Clint Black & Celine Dion Salute The Military

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fl. (Top40 Charts) - Clint Black will join Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson, and Lonestar on the deck of America's newest aircraft carrier for a show to kick off National Military Appreciation Month on May 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The special is part of a spectacular kick-off to A National Salute To The U.S. Military, a multi-faceted program honoring men and women in the United States Armed Forces.

Black is no stranger to playing for the men and women of the U.S. military, as he performed for U.S. troops stationed in Somalia late last year. In between performances, Black got to meet and hang out with some of the soldiers. "You can't help but stand in awe," he told. "You're standing there talking to a guy who's as nice and friendly and warm and smiling as anybody you'd ever meet, but, when it hits the fan, you know, he's going right on in. I just have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for those people."

A highlight of the singer's trip to Somalia was coming face to face with some of the military's star power. "Meeting all the generals who'd been through all the wars since Vietnam. . .You know, these guys that are relatively young but they've seen it.
Their attitudes are just, 'We're here, we're peacekeepers and we're gonna go around and make these idiots stop fighting each other.'"

The show, held aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, will air as a CBS TV special on May 25 at 9 p.m. ET. In addition to musical acts, the special will include stand-up comedy and incredible footage from aboard the USS Harry S. Truman and from Fleet Week and the Air & Sea Show.