Troops to Receive Musical "Thank You"

11/29/2007 Stephen L. Betts Country duos Montgomery Gentry and Brooks & Dunn are among the 13 recording artists who have created a musical “Thank You” for the troops. CD for the Troops will be available for anyone with a valid military identification card to download at no cost from the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Web site (www.aafes.com). Also included on the CD are, Billy Joel, Goo Goo Dolls, Jewel, Josh Groban, Los Lonely Boys, Melissa Ethridge, the Neville Brothers, Sarah McLachlan, the Lt. Dan Band, The Fray, and Five for Fighting. While the downloadable version of CD for the Troops will be available on the AAFES website through April, tangible versions will also find their way to the troops. Service members in theater, military hospitals and Fisher Houses will get a share of 200,000 hard CDs. Of those CDS, 50,000 will go to two care-package groups that are supporters of America Supports You. Utah-based Operation Give will get 40,000 for its Operation Christmas Stocking program, and Operation Shoebox will get 10,000 for its holiday packages.