Soldiers from Latham base to appear on 'Colbert Report'
LATHAM -- Three New York Army National Guard soldiers will appear on Wednesday's edition of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, according to a spokesperson for the 206th Military Police Company.
Staff Sgt. Kent Theobald from Fort Johnson, Sgt. Joshua Flint from Cherry Valley, and Specialist Jeffrey Vucich from Rhinebeck, will "ferry Stephen Colbert up to the doors of his studio in an M1117 Armored Security Vehicle like those operated by Military Police units in Iraq," according to a NYANG press release.
"The skit will open the fakes news report's salute to American service personnel who served in Iraq," the press release continues.
The three soldiers are based in Latham and were part of a 180-member team that deployed to Iraq in September 2009 and returned in June. The unit provided security during the Iraqi elections in March, and trained Iraqi police officers.
The episode, titled "Been There, Won That: The Returnification of the American-Do Troopscape!," will feature an audience composed of Iraq veterans and feature Gen. Raymond Odierno, who recently turned over the top American command in Iraq to Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, and Vice President Joseph Biden, according to the NYANG press release.
It will air at 11:30 p.m. on the Comedy Central network.
