Tech. Sgt. Stephen Brannen talks with Army Spc. Matthew Coons after a Wild Blue Country performance at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, April 29, 2011. The group, deployed from the Air Force Academy Band at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., received a standing ovation at the end of its performance. Sergeant Brannen, a Nashville, Tenn., native, is a guitarist and vocalist for Wild Blue Country. Specialist Coons is a motor transport operator with Forward Support Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Terence Ewings)