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National Recording Artist My Silent Bravery Featuring Matthew Wade Lends New Track Cant uit as Ride The!e Song

# O: 1st Lt Steve Hallenbeck NC, USAFa Flight Nurse and civilian RNstationed at Stratton Air National
uard !ase "AN !# in Scotia, N$%$, and S&Sgt$ 'ug Coons, USAFan Aero(edical )vacuation *echnician and civilian RN+ill announce their ,lans to e(bark on a -../(ile, eight/da0 bic0cle ride 1ro( Stratton Air Force !ase in Scotia, N$%$, to Andre+s Air Force !ase in 2rince eorge3s Count0, &d$, to raise a+areness and 1unds 1or the 4ounded 4arrior 2ro5ect "442# this &e(orial 'a0 4eek$ *he duo +ill leave Stratton AN ! on &onda0, &a0 67, 6.11, at noon and are e8,ected to arrive at Andre+s AF! in &ar0land on Sunda0 o1 &e(orial 'a0 4eekend$ Hallenbeck and Coons recentl0 returned 1ro( a de,lo0(ent at Andre+s$ *heir 5ob, +hile de,lo0ed, is to care 1or the sick and +ounded U$S$ soldiers and (arines co(ing ho(e 1ro( the battle1ields o1 +ar in the &iddle )ast and else+here around the globe$ 9:t;s a(a<ing ho+ a si(,le ,air o1 sna,/o11 ,ants that the 442 ,rovides can hel, in the 1ield +hen +e are caring 1or a 0oung soldier3s leg that has been reduced to steel bars as a result o1 an encounter +ith an i(,rovised e8,losive device ":)'#,= said Hallenbeck$ 94e as a nation cannot do enough 1or the ,eo,le that have given so (uch o1 the(selves 1or the greater good o1 the +orld, no (atter +hat our ,olitical ideals,= added Coons$ National Recording Artist &0 Silent !raver0 Featuring &atthe+ 4ade, +hose (usic has been 1eatured on high ,ro1ile Net+ork *> sho+s such as the C4 Net+ork3s One Tree Hill, &*>3s Real World and the ?80gen Net+ork3s Bad Girls Club, has agreed to ,re/release the title song o1 his u,co(ing C' Cant Quit as the ride the(e song$ *he song, +ritten and ,er1or(ed b0 4ade, +as sha,ed b0 gold and ,latinu( ,roducer Anthon0 Resta ")lton @ohn, Collective Soul, Sha+n &ullins, 'uran 'uran, usterA#$ :n addition to ,roducing a (usic video highlighting the herculean recover0 e11orts o1 the +ounded +arrior, 4ade has agreed to (ake his track available 1or do+nload in advance o1 its release +ith all ,roceeds going directl0 to the 442 in the na(e o1 Hallenbeck and Coons$ For (ore in1or(ation ,lease visit: +++$dugandsteve$co($

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