Music also serves other purposes important for morale: inspiring patriotism, paying respects to the dead, motivating troops ...

In “Still a Soldier,” Adkins sings of a man who may be out of the military, but the military has never left him. He still stands for the national anthem and his blood runs red, white and blue. Like ...

“Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival tends to get the same kind of treatment as Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.”. This 1968 jam is often used as an American, good ol’ boy anthem of sorts.