{"id":25714,"date":"2013-09-30T00:30:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T03:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=25714"},"modified":"2016-11-26T00:42:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:42:25","slug":"us-military-brings-yoga-comedy-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/30\/us-military-brings-yoga-comedy-to-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"US Military Brings Yoga, Comedy to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/114437\/armed-with-laughter-comedians-bring-fitness-humor-afghanistan\">&#8220;Soul-dier Boot Camp&#8221; was brought to Camp Leatherneck<\/a>, Afghanistan, as part of Armed Forces Entertainment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Soul-dier Boot Camp is a yoga-inspired, high-intensity, interval cardio class designed to get participants to a high cardiovascular level and then bring them down with a calming, athletic, yoga course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the evening, the team entertained with comedy:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Debbie Praver, Lang Parker, Suzy Nece and Chris Valenti teamed together to offer a two-in-one comedy and fitness package at the camp\u2019s Town Hall. They hosted fitness classes during the day and performed comedy shows at night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yoga has been a point of <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/23\/marines-to-try-out-buddhist-mindfulness-critics-stay-silent\/\">controversy for the US military\u00a0in the past<\/a>, but the group was brought in as entertainers and were voluntarily received.\u00a0 (Still, the US military bringing eastern-religious practices into Afghanistan makes you wonder where the cries of &#8220;emboldening our enemies&#8221; are.) \u00a0 Recalling a recent incident <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/article\/20130822\/OFFDUTY02\/308220031\/Colonel-s-complaint-about-comedian-leads-review-shows\">at RAF Lakenheath<\/a>, however, the female comedians may have strayed into gender-based humor that is becoming cringe-worthy within the US military:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The comedians kept the audience laughing with jokes about the mistakes parents make when raising children, <strong>tough girls attempting to be feminine<\/strong> and the humor in crashed relationships.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the end, fitness was had, morale was reportedly raised, and the show moved on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense announced that &#8220;Soul-dier Boot Camp&#8221; was brought to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, as part of Armed Forces Entertainment: Soul-dier Boot Camp is a yoga-inspired, high-intensity, interval cardio class designed to get participants to a high cardiovascular level and then bring them down with a calming, athletic, yoga course. 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