From 2002 to 2014, the Bundeswehr took part in the ISAF Mission Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, it transitioned to Mission Resolute Support the following year. In 2012, about 4,900 German women and men served within the regional command in the northern districts of the country.

Approximately half of those soldiers are garrisoned at Camp Marmal, a container town near Mazar-e-Sharif. All others stay and serve for four months in smaller camps around Kunduz or even more isolated, so-called forward operating bases with simple infrastructure like Pol-e-Khomri. For most of them, their ISAF assignment does not remain a one-time experience.

At home and during their missions abroad, the members of the Bundeswehr are guaranteed access to off-duty offers, such as gastronomic services, sports facilities or German media supplies. Occasionally, special events on stage which are organized through external support are part of these offers as well. Such activities, which only conduce to entertainment and personal diversion, are highly controversial among military leaders: whereas some consider cultural amusement as a strengthening of minds and combat readiness, others point out that stage happenings during military operations in international conflict areas are simply misplaced and inappropriate.

Already for the third time, two Christian organizations set up a musical tour through the ISAF camps in Mazar-e-Sharif, Kunduz and Termez in October 2012. Especially for the young singers from Bremen, who all just started their musical career, the days in ISAF-Camps have been a remarkable experience. During their stay, their hosts and audience — around 900 almost exclusively male soldiers — became their camp guides, dormitory neighbors and table mates as well. To the soldiers, particularly for those stationed outside of Mazar-e-Sharif, the singing guests from home were meant to bring some pleasant distraction from the everyday duties. In the words of an officer in the camp: "After weeks working in the dust, those hours reminded me that I’m still a cultural being."