PLEASE READ BELOW TO GET BACK HISTORY ON MY FRIEND FRANK CAVANAUGH, I DIRECTED FILTER'S "JURASSITOL" VIDEO IN PRAGUE DURING LATE 90'S AND I KNOW HOW MUCH HIS FAMILY HAS MISSED HIM WHILE BEING AWAY IN IRAQ. MANY OF YOU KNOW HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE MARY THROUGH MYSPACE AND SUCH, I HAVE ENJOYED BEING SUPPORTIVE WHILE FRANKIE'S BEEN AWAY.
Frank Cavanaugh has taken a path most people would never expect. He was the bass player in the rock band FILTER for eight years. He gave up being a rock star and enlisted in the Army Reserves. He is a Sergeant and Paralegal and will be deploying to Iraq in April.
In March, Sgt Cavanaugh reunited with the band to play in Kuwait in the Operation My Space concert.
When the age limit for entering the military was fast approaching, Cavanagh said, he knew he had to take action. "At the time when I joined, the age limit was 35 and I was 34. ... I thought, 'I really want to do something with the military before I can't anymore; I never want to look back and regret it.'"
Cavanagh said it's important for servicemembers to understand what their sacrifice means to America.
"Political or not, if you live in America, it's a country that allows you to express yourself politically," he said. "And the whole reason behind that is the people in the military have made sacrifices so that our country can be what it is."
To read more about Sgt Cavanaugh - go here: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49407
To hear an interview with Sgt Cavanaugh about the band and his Army service - go here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/PentagonRadioNetwork/ASYLive/2008/03/27/A-Rock-Star-Military-Sergeant-
Operation MySpace was a concert to honor American military soldiers by MySpace that aired on the internet on myspace.com. The event was held on March 10, 2008 in Kuwait. It will be re-broadcast for television on Saturday April 12, 2008 at 11p.m. on FX.
And, kudos to Dr Pepper who foot the bill to get Sgt Cavanaugh to Kuwait for the reunion concert~~
This You Tube video some of the concert: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nuPn91EDz3I
Sgt Cavanaugh is at the beginning and at about 2:50 into the video.
SO TODAY A LARGE BOX WAS WAITING AT MY FRONT DOOR, I SAW FRANK'S NAME ON IT AND WAS BAFFLED TO WHAT COULD BE INSIDE. I DID KNOW THAT HE JUST GOT HOME SAFELY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO. WHEN I OPENED THE BOX, I WAS SPEACHLESS AND GOT EXTREMELY CHOKED UP.......
FRANK IS ON THE RIGHT, BELOW IS A PHOTO OF HIM WITH FILTER BEFORE PLAYING TO THE TROOPS! FRANK YOU ROCK MY WORLD!!!! WELCOME HOME BRO AND GET OUT HERE FOR A VISIT...
