Joe Nichols recently visited troops on US military bases in Kuwait and Iraq. His trip was filmed for the GAC special, Joe Nichols: My Military Diary, premiering Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 at 10 p.m. Eastern.

Joe Nichols spent a week this summer singing for American troops in the Middle East, and the good vibes from that trip are getting coverage on GAC, in the special Joe Nichols: My Military Diary.

Joe made some new friends on his overseas visit, and he was particularly impressed by the dedication the service men and women demonstrate on a daily basis. Their lives are on the line every hour, and they’re forced to be away from home for months at a time during their tour of duty.

Joe wishes a few more of his fellow entertainers would leave their homeland long enough to brighten things for the troops on assignment.

“I’m kind of embarrassed that a lot of very successful country music artists that don’t need the money right now, that are doing very well, haven’t even sniffed the possibility of goin’ to Iraq or Afghanistan,” he says. “Why not? It takes two weeks of your time, it doesn’t cost you a dime, what you get out of it is worlds of appreciation — and who doesn’t want that?”

Joe’s not disparaging their success — or country stars’ well-known dedication to doing charity work. He’d just like to see a little more of that be directed toward the people who make the biggest sacrifices to ensure the climate at home that allows country performers to tour and prosper.

“Be cool over here, have hit records and everything like that,” Joe continues. “But take two weeks, for cryin’ out loud… We talk about charities that are popular over here, and I think they’re convenient sometimes, but I can’t think of a better charity right now than going over and saving some thousands of troops from a little bit of misery.”

Joe Nichols: My Military Diary encores on GAC at 10 p.m. ET on Monday and 2 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

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