HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY FROM UMG NASHVILLE (AUDIO)

“Hey guys, I’m Billy Currington and I just wanted to say thank you to all our servicemen and women and their daily service to our country.”

“Hey, what’s up guys? We’re Brothers Osborne. We just want to send our thanks to all you servicemen and women out there and the ones who’ve gone blah blah. We just want to send our thanks to all you servicemen and women and the ones who’ve gone before you for sacrificing time with your families, sacrificing your own needs, and even sacrificing your lives so we can be free to do what we want to do. It means more than you’ll ever know.”

“Hey everybody, this is Bryce Leatherwood. For your service, your bravery, and all of your hard work, we thank you. Happy Veterans Day.”

“The one thing that I think country music fans and certainly singers, I think what we all really can appreciate and think about a lot about is the soldiers and their families. I mean, on the most basic level, I think, for me on the road, I just think about being gone two, three days at a time, maybe a couple weeks at a time. That seems like a long time when you have kids and family, but these soldiers, they’re gone for months, years at a time. They’re doing 12 to 15 to 18 months deployments. Four deployments in, they have family back home. That in itself is such a huge sacrifice and that’s just the beginning of it. That’s just scratching the surface of what these guys are doing every day. Preparing for battle, actually being in battle, being wounded in battle, sometimes dying in battle. And so this country obviously would not exist without those courageous men and women and our future depends upon them. And I think what’s great about Veterans Day and the Wounded Warriors Project was just something we’re working very closely with is it’s not just about their hurrah, hurrah, troops, we support you guys, and it’s about the long term, hurrah. It’s about being there for them, being here for them when they come back and helping them come back. Certainly the guys have been wounded, coming back to uncertain times in their lives as far as their health goes, as far as reconnecting with their family goes, and finding a job. It’s just really uncertain for them when they come back to this country. So… I think Veterans Day, it’s something that happens once a year, but I think in the country community it really is something that we are and need to be thinking about 365 days a year because those folks need us.”

“Hey everybody, this is Dierks Bentley. I just wanna say thank you to the men and women in uniform on this day and every day. Happy Memorial Day weekend.”

“Hey y’all, this is Eric Church thanking all the men and women around the world that help keep America safe. Thank you guys.”

“What I respect and admire is the sacrifice that those guys and girls go through for us to live the way they want to live too. I just think that I’m proud for our format. I’m proud for the music, that that’s something we stand by when not sure other ones do as much. I mean, not that they’re not patriotic, I just think that’s really something that we make a focal point. And just, I’m proud to be involved in that. And again, I’m very thankful for the sacrifice that those… those guys endure and it’s something that’s always been very important to me and always will be.”

“Well, I joined the Army. I spent three years in the service. I had basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, then went up for AIT in Fort Ben Harrison, Indiana. And then my final duty station was at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. And I spent two and a half years in Hawaii, two years in the Army, and then I stayed there six months after I got out. And so… The last year I was in the Army is when I started singing country music and the general, the post command in general started bands out of military personnel and I got the job as the singer in the country band. And so that’s what I did. I sang country music for the Army.”

“What’s up everybody, Jordan Davis here. I want to take a second to say thank you to all the veterans. You all did a job that I was not brave enough to do, and I am grateful for it. We live in a great country because of what you’ve done, and I hope somebody tells you that every day. So if not, let me be the one that tells you that today. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Happy Veterans Day, and I hope to see you at the show soon.”

“Hey, this is Josh Turner. I just wanted to say thank you to all our servicemen and women for what you do around.”

“To all the veterans on Veterans Day, I want to send a big I love you and I pray for you and I thank you for all your sacrifices that you have done for this country to keep this country what it is and I want to send out extra love to the families of those veterans, men and women that have served in the armed forces and the military. We love you and you have my and the country music community’s full support.”

“Hey y’all, this is Parker McCollum. Just wanted to take a quick second to say a very sincere thank you to all the great veterans of the United States of America’s Armed Forces. Being as patriotic as I am, I never pass up an opportunity to thank a veteran, especially on Veterans Day. I truly believe that the sacrifice that these men and women have paid over the years is truly worth celebrating, truly worth remembering. And anytime you can thank a veteran, please do so.”

“Hey everybody, I’m Michael. And I’m Tanya. And we’re The War & Treaty. Thank you to all my battle buddies who served on this Veterans Day.”