USO Award

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by lovethemac1

Why is this empty for me? ie. the screen is black and nothing is showing up???

It might not be available in your area.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by Danielle

I'm glad that they attend this in their busy tour schedule.

Originally Posted by vivfox

Thanks Viv for this video.

Originally Posted by lovethemac1

Why is this empty for me? ie. the screen is black and nothing is showing up???

Originally Posted by vivfox

It might not be available in your area.

It could be geoblocked.I dont know why in Canada this is happening .

[lovethemac1]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I'm glad that they attend this in their busy tour schedule.




Thanks Viv for this video.





It could be geoblocked.I dont know why in Canada this is happening .

Darn, I'm dying of curiosity now.
The picture of Mick and Stevie showed up. Mick is sooo tanned. He looks really good.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by lovethemac1

Darn, I'm dying of curiosity now.
The picture of Mick and Stevie showed up. Mick is sooo tanned. He looks really good.

Try this.I post it on my Dailymotion channel.



Stevie USO interview March-2015 by wppcproductions

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by lovethemac1

Darn, I'm dying of curiosity now.
The picture of Mick and Stevie showed up. Mick is sooo tanned. He looks really good.

And his hair is so well-coiffed. Michele

[michelej1]

U.S. Department of Defense, March 26, 2015

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128470

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr., DoD News, Defense Media Activity

USO Award Recipients

Sebastian Junger, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, author and war correspondent, received the Legacy of Hope Award for “helping people better understand and appreciate the challenges military members face during combat and upon returning home,” according to a USO Metro citation.

Junger, who said it was “absolutely thrilling” to be honored by such a “venerable, important institution” as the USO, has covered war since the early 90’s, and, he said, felt compelled to bring U.S. troops’ experiences to the forefront for the nation.

“If we’re going to go to war, he said, “as a nation, we really should understand what that means for soldiers; what that involves. I think more information is better, so I avoided the political discourse … and really focused on the troops.”

Singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks was recognized with the USO Achievement Award as the record holder for most hours spent over a five-year period visiting combat-wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

According to the USO-Metro, Nicks spent eight to 12 hours a day, two to three days at a time, holding the hands of wounded service members and comforting their caregivers as part of the USO-Metro’s Celebrity Handshake Tour.

Nicks said the USO-Metro’s recognition was “really special, because, honestly, my time there was between 2005 and 2009, and 2009 is a pretty long time ago.”

The singer encouraged other celebrities to “go there and spend a couple of hours whenever they can, because it means so much

Seema Reza, a poet and essayist, received the Col. John Gioia Patriot Award for her efforts in coordinating a “unique” hospital arts program, and years spent with wounded, ill and injured service members at military hospitals.

Peyton Manning, starting quarterback for the NFL’s Denver Broncos, was honored with the USO-Metro’s Merit Award for “his commitment to lifting the morale of U.S. troops” during a 2013 USO Tour and as part of the USO-Metro’s Celebrity Handshake Tour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

[johnb84]

Brava Stevie. ..you deserve accolades/.

[BlueDenimLamp]

There doesn't seem to be much information about Stevie's "Band Of Soldiers" foundation...No website (if there is I can't find it) No online donations...Looks like some kind of privately funded organization...The only things I can find are about it's charitable organization status like this...http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/CA/Ste...-Soldiers.html

I think she would do better at raising awareness if "Band Of Soldiers" were public with links on her social media sites...

Without digging out my copy of "IYD" does anyone know if the soldier presenting Stevie with her award is the same guy in the doc?

[Macfanforever]

I was thinking this song probably get more coverage and touched more peoples lives if Stevie and Lindsey played it live on the 2013 FM tour.

[michelej1]

WJLA by Alex Parker

ARLINGTON, Va. (NewsChannel 8) – One of the most successful and recognizable singers in music history has found a higher calling.

Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/03...#ixzz3VfYEgU8W
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Rock icon Stevie Nicks has devoted countless hours visiting and helping wounded warriors and their families heal—both physically and emotionally.

“I am more proud of this than Fleetwood Mac or any of the other things I’ve done,” she said.

Nicks, the Grammy-award winning singer and star of Fleetwood Mac, was in the Washington area Tuesday, receiving an award for her profound and passionate work with the USO.

“Doing this gives me something that the rest of my world does not give me and could not possibly give me,” she said.

Nicks hopes others can someday read the numerous stories of the soldiers she’s encountered, and her devotion to helping these veterans and their families is a feeling she doesn’t expect to fade any time soon.

“I have to always come back here,” she said.

[michelej1]

PR Web [click for video of Stevie, Peyton Manning, et.] 3/27/2015

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/03/prweb12614764.htm

As part of the star-studded affair, Nicks was awarded the 2015 USO-Metro Achievement Award by Corporal Vincent Mannion-Brodeur - who was severely wounded in Iraq after being hit be in IED and who Nicks has kept in touch with over the years. The singer holds the record for the most hours spent over a five-year period visiting combat-wounded service members as part of USO-Metro’s celebrity handshake hospital visits. Nicks has also donated hundreds of iPods filled with music to those recovering at the then Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. The singer was so moved by her visits with troops that she wrote the song “Soldier’s Angel,” which was released in 2011 and appears on her “In Your Dreams” album.

Attributed to Stevie Nicks:

“I have been in the ICU and talked to people who were maybe 17 hours off the battle field. It’s a different world and it is a world that I have to say, as proud as I am of my work with Fleetwood Mac and my singing, I am most proud of this. I am most proud of being a part of you. I am most proud to work with the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines and the Coast Guard.”

[enchanted]

Stevie is on OReilly Factor on Fox tonite at 8 and 11 PM Eastern showing her getting USO award

[vivfox]

[Danielle]

Originally Posted by enchanted

Stevie is on OReilly Factor on Fox tonite at 8 and 11 PM Eastern showing her getting USO award

I endured an hour of that and they never showed her getting the award, just a short clip of an interview we'd already seen.

[BlueDenimLamp]

Looks like Stevie will be in "Rolling Stone" again ( 4/23 ) issue...