Comics entertain 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade Soldiers

Photo By Spc. Emily Wilsoncroft | Comics Butch Bradley, center, and Scott Kennedy, right, joke with Staff Sgt. Joseph Navaret, Company B, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, following a comedy show, March 22, at the 3rd CAB flight line dining facility at Camp Striker, Iraq.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

03.25.2008

Story by Spc. Emily Wilsoncroft 

3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division

Spc. Emily J. Wilsoncroft,
3rd Combat Aviation Brigade,
3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – After a long day of work at the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division flight line, Falcon Soldiers were treated to dinner and a comedy show, March 22, at the flight line dining facility.

Scott Kennedy, Butch Bradley and Steve Treviño made a stopover at the Dining Facility to perform and visit with Soldiers during their tour, which was sponsored by the USO.

The three comics kept their audience in stitches, often singling out individual Soldiers to good-naturedly pick on.

"The show was really funny; it was something different to do," said Staff Sgt. Joseph Navaret, a Black Hawk pilot with Company B, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment.

Navaret, a Chicago native, was one of the pilots scheduled to fly the visitors out to a small forward operating base the following day.

In response to Treviño's challenge to "give us an exciting (helicopter) ride," Navaret chuckled.
"Oh, I'll give you something," he laughed.

All three comedians said they genuinely enjoyed performing for the Soldiers.

"The whole point is that I don't want any Soldier to feel forgotten," Bradley said.

"We're going to be here until (Soldiers) aren't," Kennedy added. "It recharges me to see how appreciative everyone is. Bringing them a little piece of home is how I serve my country."

• Date Taken: 03.25.2008
• Date Posted: 03.28.2008 17:03
• Story ID: 17879
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ