CRAIG MORGAN RETURNS TO KOREA WITH THE USO
Country music entertainer, TV host and Army veteran Craig Morgan returned to Korea for a special Thanksgiving week visit to our troops serving overseas. Craig, joined by CMT’s Cody Alanand members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad, brought a taste of home to our military men and women during the visit to Camp Humphreys, South Korea. The visit will be highlighted in a special episode of CMT’s “Hot 20 Countdown,” airing at 9am ET/8am CT on Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15 and again on Saturday, December 28 and Saturday, December 29.
This trip marked Craig’s twelfth USO tour and his second this year, having last traveled with Vice Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff, General Paul J. Selva, on a seven day, five city tour in the spring. Craig first volunteered with the USO in 2002 and is a USO Merit Award recipient who has gone on to participate in twelve USO tours, where he has entertained more than 45,000 service members and military families in 15 countries. Among the locations Craig has visited with the USO are the U.S., Guam, Japan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Germany, Greece, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Diego Garcia, Qatar, Italy and the Korean Peninsula where the singer was once stationed. Prior to making it big on the country music scene, the singer/songwriter spent more than 10.5 years of service in the U.S. Army and an additional 6.5 years in the U.S. Army Reserves. This holiday season, hundreds of thousands of service members will remain on duty, away from home – continuing to serve and protect our country. The USO mission goes into overdrive during the holidays and the organization is committed to bringing the comforts of home to our nation’s heroes and military families – but they can’t do it alone. Visit USO.org/Holidays to learn more about how you can help bring a piece of home to our heroes.
