Award-winning
actor Gary Sinise, widely known
for his role on CSI
New York
and playing Lt. Dan in Forrest
Gump,
visited with troops in Landstuhl,
Germany July 14,
2008
Sinise
and the Lt. Dan Band travelled to
the United Kingdom, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Germany to
perform for the troops, as part
of a United Service Organizations
(USO)/Armed Forces Entertainment
tour. Sinise and his 11-member
band performed several free
concerts, posed for photos, and
signed autographs for thousands
of airmen, soldiers, Marines and
sailors and their families.
Sinise, who recently concluded a
series of five stateside concerts
for troops, have worked with the
USO since 2003. In May, Sinise
and his band performed for a
standing-room-only crowd in the
courtyard of the Pentagon. They
have toured military bases in
Europe, and have performed in
Iraq three times. Sinise has
played at about 75 installations
worldwide.
“It’s
very, very important that you
know you are appreciated and that
we’re grateful and that
we’re not going to forget
the sacrifices that you and your
families make for our
nation,” Sinise said during
his May performance at the
Pentagon. “We want everybody
who is watching this around the
world to know that we’re
here supporting you. We believe
in you. We are depending on you.
You are our volunteer defenders,
and we never take that for
granted,” he added.
While in Germany, Sinise visited
and chatted with wounded service
members and staff at the
Landstuhl Regional Medical
Center, the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit, and the patient
transport bus. He offered words
of encouragement and expressed
his gratitude to wounded warriors
and the men and women in the
military who serve in the
hospital.
Sinise
and the Lt. Dan Band travelled to
the United Kingdom, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Germany to
perform for the troops, as part
of a United Service Organizations
(USO)/Armed Forces Entertainment
tour. Sinise and his 11-member
band performed several free
concerts, posed for photos, and
signed autographs for thousands
of airmen, soldiers, Marines and
sailors and their families. 
“It’s
very, very important that you
know you are appreciated and that
we’re grateful and that
we’re not going to forget
the sacrifices that you and your
families make for our
nation,” Sinise said during
his May performance at the
Pentagon. “We want everybody
who is watching this around the
world to know that we’re
here supporting you. We believe
in you. We are depending on you.
You are our volunteer defenders,
and we never take that for
granted,” he added.