Military balls, dining-ins, family readiness events, veterans galas, National Guard and Reserve training, first responder banquets and defense-industry conferences. Twenty-four years of Army service, three deployments to Iraq, and a comedy career that started entertaining troops in Samarra on New Year’s Eve 2003.
Jody Fuller enlisted out of high school, served four years as an Army medic, commissioned through OCS after September 11, led one of the Army’s largest platoons in Operation Iraqi Freedom, deployed twice more with the Alabama National Guard, and retired from the Army Reserve as a Major.
He performed his first show for the troops of the 1st Stryker Brigade in Iraq, has toured with Armed Forces Entertainment and the USO to 15 countries, and is a U.S. Army Master Resilience Trainer and ASIST certified — the same resilience and intervention curricula your unit trains on. GI Jobs Magazine named him one of 15 Veterans Taking the Comedy World by Storm. Every rank in the room knows within thirty seconds that he is one of them.
From a 20-minute set after the toasts to a full resilience keynote for a training day, adjusted to your unit, your mission and your audience.
Somebody in this room has been counseled for less.
Military balls, dining-ins and dining-outs, holiday parties and hail-and-farewells. Twenty to forty-five minutes of clean stand-up from a retired Major about medics, motor pools, deployments and stuttering through radio calls.
Resilience is a skill, and skills are trained.
Family readiness days, Yellow Ribbon events, Guard and Reserve training weekends and command resilience days. A Master Resilience Trainer’s keynote on perspective, gratitude and post-adversity growth — from someone who did three tours.
Leadership is the thing you do when nobody is watching the formation.
Veterans galas, VFW and American Legion conventions, AUSA chapters, police and fire banquets and APCO conferences. Leadership and connection principles for the people who run toward the problem.
The Stuttering Comic — Samarra, Iraq, 20032 minutes. Lieutenant Jody Fuller performing for the 1st Stryker Brigade in Iraq on New Year’s Eve 2003 — where the comedy career started.
A privilege to have you with us, and we highly recommend him for corporate and defense-sector events.The Boeing Company
The comedy routine you provided was professional, family-friendly, hilarious, and touched the heart of everyone in attendance.Northern California APCO
You are not just a gifted comedian, but an all-American hero and a relatable life communicator who invites us to laugh out loud!School Nutrition Association of North Carolina
Yes. Jody performs the same clean set for a battalion ball that he performs for church congregations and Dry Bar Comedy. No profanity, no politics, nothing that puts a commander in an awkward position. He is comfortable with protocol and will coordinate his slot with your master of ceremonies.
Yes. Jody is a U.S. Army Master Resilience Trainer and ASIST certified. The Laughing Through Life keynote uses the MRT framework — perspective, gratitude, hunting the good stuff — delivered as story and humor rather than slides. It is regularly booked for family readiness and Guard training weekends.
Regularly. Jody has performed for Armed Forces Entertainment, the USO, installations and Guard units and can provide a W-9, a capability statement and any vendor paperwork your contracting office needs. Nonprofit veterans organizations and defense contractors book him directly.
Opelika, Alabama — near Fort Benning. He flies from Atlanta or Columbus, GA, and has entertained troops in 15 countries, so OCONUS is not a problem.
Send the event date, installation or city, and audience. Jody confirms availability and a quote within one business day.
Three tours. Fifteen countries. One hundred percent clean. Response within one business day.
