Actor/director D.B. Sweeney waved to troops as he arrived at a remote forward operating base on a Blackhawk helicopter on one stop of a seven-day summer USO tour to boost troop morale in the Persian Gulf led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, July 16, 2009. This is Sweeney’s second USO tour. (USO Photo by Fred Greaves)