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Kellie Pickler is about to embark on another USO Tour; it’ll mark her third trip overseas to entertain U.S. troops.

Kellie informed fans via Twitter that she was packing for the trip on Monday.

“Think I’m gonna leave the red high heels at home for this trip,” she wrote. “Easier to jump in/out of helicopters in flats.”

According to her MySpace blog, Kellie will be accompanied on the trip by country artists Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser.

Apparently, the itinerary for the trip in top secret, but past USO trips have taken Kellie to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and Germany.

Of course, when Kellie returns she’ll head back out on tour with Taylor Swift.

The next leg of their tour begins March 4 and will include stops in Philadelphia (March 18 and March 19) and Washington, D.C. (June 2).

If you wanted to go and haven’t snagged tickets yet, you might be out of luck. All three concerts are listed as sold out on Taylor’s Web site, though some tickets sometimes come available closer to the concert date, according to a notice posted on the Web site for the Wachovia Center in Phllly.