Sesame Street’s Elmo walks into the crowd during the Sesame Street/USO Experience at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Aug. 10, 2013. The Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families is the USO’s longest-running, free-traveling tour based on Sesame Street’s military family initiative. The tour is traveling to 42 installations in eight countries in the European and Pacific regions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dana J. Butler/Released) Check out more photos from the event here.
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The passing of James Gandolfini sparked major tribute to the actor and his long-lived career this week. While he’s most popularly known for his role as Tony Soprano from the HBO series “The Sopranos,” Gandolfini had other projects he honored even more. “So many people are remembering him as Tony Soprano. I’m always going to remember him as the man of such goodness who wanted to bring attention to the soldiers and airmen and Marines that you see in ‘Alive Day: Home From Iraq’ and ‘Wartorn,'” said Matthew O’Neil, the director of the veteran documentaries for HBO in an interview…
The Department of Defense announced today that some troops had quite the surprise on this first day of March. As a part of the Overseas with the United Services Organizations Tour, two Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, Jackie Bob and Cassie Trammell, performed a dance routine alongside American Idol finalists Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young, who also performed for sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier John C. Stennis on Feb. 28, 2013. The host of the USO show was Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. But wait, there’s more. Denver Broncos’ quarterback Peyton Manning headed to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, also for…
