Jessica Simpson to Visit Fort Hood at Screening of Dukes of Hazzard Movie  7/26/05

Warner Bros. Pictures, the USO and AAFES Treat Fort Hood Troops to a Screening of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and Stars' Visit

WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Troops stationed at Fort Hood will be treated to a visit by Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson on Wednesday, July 27, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, the USO and Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). The trio will host a free screening of their new movie, "The Dukes of Hazzard," and spend time with service members and their families.

Once on base, the group will tour facilities, visit spouses and children of deployed military members, pose for pictures and shake hands with military personnel. After a question-and-answer session about the film, the stars will introduce "The Dukes of Hazzard." Knoxville, Scott and Simpson also will visit troops July 26 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Willie Nelson joins Simpson at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29.

Based on the hit television series, "The Dukes of Hazzard" follows cousins Bo (Scott) and Luke Duke (Knoxville) on a mission to save their family farm from Hazzard County's corrupt county commissioner Boss Hog (Burt Reynolds). With the help of their eye-catching cousin Daisy (Simpson) and moonshine- running Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), the boys attempt to stay one step ahead of the law in their famed 1969 Dodge Charger, nicknamed "The General Lee." The film is scheduled to hit theaters Aug. 5.

Simpson has participated on several USO tours, including a trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Oman and ships stationed in Southwest Asia shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In April 2004, she headlined the 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Iron Horse "Welcome Home" celebration at Fort Hood, Texas. Earlier this year, Simpson and husband Nick Lachey visited troops in Germany and Iraq.

About the USO: For more than 64 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale and recreation-type services to U.S. military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. The USO is supported by World Partners Anheuser-Busch Companies, AT&T Corporation, Avon Products, Inc., BAE SYSTEMS, Bass Pro Shops, Clear Channel Communications, The Coca-Cola Company, Computer Systems Center, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Military Channel, Morgan Stanley, National Football League and TriWest Healthcare Alliance. Other organizations, including the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-0600), have joined thousands of individual donors to support the USO. For more information on the USO, please visit our Web site at http://www.uso.org.

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is a joint command of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and is directed by a Board of Directors who is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. AAFES has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with articles of merchandise and services and of generating non- appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) programs. To find out more about AAFES' history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http://www.aafes.com/pa/default.asp.

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