{"id":15566,"date":"2019-05-27T23:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1807085"},"modified":"2019-05-27T23:00:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T05:00:59","slug":"how-country-artists-become-a-force-behind-the-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/how-country-artists-become-a-force-behind-the-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"How Country Artists Become a Force Behind the Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:652400?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">5\/28\/2019<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>A perennial theme that runs rampant in country music is its longstanding respect for the U.S. military serving at home and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>There have been several examples throughout the last decade of country stars being a Force Behind the Forces by performing for those who serve through the USO. Army veteran <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/craig-morgan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Morgan<\/a> completed his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1794071\/photos-craig-morgan-wraps-10th-uso-tour\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">10th USO tour<\/a> in April 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/kellie-pickler\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kellie Pickler<\/a> has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1699290\/kellie-pickler-returns-from-uso-tour\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">star tattoo<\/a> for every military entertainment tour she\u2019s completed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/trace-adkins\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trace Adkins<\/a> is another staunch patriot who is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1697942\/trace-adkins-travels-to-japan-for-uso-tour\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">USO tour<\/a> vet. By 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/toby-keith\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Toby Keith<\/a> had participated in more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1683877\/toby-keith-continuing-12-day-usoarmed-forces-entertainment-tour\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">210 USO events<\/a> for the troops.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/llmjy-3pxGo?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/llmjy-3pxGo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Join CMT as a Force Behind the Forces and do your part to support and strengthen our service members. Donate directly to the USO through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uso.org\/campaign\/force\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">USO.org\/Force<\/a>. Your contribution will ensure that the USO continues its programming and services for our military families and service members. Or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uso.org\/campaign\/force\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">USO.org\/Force<\/a> and share a message today. Send words of encouragement and thanks to the men and women who make so many sacrifices to protect our freedom.<\/p>\n<p>As the military charity of choice, the USO encourages all military supporters to be a Force Behind the Forces\u00ae, a strong network that stands behind our Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>To shrink the military-civilian divide and to support the organization\u2019s mission to strengthen through connection \u2013 the tradition of USO Entertainment tours continues to have a tremendous impact on the morale and resiliency of our men and women in uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Through stage comedy shows, concerts, meet-and-greets, unit visits and other interactive events the USO helps to bring a piece of home to our service members and their families stationed stateside and overseas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1807085\/how-country-artists-become-a-force-behind-the-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 5\/28\/2019 A perennial theme that runs rampant in country music is its longstanding respect for the U.S. military serving at home and overseas. There have been several examples throughout the last decade of country stars being a Force Behind the Forces by performing for those who serve through the USO. Army veteran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 22:03:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}