82nd Airborne Goes Gaga in Afghanistan

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Smoking Gun:

The video, which can be viewed above, was the brainchild of Aaron Melcher, a married 24-year-old soldier who graduated in 2004 from North Carolina’s Gramercy Christian School. Melcher opens the video in a pas de deux, of sorts, with fellow enlistee Justin Baker, who is not nearly as enthusiastic a dancer as the gyrating Melcher, who incorporated elements of the original video’s choreography in his desert remake. On the following pages, you’ll find video stills of Melcher’s co-stars, along with photos of most of the soldiers in their normal work clothes.

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