The document summarizes the 2009 NCAA Coaches Tour organized by Morale Entertainment and Armed Forces Entertainment. The tour took 7 NCAA head football coaches on a trip visiting US military bases and troops deployed in Iraq and other regions. At each stop, the coaches met with troops, signed autographs, taught football skills, and participated in question and answer sessions. Some key events included visiting wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, playing a flag football game in Iraq, and staying at one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Baghdad.

1. NCAA Coaches Tour 2009
Organized by:
Morale Entertainment
in Association with
Armed Forces Entertainment

2. Coaches Tour 2009 begins at the home
base of our KC-135 aerial refueling tanker
aircraft - McConnell Air Force Base. All our
long-range flights were flown in this tanker.

3. Donations totaling 12,300 pounds of
T-shirts, hats, footballs, posters, books,
etc. were sorted and stacked on pallets

4. Three coaches joined the trip at McConnell AFB. Here, Jim Tressel, Jim Grobe and
Troy Calhoun are given a tour of McConnell Air Force Base including a close-up look
at a refueling boom on a tanker aircraft.

5. Coach Jim Tressel is shown how to operate a robot used where it is
too dangerous for troops.

6. Coach Troy Calhoun sights a
weapon system

7. The coaches had an opportunity
to ride in a full motion flight
simulator of the KC135

8. Coach Jim Grobe is fitted with full
protective gear we will need to wear
while flying into Iraq

9. Air Force crewmembers working through
configuration plans to fit all seats, cargo and
personnel on our mission

10. Sprint was one of this year’s
Coaches Tour sponsors. Sprint
provided 20 international cell
phones for troops to make free calls
from downrange to their loved ones
in the States.

11. Capt. Eric Junkins (on right) and Capt. Chris Dieter fly our KC-135 Stratotanker carrying
Coaches Tour 2009 participants overseas. Both pilots are assigned to the
Air Refueling Group at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas

12. Our KC-135 makes a stop at Scott Air
Force Base in Illinois. Here Coach
Grobe is greeted by three star General
Vern Findley, Vice Commander, Air
Mobility Command.

13. The four remaining coaches join the tour at Scott AFB. Here four star General Arthur Lichte briefs
the entire group of coaches about the global mission of Air Mobility Command. AMC operates
a fleet larger than all of American Airlines and Federal Express combined.

14. Coaches Rick
Neuheisel and
Tommy Tuberville
listen intently to our
mission briefing in
General Lichte’s
office

15. The coaches discuss our mission
as we launch from Scott AFB
headed for Germany

16. We land at Ramstein AFB on a
beautiful day. Here Ray Caldiero
stretches after our 8 hour flight.

17. It is “Appreciation Day” at Ramstein AFB. We are invited to
join a barbecue with the troops and their families.

18. School children greet us
with music

19. Smiles all around as troops have their
photos taken with their favorite coach

20. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Every day, planes land at Ramstein AFB with severely injured US soldiers from Iraq and
Afghanistan. In the biggest American military hospital in Europe, lives are saved,
limbs amputated, gunshot wounds patched up and burn victims treated.

21. Coach Brown had
created a special
healing medallion as
gifts for the wounded

22. We were all touched by
the thankfulness for our
visit expressed
universally by the
wounded troops

24. Jim Tressel autographs
a hat from Ohio State
for a grateful soldier

25. Hospital staff were
tickled to have their
team’s coach visit and
share stories

26. School t-shirts were given to
all visited patients and staff

27. Everyone wanted a photo to
remember the day

30. Some die-hard
fans make up
their own shirts

32. Fans await
our first
question
and answer
session

33. Tommy Tuberville, our
only returning coach,
moderates the
Q&A session

34. Then, the autograph
and picture taking
opportunities begin

37. School fans can’t wait to
express their gratitude on
camera about the opportunity
to meet their idols

42. After a long day, the entire group enjoys a German feast
at a local outdoor restaurant

43. The coaches each
had the opportunity
to sit with the
troops during
meals. This gave
various school fans
a chance to
discuss football in
great depth. Here
Mack Brown
enjoys the
camaraderie.

44. Troy Calhoun was given the
opportunity to speak to the
troops over breakfast.

45. We have just landed at Incirlik Air Force Base in Adana, Turkey. At each stop, we are taken
on a base tour to understand the unique operations required for their mission.

46. During our visit
in Turkey, we
stop by a crew
from Michigan
repairing a
refueling boom
off of a KC-135
tanker

47. There is immediate competition between
these Michigan fans and Ohio State’s Coach
Jim Tressel, but always in good fun

48. The Michigan crew tries to surprise Coach Tressel with
a “Challenge Coin” from The University of Michigan

49. But, he meets
their challenge by
presenting them
with an Ohio
State Coin

50. After a lot of laughs and good
cheer, we take a group photo

51. We had numerous Q&A sessions that gave the troops
many opportunities to verbalize those questions they
always wanted to ask their favorite coach.

52. The Coaches provided
thorough answers to
sometimes provocative
questions
Then, the autograph
and picture taking
opportunities began

53. We traveled to areas of bases where the
troops were getting ready for the day’s
duties. Here, Coach Grobe addresses a
base security force.

54. Coach Calhoun personally
thanks each member of this
Security detail

55. After the coaches had a chance to talk with everyone,
they were happy to pose for a group picture

56. After a long day on the
base in Incirlik - Turkey, we
head out to dinner off base

57. After an amazing array of
salads, a wooden plank is
placed on the table with freshly
baked bread on top

58. Then, the master chef
brings to the table a long
sword with lamb, chicken
and vegetables skewered
on the full length

59. The sword is extracted while many waiters hold
the meats and vegetables in place

60. Finally individual portions are cut
and served on plates. We all enjoy
scrumptious Turkish food!

61. The following morning, we transfer all
personnel and SWAG from our KC-135
to a C-17 with defensive counter
measures that will fly us into Iraq

62. 1
The Boeing Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. The C-17 was developed for the United
States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 is used for rapid
strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases anywhere in the
world. It has the ability to rapidly deploy a combat unit to a potential battle area and sustain it with on-going
supplies. The C-17 is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions.

63. The coaches are getting excited about
taking off to visit the troops in Iraq

64. Traveling with us our entire mission was
Colonel Bart Weiss, whose previous
deployment was running air operations at
Incirlik AFB. However, he didn't always
want to be a squadron commander. In 1985,
he was an Air Force Academy quarterback
who was the first in academy history to
rush and pass for more than 1,000 yards in
a season (and played with Coach Calhoun).
Sports writers considered him a Heisman
Trophy contender. Even the Atlanta
Falcons courted Colonel Weiss during his
senior year.

65. We inspect the
cavernous interior of
the C-17

66. Each Coach got a chance to sit
in the C-17 cockpit and peer
through the “Heads Up Display”

68. Our C-17 is configured, the cargo
loaded and our coaches take their
seats for our flight to Iraq.

69. Coach Nutt is given a
weapon indoctrination by
a member of
our security detail

70. Colonel Ed Shock, Head of Armed Forces
Entertainment briefs Colonel Weiss and other Military
personnel about our day’s schedule and logistics for our
arrival into Balad - Iraq

71. Our fully loaded C-17 departs Turkey for Iraq

73. As we cross over
Turkish airspace into
Iraq, it is eerily beautiful
from 41,000 feet

74. Once in Iraqi airspace, we
are required to suit up in our
41 pound flack jackets and
battle helmets

75. Jim Tressel gives
an interview to our
video crew about
what it means to
visit our Military
men and women in
uniform in Iraq

76. After landing in Balad, a
pallet mover positions itself
at the end of the lowered
C-17 cargo ramp.

77. All seven NCAA Head Football
Coaches push tons of SWAG off the
C-17, onto the pallet mover

78. There will be hundreds of troops excited to
receive t-shirts, hats, books and posters being
off-loaded by the Coaches

79. Our C-17 flight crew wanted a picture
memorializing their mission to transport
our Coaches into Iraq

80. After off-loading the
SWAG and removing
their body armor, the
Coaches deplane
through the aft cargo
ramp onto the base

82. Col. Sal Nodjomian has an Ohio State shrine
in his office. For him, it was like having “Elvis”
walk in when Coach Tressel visited

83. These helicopters are flying ambulances. The
statistics are overwhelming. If an injured
solider arrives at a field hospital with a pulse,
there is a 98% probability he will survive.

85. Our Coaches were asked to sign a memory
wall at the hospital in Balad

87. There were die-hard college football
fans in Iraq that came prepared to
show their team spirit

88. The level of enthusiasm was unbelievable. We did observe that the troops in active war zones
had the highest energy levels probably resulting from higher than normal daily stress.

89. Col Nodjomian was thrilled to be photographed between
national champion coaches.

90. During our Balad
Base tour, we were
shown confiscated
Al-Qaeda weapons

91. Troy Calhoun wanted to hold some of the
enemy weapons

92. Coach Calhoun holding an
autographed Air Force
Academy football with some
of his fans

93. Coach Brown provides instructions to several
of the football players about some of the skills
training they would experience

94. The coaches loved
teaching the troops new
skills that would improve
their flag football games
even on these dusty and
rock strewn fields

95. Each coach worked with
smaller groups testing
the new skills the troops
were being taught

96. In a war zone, all active military have weapons at the ready. We
were trained what to do if there was a mortar attack.

97. Although there was an intense dust storm, both
teams wanted to play flag football. Tommy
Tuberville brushed up on local game rules

98. The teams for this game would be Air Force vs.
Army. The coaches divided up with Coach
Calhoun naturally working with the Air Force team.

99. Strategies are developed.

100. Each coach had words of inspiration.

101. Fans posted banners
and rooted for their
respective team

102. Tommy Tuberville would be an
active referee on the field and
tossed the coin to determine
who would kick and receive

103. Houston Nutt, wearing his famous Ole Miss
hat analyzes game plays

105. The Air Force
Captain talks over
the game with
Coach Grobe

106. Mack Brown watches from the sidelines with
some of his Army team players

107. When the game is over, all are
pleased to have participated

108. Under Armour shirts are given to all the players and a team picture is captured

109. And one with the Under Armour Banner

110. In addition to 130,000 troops in Iraq there are a similar number of contractors. They
were equally thrilled to get an autograph from a favorite coach.

111. We depart Balad for Baghdad well after
midnight on a C-130 transport

112. Coach Calhoun Promotes New Captains
While waiting to board our C-130, Troy Calhoun, head football coach at the Air
Force Academy, promotes Phil Shapiro and Alecia Fogerty to the rank of Captain
during a late-night impromptu ceremony on a flightline in Iraq. Both officers are Air
Force C-130 Hercules pilots who flew Calhoun and six other NCAA football
coaches to visit troops in Bagdad.

113. Our C-130 was totally blacked out for our late night flight over Iraq. Full battle gear is required.

114. We land in Baghdad,
board our bus and
drive to our
accommodations
arriving at 3:00 AM

115. For two nights in Baghdad, we were
fortunate to be housed in one of
Saddam Hussein’s 99 Palaces. This
one had not been destroyed

116. The interior was filled with
ornate furniture and marble
everywhere

118. Jim Grobe contemplates
what it would be like to rule
a country as he sits on
Saddam Hussein’s throne

119. A Group Shot in the Palace

120. A message from a reservist:
“I know the troops really appreciate you taking the time
to visit them. While being deployed you focus so much
on your job that you forget what it means to be home,
especially for the troops deployed to combat zones.
When tours like yours comes through, it gives everyone
an opportunity to take a step back and reflect. Even if
the visit only lasts 10 minutes, it gives the folks an
opportunity to remember home life. That 10 minutes
triggers a lot of memories from home and can last for a
few days or even weeks. Once they return home from
their deployments, they will soon forget about how bad
their conditions were, but will always remember the
people they met.

121. Although it was hot and dry during our tour, it
can be wet and muddy for our soldiers to
operate Hummers.

122. Our security
force was
happy to let
the coaches
hold their
weapons for a
picture

123. MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
vehicles) in Iraq cost at least $500,000 each.

124. The troops were thrilled to show off and
describe their MRAP vehicle
capabilities

127. Coaches Meet Privately
with and were Briefed by
Four-Star General Odierno
General Raymond T. Odierno, (born 1954)
USA, is the current Commanding General,
Multi-National Force—Iraq (MNF-I). He
assumed command on September 16,
2008. He previously served as Commanding
General, III Corps, from May 2006 to May
2008. As the day-to-day Commander of the
MNC-I, he was the operational architect of
the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and is
credited with implementing the
counterinsurgency strategy that, along with
the earlier rise of the Sunni Awakening
militia movement, led to the decrease in
violence during his tenure in Iraq from late
2006 to early 2008. The Weekly Standard
has argued that his employment of forces to
quell violence across Iraq "redefined the
operational art of counterinsurgency".

129. Troops can only attend a Q&A or other session if they are not on duty at that time.
Numerous meeting opportunities were scheduled to allow smaller groups to have a
chance to talk with and meet their team’s coach.

130. Many unusual items were presented to
the coaches for signatures

131. Mack Brown was thrilled to see a framed and
signed Texas jersey on display in Iraq. He chose
this location for an on-camera interview.

132. Tommy Tuberville used his late afternoon to practice
his golf swing at the Palace

133. Mack Brown is awed by being in Iraq with our
troops as he reflects on the days events

134. Troy Calhoun was thrilled to fly from
Baghdad with these 135 troops heading
home from their deployment in Iraq.

135. After we landed in Kuwait, David Raih
was happy to see our KC-135 waiting
for us to fly our tour onto Djibouti

136. Mike Whalen and Col Ed Shock discuss logistics while boarding our KC-135 in Kuwait

137. We flew over Saudi Arabia and the Red
Sea to our destination, Djibouti in the
Horn of Africa

138. 1
Col Shock took charge of moving personal gear at
each stop to our sleeping quarters and SWAG to
respective venues for autographs

139. This is the only US
Military Base in Africa,
a Naval Base run by
Admiral Kurta

141. They take their football very seriously in
Djibouti. Prior to the game, Coach
Brown interviews Admiral Kurta about
that night’s competition.

142. Unlike the sand and rock football field in
Iraq, in Djibouti, the field is fully covered
with artificial turf and stadium lights
allow nighttime games

143. The National Anthem is Played

144. Navy’s Football Captain gets the team fired
up while Rick Neuheisel listens intently

146. The Coaches
love the passion
and enthusiasm
of these players.

147. After the game, the coaches
shook hands with all who played.

151. Every time we entered a mess hall to
eat, troops swarmed the coaches to
spend time, enjoy a meal and listen to
their thoughts

152. Houston Nutt was awed by the poverty
of the local population surrounding the
Naval Base. We stopped for a picture
on the way to the airport.

154. Our final stop is another
Naval Base in Rota,
Spain. The coaches sit
on the edge of a golf
course to answer
questions.

155. Tommy Tuberville was
surprised by the
adoring Auburn fans
that couldn’t wait to
meet him.

156. An Ole Miss
family each
receives signed
“camouflage”
footballs from
Coach Nutt.

159. The coaches developed
wonderful relationships
with each other
during the tour.

160. Our final opportunity to
enjoy local cuisine was
at this Flamenco
restaurant. Here
octopus is prepared
and served with other
delicacies.

161. The Base Commander
was a die-hard UCLA
fan and brought his wife
to meet Rick Neuheisel.

162. Time for one last group
photo with our flight
crew by the beach in
Spain.

163. Our Mission Commander, Maj Lucas Jobe was
ready to lead our group on the flight back to
Andrews AFB

164. There’s
always time
for a little
friendly
competition
between a
young Air
Force
Captain and
Coach
Tressel

165. It was an extraordinary privilege to travel with
these wonderful men on our mission of morale.