Keith said that the song was written "for all the times that I get to meet the troops on these USO tours, and since Courtesy of Red, White, and Blue, the P.O.W.s and the families that have come and brought me back my old CD covers and stuff that they had and shown how much support they had (for me), this is my support for the American fighting men and women."
As he gets dressed and packs his bags for deployment, various clips show soldiers from different wars throughout U.S. history.
After saying goodbye to his wife and children, he boards a United States Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, ready to serve his country.
[3] The song reached its millionth digital sales mark in the US in January 2017,[4] and has sold 1,032,000 as of July 2017.
He gets himself and his family ready in the morning, the service member acting like it's just another day, and they head off to a military base for him to leave for the war.