On a makeshift stage cobbled together with crates and canvas, my body pumped full of prochlorperazine and scopolamine, fighting off dehydration, exhaustion and seasickness, bobbing atop the high seas on the landing pad of a Navy ship, I see the laughing faces of the troops and I smile as I think, “This is worth it.”

Over the last couple of years I have been more than fortunate to be part of Comics On Duty, the ongoing series of comedy shows for the U.S. Armed Forces. Executive producer Rich Davis takes the tour, now in its 19th year, all over the world to wherever the troops are. This time it was fellow comedian JR Brow and I heading off to undisclosed locations on ships at sea!