Troops get another USO visit (kuwait)

Myers, USO Troupe Visit Troops in Kuwait By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2005 – It was 118 degrees in the shade, and there was precious little of that as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a troupe of USO performers visited servicemembers here today. Comedians Colin Quinn, left, and Jeffrey Ross flank Air Force Staff Sgt. Clack in Kuwait Aug. 16 on one of the stops for a USO tour being led by Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers is in the midst of a 10-day trip to assess morale. He and sports personality and model Leeann Tweeden, legendary Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers, and comedians Jeffrey Ross and Colin Quinn thanked troops for their service and their sacrifices. Myers and the entertainers have visited Wiesbaden, Germany; Camp Bondsteel in Serbia and Montenegro's Kosovo province; and two bases here. Temperatures on the tour have ranged from cold and rain in Kosovo to crushing heat in Kuwait. The show has settled into a routine. The general thanks the troops and introduces Leeann Tweeden, who acts as emcee. Tweeden, making her seventh USO trip, including two previously with the chairman, thanks the troops and reassures them that Americans fully support them. To read the rest of the article, click the link below. .

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