Matt Poss Band - The Official Website

The Matt Poss Band have sons, brothers, nephews, cousins and friends who currently serve in the military. Through an ongoing relationship with Armed Forces Entertainment, the band have been on multiple tours to entertain troops, at big bases and small F.O.B.'s, on foreign soil and at home. These tours have allowed the band the opportunity to witness the daily existence of our troops, in peaceful environments as well as war zones. The tours have also allowed the band to spend significant time with troops working in harsh environments to preserve our freedoms. Those freedoms, and our way of life, are hard won. Hats off to our troops. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Please be safe, and come home soon. Okay, on to the fun stuff. Troops - this page is dedicated to you. You deserve a way to pat yourself on the back! Click Here to create a new email, then attach a photo of yourself, and include any information regarding your service in the message, as well as an optional dedication to family or friends back home. We will then post them at the bottom of this page, at our earliest opportunity. This is also open to anyone to submit information about someone from their family who is currently serving in the military, or is a veteran. Incidentally, Matt Poss Band is quite possibly the only band in history who have hitched a 4-hour ride on a USAF C-17 cargo jet from Kyrgyzstan to Afghanistan in the dark of night, carrying guitars and wearing ill-fitting flak vests and helmets while half-drunk on Russian Beer. (Number 9's from Manas, for those in the know!)


Rob, Matt Poss Band drummer, has a passion for making movies. To the right of this paragraph is a music video he threw together about the Matt Poss Band 'Stan Tour of 2009. The music in the video is an acoustic demo of the song The Man Who Went Up The Mountain, which was written on the plane returning from the tour. The song is about how being a soldier and participating in a war can change a man. Mac, Matt Poss Band guitarist, took a ton of pictures and video footage during the tour, and upon returning put together a web journal about the tour. You can find that by clicking HERE. What an experience. Hats off to our troops for living that life for months and years at a time. You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.	You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.

Troops Submissions Hi Matt, My husband is from Palestine, Illinois, and we love your band and went to many concerts. Right now he is stationed in Bagram, Afghaninistan. The picture I attached is my husband Bill. I just wanted to say thank you for all your support to our troops! Rebecca Nethery Fort Drum, NY Thanks for all you do for out troops. My son Hank Doedtman is stationed at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan and is a huge fan and has your cd's over there with him. He just named his gun truck "Three Bricks Shy" LOL Tammy Doedtman The Boys From Southern Illinois We're the Boys from Southern Illinois who live in caves and ditches, We beat our bleep on jagged rocks, We're rugged sonsabitches Hi Matt, my name is Hank Doedtman from Effingham and am serving in Afghanistan. Here's a couple pictures of my guncrew and our truck, the "Three Bricks Shy." Hope you don't mind that we named it after your song, but it pretty much sums up our crew. We're all three "three bricks shy" so that describes us well. My driver's name is Kylie Dawkins from Louisville, and I'm the gunner. We're both really big fans of yours. Our truck commander is Dan Welker from northern Illinois and we're introducing your music to him. I read that you're coming to Afghanistan in April and I sure hope you can make it to Camp Phoenix, you got a ton of fans here. Well, your songs are awesome and thanks for all the support. Lisa Schoenhoff (Sho'Nuff) From: Effingham IL Branch: IL National Guard Stationed: Afghanistan (I'm adding this one personally. - Matt) Lisa is 22 year old country girl in the IL Guard who enjoys ATV riding, horse riding, boating, swimming, mudding, drinking, etc... Lisa is also engaged (sorry fellas!) Seriously, she is over in Afghanistan right now kicking butt and taking names. Cheers Lisa! Snowman: Well, where do I start? I'm from Corbin but my family lives in Russell Springs now so i guess that's home. I'm in the US Air Force and I am a mechanic. I work on construction and special purpose, heavy equipment. I'm stationed at Ramstein Air Base right now but I've been to many other places. I've hiked in the Swiss Alps, white water rafted in Slovenia, swam in the Meditternean Sea, been to the top of Hitlers Eagles Nest in Austria, layed my eyes on the Mona Lisa in Paris, visited Gen. Patton's grave, and driven convoys on the most dangerous road in the world (MSR Tampa in Iraq). That's just the start of it. My nickname is "Country Ass Will," and I was recently asked if I work on a farm just by the way I dress. My call sign is "Snowman" because my convoy commander said that I sound like the truck driver from "Smokey and the Bandit." R.I.P. Jerry Reed. I love country music, my family, my truck, God, and I have the utmost respect for anyone who has ever put themselves in harms way defending our country. I'm in Kuwait now doing convoys into Iraq with the Army. It's my second time for convoys and my third tour in OIF/OEF. I have an amazing girlfriend who will one day be my wife and have my kids. I love you more than anything Steph. If you want to know more about me, just ask. Justin Combat Medic, 1 Cav From: Charleston, IL Stationed: Fort Sam, San Antonio, TX hey matt this is our son Thomas Goldstein who will be enduring freedom soon he is with the mattoon unit alpha 634 so please pray for him and all the troops. We thank you for all the you and Rolling thunder do for the troops Hey Matt, This is my grandson, Josh Smith, in Afganastan with Bravo Co from Effingham. He was just married, to Chelsea, in April of this year and was deployed in Sept. We miss him and the rest of his buddies very much. We all appreciate what you are doing for our troops and we love you and Rolling Thunder. Stephen J. Scott (US Army) Hometown: Taylorville, IL Stationed: Iraq Hey Matt, this is a photo of the hellhounds on the steps of the Ziggurat in Iraq. If anyone had friends these are the one’s that you would want. No matter what we can talk, give guidance to each other and help out when in needed. This is my Military Family. I'm houston (on the left) Im 23 years old in the army gettin ready to come home from cuba and go to fort sill oklahoma. im a straight up country boy i like anything to do with the country if its ridin fourwheelers or goin deer huntin or fishin im game i love to just get out and have fun and get dirty. i have an amazing woman in my life her name is jessica she trys to keep me inline and shes been doin a pretty good job of it here lately i miss her a lot and cant wait to get home to see her. Hey Matt, I seen on your website that you have a "for the troops" section and i was wanting to send ya this pic of my brother, also a fan of yours now too; he is Germany still awaiting to have back surgery, the Chinook he was flying kinda crashed, he lost 2 of his friends in the crash and 6 of them survived (total 8 passengers) all while flying over bagdad .We were all hoping he would make it home for the forth of july, but the doctors wont clear him to fly until he has the surgery. Anyways, here is a picture of him...his name is Sgt. George Goicochea (go ahead and try saying it...lol). His friends and him loved the song Rolling Thunder a lot, makes them remember why they are doing what they are. CJ

Troops Submissions