scope:

This program provides free, quality, live, professional entertainment to U.S. Armed Forces personnel and their family members stationed overseas. Priority is given to remote and isolated locations, ships at sea, and contingency operations overseas. The goal of the program is to promote retaining resilient, ready Service Members and their families by offering entertainment programming to overseas locations where U.S. Service Members are stationed or deployed. The Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) program augments existing installation organic entertainment programming and should not be viewed as the sole source of entertainment capabilities. While providing these capabilities, the Armed Forces Entertainment program provides entertainers with an appreciation of the hardships Service Members endure and helps them serve as a vital link between those at home and those protecting our national security.