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Operation Heal*arious at the American Legion

Our photos from Operation Heal*arious at American Legion Alamo Post 2 in San Antonio, a regional round of the Best Medicine Brigade’s comedy competition for veteran and military spouse comedians. We covered the arrivals, the sets on stage, the laughs at the tables and the photo line with fans afterward.

A group of comedians and fans squeezes together, smiling, in front of a sponsor backdrop reading Operation Heal*Arious while a man in the foreground takes their picture with a phone.

The comedians squeeze in with fans in front of the Operation Heal*arious backdrop after the show as a man takes their picture with a phone.

Arrivals at Alamo Post 2

Seen past a white flag and a blue U.S. Air Force flag, a crowd mingles in a hall with a balcony, an American flag on the far wall and a banner reading The American Legion Alamo Post 2, San Antonio, Texas.

Guests fill the main hall at American Legion Alamo Post 2 before the show.

A man in an olive T-shirt and blue lanyard hands a folded black shirt across a table of stacked shirts to a woman in a white T-shirt as another woman looks on, in a wood-paneled hallway lined with flags.

A member of the Best Medicine Brigade sells shirts to guests at the merchandise table.

Silhouetted guests frame a lit stage with an Operation Heal*Arious backdrop, a Be the One banner, a lone mic stand and video cameras on tripods, while seated guests face forward.

Video cameras on tripods face the empty stage as guests settle in at their tables.

The comedians on stage

A smiling man in glasses, a navy blazer and a white T-shirt holds a microphone on a bright stage with sponsor logos behind him, framed by dark silhouettes of the audience.

Navy veteran comedian Stan Shelby smiles into the microphone in front of the Operation Heal*arious backdrop.

A comedian in a sequined stars-and-stripes top holds a microphone and stretches out one arm on a stage backed by an Operation Heal*Arious sponsor wall and a Be the One banner, with audience heads in the foreground.

Retired Lt. Col. Robin “Phoenix” Johnson stretches out one arm while performing in front of the Operation Heal*arious backdrop.

A comedian with a bleached mohawk, an eyebrow piercing, a floral shirt and a blue vest leans forward with a microphone, mouth open mid-sentence, beside a Be the One banner and a logo backdrop.

Air Force veteran comedian Kim Wadsworth leans toward the crowd during her set.

A comedian with short hair in a bright yellow jacket points across the room with one arm while holding a microphone, in front of a Be the One banner and an Operation Heal*Arious backdrop, with audience heads in the foreground.

Air Force spouse Ashley Gutermuth points across the room during a set.

Laughs from the seats

A crowded, dim hall of seated guests laughs toward the stage, with a smiling woman in a black top at center and a lit drinks cooler in the background.

Rows of guests laugh at a joke from the stage.

A bearded man in a pink short-sleeved shirt sits back in his chair and grins toward the stage, with other smiling guests blurred behind him.

A guest in a pink shirt grins at the stage.

A bearded man in a black T-shirt smiles up toward the stage beside a woman with dark hair resting her chin on her hands, both lit by stage light in a dim room.

Guests at one table smile up at the stage.

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