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freedom to rock armed forces tour has been created for those who have risked their lives for our freedom and those who have fallen will never be forgotten if we can bring in one smile and a happy thought to those in the armed forces this would accomplish what we aimed for this is why we have created this tour for those who do not support the war know we support our troops music is known to calm the soul but is now being practiced at the hospital as a therapy to help those with ptsd i am proud to announced our association with the guitars for vets and the united states entertainment forces these nonprofit organizations bring in hope transition and understanding for our troops recovery back into the civilian world our tribute to the troops we are dedicated to you exclusively in any way to bring back our appreciation for all you do for our freedom our dreams life and everything that exists is because of them the armed forces of america this is for you our gift of music loretta palacios ceo founder freedom to rock registered federal government duns 961666497 cage 6ble6 501c 3 tax exempt non-profit organization tax id 26-4367298

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freedom to rock about the ftr tour freedom to rock a non-profit organization was conceived by loretta working along side many of our troops and officers she felt they needed something to bring up their morale before freedom to rock was actually born she had organized concert events within the military installations as loretta represents llc they were created in night club and outdoor familyoriented festival environments for the marines and navy earning her several officers recommendations ftr is pleased to have raymond herrera a metal rock legend member of fear factory arkaea as our executive partner and ftr board member herrera brings in his talents and his associations with the music industry and a-list entertainment for ftr with the support of an entire organization behind her the freedom to rock armed forces tour will be an annual music event at military installations all across the u.s featuring billboard charting headliners as well as talented up-and-coming artists these events will feature a full live production setup including a massive stage professional sound engineers stage crew and top of the line lighting freedom to rock is funded directly though sponsorships and donations promotions are handled directly on the bases with flyers marquees email and posters approval process for outside promotions with sponsorships media radio and live video streaming will be processed through freedom to rock show your support for our troops without them we would not have freedom to dream freedom to live freedom to rock disclaimer neither the united states armed forces nor the department of defense has approved en dorsed or authorized this website www.freedomtorock.org

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freedom to rock military market unique opportunity · · · · untapped military market resource reach an 8.3 million member military community serving on active duty you are looking to be a super consumer demographics 18 24 yr old 80 nationwide military audience in one performance and 20 family members retirees estimated armed forces audience per tour of 2,000 to 1,000,000 with public invitation the audience size increases drastically entire base total 2,500,000 with family members the numbers may change due to the headliners and size of venue that will be announced as a 3rd party approved vendor for entertainment for the armed forces freedom to rock is able to bring in sponsors onto the bases to receive promotion for their product that otherwise could not come in because of competitors product that dominates the base product will be advertised and able to be sold at the exchange if approved armed forces will be able to see brochures taste or have product demonstrated promotions through the armed forces via 6 marquees with 62,000 impressions per day newspapers email posters outside media support and radio station military personnel are active internet users over 96 have computers and internet access on base and overseas nearly half report 6 hrs online each day at home deployment on online video games and purchasing through the internet military personnel coming from deployment have money to spend to purchase large items such as motorcycles cars etc generates positive publicity about your company identifies your product service with the military market activities and lifestyles advertise and give visibility to your product service using sponsor s logo on signs banners tickets military installation publications cable tv post wide emails posters flyers and much more on-post marquee messages estimated messages reach 80,000 vehicles per day provides opportunities at event to have right to sale or sample products services to demonstrate brand attributes inclusion in scripted event announcement and opportunity to participate in the event program generates awareness through brand or product at the sponsored event or program of active duty soldiers live internet and phone streaming through today s technology show your support wherever internet is available with freedom to rock · · · · · · · · · · · · · disclaimer neither the united states armed forces nor the department of defense has approved en dorsed or authorized this website www.freedomtorock.org

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freedom to rock armed forces audience demographics dm dc information and technology for better decision making assigned strength of active duty force september 2010 service army navy marine corps air force coast guard total enlisted 467,537 270,460 181,221 263,439 32,890 1,215,547 officers 94,442 52,679 21,391 66,201 8,437 243,150 total 561,979 323,139 202,612 329,640 41,327 1,458,697 percent 38.5 22.2 13.9 22.6 2.8 100 percentage of active duty by service coast guard 2.8 air force 22.6 marine corps 13.9 navy 22.2 army 38.5 1.4 million assigned includes warrant officers includes marine corps dm dc 3 information and technology for better decision making november 2010 age distribution of active duty force percentage distribution by age september 2010 100 80 51-59 41-50 31-40 22-30 18-21 60 almost half are between 22-30 yrs marine corps has highest percentage of 18-21 year olds 33 average age of total active duty force is 29 40 20 0 army navy marine corps 22-30 48.1 48.4 48.5 47.3 47.5 48 air force coast guard 41-50 8.7 8.1 3.3 9.8 12.3 8.2 total service army navy marine corps air force coast guard total 18-21 16.3 16.6 33.4 14.2 9.8 18.1 31-40 26.1 26.1 14.7 28 29.2 25 51-59 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.7 1.1 0.7 average age 29 29 25 30 30 29 may not add to 100.0 due to rounding includes marine corps 8 november 2010

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freedom to rock armed forces audience demographics dm dc information and technology for better decision making race profile of active duty force race distribution september 2010 service army navy marine corps air force coast guard total white 73.7 63.8 83.5 77.6 83.8 73.9 minorities 26.3 36.2 16.5 22.4 16.2 26.1 black 21.4 18.5 11 15.4 6.1 17.5 other 4.9 17.8 5.5 7.1 10.1 8.5 over one-fourth are race minorities 26 blacks comprise nearly one-fifth 18 of active duty force includes black other includes marine corps dm dc 5 information and technology for better decision making november 2010 marital profile of active duty force percentage married september 2010 80 71 69.9 69.1 68.2 70 73.9 70 60 56.4 half are married total active duty rate is 57 ranges from 49 in marine corps to 61 in coast guard half of enlisted force 54 are married 56.2 57.2 51.4 50 40 30 20 10 0 46.5 53.8 army navy marine corps enlisted air force officers coast guard total five-sevenths 70 of officers are married includes warrant officers numbers do not equal 100 because other marital status not listed includes marine corps 6 november 2010

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freedom to rock armed forces audience demographics dm dc information and technology for better decision making active duty gender distribution percent female september 2010 16 12.9 15.6 16 6 6.7 army navy one-seventh are female enlisted officers 18.7 19.3 marine corps air force has highest percent of women 19 officers 19 enlisted air force coast guard 15.6 12.8 15.7 total 14.1 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 0 includes warrant officers includes marine corps dm dc 4 information and technology for better decision making november 2010 education profile of active duty force enliste d se pte mbe r 2010 pe rce nt hsdg above 87.6 95.2 96.6 100 99.5 93.6 85 90 95 100 army almost all enlisted are high school grads 94 of total dod enlisted earned high school diploma or equivalent and above 90 of total dod officers have a college degree or higher nav y marine corps air force coast guard total 80 office rs se pte mbe r 2010 pe rce nt w ith ba/bs above army 83.2 nav y 89.1 98.2 marine corps air force 51 99.5 coast guard total 0 20 40 60 89.6 80 100 unknowns army 1.1 navy 1.7 and coast guard 1.9 includes warrant officers unknowns army 1.9 navy 33.7 air force 3.1 and coast guard 1.6 high school alternative credentials does not count as high school graduate or equivalent in this table includes marine corps 7 november 2010

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freedom to rock armed forces tour upcoming tours for 2011 2012 disclaimer neither the united states armed forces nor the department of defense has approved en dorsed or authorized this website www.freedomtorock.org

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freedom to rock sully erna avalon tour theater event freedom to rock nationwide genre alternative rock acoustic sully solo band and 3 acoustic bands base location u.s armed forces theater environment cost free with military id department of defense dod civilians purchase tickets audience military personnel civilians may be invited duration evening show 3 1/2 hours dates tba 2011-2012 an intimate and musical evening with the voice of godsmack experience the gift of music

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freedom to rock event festival rock tour festival outdoor event freedom to rock nationwide genre alternative rock metal acoustic 1 headliner band and 7 bands base location u.s armed forces post outdoor stage cost free with military id department of defense dod civilians purchase tickets audience military personnel civilians may be invited duration 6 1/2 hour festival event contact loretta palacios date tba 2011-2012 healiners tba /supporting bands

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freedom to rock executive team loretta palacios chief executive officer founder promoter event coordinator 760.755.3681 loretta.palacios@freedomtorock.org armando ramirez iii vice president freedom to rock non-profit organization leslie carroll chief financial officer dwain duran chief operations officer raymond herrera executive partner fear factory arkaea band spencer blair public affairs officer miguel maldonado marketing director webmaster chris schnek chief strategy officer thomas casper executive administrator

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