Archive for the 'USO' Category

July 11, 2008


Lt. Dan Band Rocks Europe

Great article with some nice pictures!  Thanks to the author for the tip.

May 15, 2007


Status Report and Rumor Squashing

Gary’s currently in Europe with the LDB on a USO tour, and will be heading on his own to Iraq for the USO in the next day or two. He’ll be back in the States for Memorial Day weekend, which for Gary will include the GI Film Festival and acting as Grand Marshall for the National Memorial Day Parade.

After that? A well-deserved vacation before returning to the set of CSI:NY. (We hope he has a very relaxing and enjoyable one!)

As you may recall, we’ve been rather skeptical about the Star Trek XI rumors, filing them under “speculation” — we can now confirm that’s all it was. Gary recently confirmed to the Washington Times that his casting as Dr. McCoy was a “bad rumor.” (Oh! Since I have sort-of an excuse to link to this — if you haven’t seen LOL Trek, you really, really should. I haven’t seen anything quite so funny on the Internet in a long time.)

Finally — I can’t seem to resist pointing out that people are actually still asking this question.

March 21, 2007


“Faithful and Tireless”

There’s a nice column today in the Orange County (California) Register about Gary’s USO work and his unswerving support for serving troops and their families.

March 6, 2007


The Lt. Dan Band’s Summer USO Tour

Military newspaper Stars & Stripes has a few details about the LDB’s summer USO tour.  They’ll be playing five shows in Germany: Spangdahlem (May 8th), Hohenfels (May 9), Ansbach (May 10), Stuttgart (May 11) and Ramstein (May 14).  They also have one performance scheduled for Belgium, on May 12 in Mons.

March 5, 2007


Lt. Dan Band in the Aloha State

Coverage of the LDB’s performance in Hawaii, including several pictures, can be found at the Honolulu Advertiser and KGMB-9.

(Thanks to those who’ve left a Guestbook entry thus far — see the prior post — as an experiment, it’s going really well!)

March 2, 2007


USO Visits, Guideposts Article

February 20, 2007


Upcoming Lt. Dan Band Dates

The Lt. Dan Band currently has the following dates scheduled:

They are also planning a European USO tour for this summer.

Get out and see the LDB — you won’t be disappointed!

November 7, 2006


Gary Scheduled to Attend USO Care Package Stuffing Party

Gary is scheduled to help the USO celebrate its one millionth Operation USO Care Package Saturday, November 11th at the USO Warehouse in Fort Belvior, Virginia. To celebrate, service members and volunteers will assemble some 10,000 care packages at a Care Package Stuffing Party from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Among them will be the one millionth care package.

Military leadership, USO World Headquarters and USO of Metropolitan Washington leadership, USO board members and program sponsors will also be in attendance.

Care packages are distributed to service members deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan and other overseas locations.

Please visit the USO website to see photos of USO events Gary has attended over the past year (and learn more about the USO) at: USO Gallery.

September 26, 2006


CSI:NY, Open Season, USO

  • Reviews of the season premiere of CSI:NY — at Blogcritics (hee: “I’m impressed with one thing. Gary Sinise can kiss!” and TV Squad.
  • There really aren’t any yet, but reviews for Open Season will start appearing here (Rotten Tomatoes) and here (Metacritic) over the next few days.
  • Gary will be in Washington, DC this week for the USO’s annual fundraising gala.
  • Next new episode of CSI:NY — tomorrow night, entitled “Not What it Looks Like.” There’s a preview at the CBS web site.

August 16, 2006


Ft. Carson Show

A nice write-up by the AP here.

Some fantastic pictures by Annie, who was fortunate enough to attend:



(If you belong to the gsinise list, you can view the rest of Annie’s photos here.)

Thanks, Annie!

August 2, 2006


New USO Date

Gary and the Lt. Dan Band will be performing a concert for soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado on August 12.

As always, we’d love pictures and/or reports from anyone who attends — sinisefans at sinisefans.org.

July 26, 2006


Catching Up

Sorry, all. I was at ComicCon with an author friend last weekend (her books totally rock, btw, you should read them!) and I got way behind on everything. (If you are interested, my report, such as it is, is in my personal journal.)

Anyway! Back now. Tired, but back. So here’s a quick round-up of news items:

And I think… we’re pretty much caught up. I hope you are all staying cool, wherever you are!

June 19, 2006


Photos from Whiteman AFB show

Courtesy of Rob Kyser at Whiteman AFB, we have some great photos of the June 7 LDB show at Whiteman AFB. Click for larger versions, and enjoy!

Gina
Vocalist Gina Gonzalez
Mari Ann
Vocalist Mari Ann Jayme, with Kimo Williams and Kirk Garrison in the background.

Gary
Some other guy — the bass player, I guess? Nice smile!

Thanks again to Rob Kyser for the awesome photos!

June 9, 2006


More on Whiteman show

This morning we have a couple of more articles for you on the Whiteman AFB show by Gary and the Lt. Dan Band — from the AP via the Kansas City Star and the Sedalia Democrat.

June 8, 2006


LDB at Whiteman AFB

Courtesy of the local paper, a nice article about Gary and the LDB at Whiteman Air Force Base. Photos, too.