Bobby Henline is a 4-tour Iraqi War Veteran, Retired Staff Sergeant, and Purple Heart Warrior.

A veteran of Desert Storm by age 19, serving with 1st Cavalry Division, Henline was inspired to re-enlist in the Army after the attacks on America on September 11, 2001. He deployed to Iraq three more times, twice with the 82nd Airborne Division and once with the 3rd Armored Calvary regiment. He spent 14 years in the Army.

While on his fourth tour in Iraq, three weeks after his arrival, an IED blast blew up his Humvee – April 7, 2007 is a day he will never forget.

Of the five men in the vehicle, Bobby was the only survivor.

As Henline stumbled out of the wreck, a human torch, he was extinguished by the soldier he had replaced in the Humvee. With burns covering 40% of his body, he was immediately put into a medically induced coma and flown back to the States with a slim-to-zero chance of surviving.

During his initial six-month hospital stay, Bobby remained upbeat, positive, and relied on humor to get him through each day. Putting nurses in headlocks, trying to keep other wounded soldiers’ spirits up by telling them jokes, his humor caught the attention of his occupational therapist. She challenged him to go to an open mic night and try his hand at comedy.

Henline is one of those rare individuals you meet in life that at once can make you laugh till your sides hurt and at the same time remind you to be the best person you can be.

Today, Henline continues his quest to make people laugh in a variety of venues. The open mic night provided him an opportunity to perform professionally as “The Well Done Comedian” at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club (Las Vegas, NV), Laugh Factory (Chicago, IL), and Hollywood Improv (Los Angeles, CA) to name a few.