boot store where you were working.  conversation was started and you found out we were in the miltiary and we found out you were a musician.  i told you that i was a musician as well so we got to talking, exchanged emails and then i found you on facebook where you had your band info up.  when a post was published about your cd release party and your new single “set the night on fire” video being on you tube i clicked on it to check it out.  after it was downloaded and i listened to it i couldnt get it out of my head so i decided to record it on a portable digital recorder so i could put it on a cd to burn later.

since ive been out here ive been assigned as a airborne combat medic on a transition team.  basically that means we go around and train and support the local iraqi forces so they can fight on their own and we dont have to do it for them, mostly it means we work hand in hand with them on a regular basisi.  one day me and my team were going out on another mission and normally when we roll out we’ll play some music to pass the time by, its better then driving around in silence waiting to get blown up or shot at.  most of the time we play whatever we can get our hands on as long as it keeps us entertained.  this particular day i didnt feel like listening to the heavy stuff we normally listen to so i suggested to play a new song that i heard, your song.  initially i only played it for my truck and once everyone liked it they said i should play it on our internal communications so everyone could hear it.  once i did i wound up having to loop the track 3 or 4 times cause they wanted to hear it over and over and over again.  it sort of became our feel good song of that mission and people would start singing it to themselves out of the blue at random times.  i even showed them the music video for it and upon seeing it one of my buddies wanted to know who the hot blonde was that you were dancing with.  when i told him that was your wife he got all depressed cause he realized he had no chance.

needless to say your music put a smile on our faces and made us laugh, made us forget for a few minutes that the roads we were driving down were not the kind of roads that could kill us.  granted things out here are not as bad as they used to be.  when i was here a couple of years ago things were a hell of a lot worse and a lot more people were getting torn up and getting killed.  i myself have been shot at and blown up more times then id like to admit, and ive lost more friends then id like to admit.  but thats why things like music are so important out here.  for a few minutes we felt like we could have been back in the states listening to that song on the radio with the volume turned all the way up, windows rolled down with the wind in our face and not worrying about anything.  yes our jobs are dangerous and yes there are times when home seems like its a million miles away, more importantly theres not a time that goes by when we go out on mission that we dont realize this could be the last one if something were to happen.  but sometimes all it takes is something very simple, like a song, to remind you that home is a lot closer then you think.  your song is a great one, your band has a great sound and i look foward to hearing the rest of your material on your cd.  in closing i just want to say thank you for making great music and remember that there are lots of men and women in uniform that are over seas doing various jobs in the name of our country…they need music too.  i am a musician myself and i know how powerful a song can be and out here that power becomes even greater because music is sometimes the only thing we have that will let us feel like ourselves or give us that few moments of peace before things become hectic again.

very respectfully,
joey hyer
combat medic
united states army

p.s.- enclosed is a picture of me and my team, we’ve been through a lot this year and i couldnt have asked to work with better people or have better friends then the ones in that photo.  id gladly trade my life for any of them.