Posted on 05/23/2007 8:29:22 PM PDT by Flavius
ANZER KASERNE, Germany — Actor and musician Gary Sinise prepares to fire a M-24 sniper rifle with Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) during a firepower demonstration here May 11. Sinise is visiting the Stuttgart area with his band, the Lt. Dan Band, as part of a USO tour to perform concerts for service members stationed overseas. (Department of Defense photo by Navy Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker)
In this picture supplied by the USO, US actor Gary Sinise (R) listens to US Army CW 4 Leif Neely (L) of Woodbridge, Virginia, tell about how he was wounded while flying his Kiowa Warrior helicopter on a mission over Mosul, Iraq during a visit by Sinise to the hospital at Forward Operating Base Mazur, Iraq, 20 May 2007. Sinise, famous for his role as Lt. Dan in the movie Forrest Gump and currently starring in the TV series CSI:NY, is on a USO-sponsored meet-and-greet tour to boost morale among US forces in the area.
US Actor Gary Sinise, famous for his role as Lt. Dan in the movie Forrest Gump and currently starring in the TV series CSI:NY, sits in a US Army Apache helicopter during a tour of the flight line, at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, 21 May 2007. Sinise is on a USO-sponsored meet-and-greet tour to boost morale among US forces in the area.
Actor Gary Sinise with the staff of the Navy Medical Hospital at Camp Arifjan.
Actor Gary Sinise with Pfc. Jessica White, a hospitalized Soldier at the Navy Medical Hospital at Camp Arifjan
ctor Gary Sinise signs a photo for Sgt. Nina Buckelew, a deployed Soldier with Third Army/U.S. Army Central.
LT. DAN!!
HOOAH ! ! !
Oh yeah, I always like him ever since he played East Texas in The Stand.
You’ll never see this type of good cheer on the MSM. All they want to do is attempt to bring down the morale of the troops and the American people, not raise it.
YES, Lt. Dan ROCKS!!!!!
Way to go Gary!
Now where are all the other actors and actresses on this “meet & greet”? Hmmm?
BUMP! for Sinise and our military.
I hope that, someday, the rest of hollywood will understand that their big paychecks and ability to choose their own destinies are paid for by millions who sign the dotted line. Mr. Sinese understands that and is genuinely grateful.
Serve that man a steaming plate of shrimp scampi with shrimp cocktail and a shrimp salad on the side.
Indeed.
It’s a shame. During WWII, if the actors and singers didn’t have their boots in the mud, flying or sailing... they were visiting the troops, advertising war bonds, making patriotic movies and records... gave everything.
Hollywood now? Please.
God bless this man for standing up and representing.
Singers and actors should be touring with the Freedom Concert (for college scholarships for kids who lose parents in war), all over the states and other countries that have troops there with us. They should have hundreds of them. Where are the artists with groundbreaking patriotic artwork in museums or anywhere? Where’s our Norman Rockwell? Why aren’t more companies contributing to the effort re: merchandise or technologies? It’s a write off... so they’re just hardcore anti-war. No spines.
Very cool! Pinging a few friends...
ping
Thank you Gary!
A guy I went to high school with lost his legs in an IED in Iraq, and Mr. Sinise visited him. They posted the pics on his blog- what a great guy.
That movie rocks
He is so dreamy...
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