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                                                                                                                                                  5December 7, 2018
                                                                                                                                             Special Visit

Thank you military spouses, families:

Celebrities, leaders, corporate executives get better appreciation for military during VIP Box Tour

       by Janell J. Lewis Ford             Guests had the chance to load up                                                                  Carver/Vulture Team Ops Group     Steve O (stuntman, Jackass):
   Some of Hollywood’s finest,          in training gear, fire high-powered                                                                                                    Says he thinks the Army is perhaps
including actors and filmmakers,        weapons, experience heavy sight,                                                                                                    more disciplined than I am.
Las Vegas and other corporate execu-    sound and smell tests, climb inside                                                                                                    “I’m also interested in teaming up
tives, and other leaders, got a little  armored fighting tanks, as well                                                                                                     with the Army to accomplish some
taste of the training that thousands    participate in scenarios where they                                                                                                 stunts that are on my bucketlist.” It
of soldiers experience 10-months out    kick in doors, catch bad guys and                                                                                                   includes “Helicopter sumo wrestling,
of every year at Fort Irwin.            save those in need.                                                                                                                 I want to have a round trampoline sus-
   The VIP Box Tour is an immer-                                                                                                                                            pended from a helicopter and dress up
sive experience with three, main           The common theme from visitors                                                                                                   in plastic sumo suits with my buddies
goals: Connecting soldiers with         was their greater appreciation for                                                                                                  and shove eachother off over the ocean
companies/businesses/executives/        what military spouses and families                                                                                                  maybe, like 50 or 60 feet up.”
leaders who can assist them (and        have to go through while their Army                                                                                                    Why he came: “To understand a
their spouses) with jobs and transi-    member is training and fighting.                                                                                                    little bit more. There’s a lot of curiosity
tioning into the civilian workforce;    Read below on why some of the                                                                                                       I have about the Army in general. (He
Introducing Hollywood and others        guests told the High Desert Warrior                                                                                                 wanted answers to) A bewilderment
into the rigorous, real-life training   they thought it was important to                                                                                                    about what I don’t understand, like
and lifestyle of a Soldier and their    participate. Some of the other guests                                                                                               I watched the documentary and it
families; and to help ensure Soldiers   included leaders from Caesar’s Palace                                                                                               upset me because it seemed like there’s
and their families are properly por-    and MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada;                                                                                                       no definable objective (to war) and it
trayed on the big and little screens    Richie Stephens (MacGyver); Brig.                                                                                                   made me sad.”
now that they have better knowledge     Gen. Belinda Pinckney, and Chris-
of what they do.                        tina Pascucci of KTLA news put to-
                                        gether a TV news story on the event.

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