[simple simon]

Mar 10, 2007 -

Last Sunday, Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shelton Quarles embarked on the trip of a lifetime. Quarles is accompanying Atlanta Falcons tight end Alge Crumpler, Kansas City Chiefs guard Will Shields and New England Patriots tight end Ben Watson on 12-day USO tour of U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. The tour continues an NFL legacy of more than 40 years that has included some of the league’s greatest stars of all-time. Their mission is the same as it was in 1966, when future Hall of Famers Willie Davis, Frank Gifford, Sam Huff and Johnny Unitas visited Vietnam on the first NFL-USO tour: To say thank you to the men and women serving our nation overseas.

Also making the trip with the quartet of gridiron standouts is David Krichavsky, the league’s director of community affairs, and a USO photographer. Krichavsky is filing a daily blog, which you will find below, that includes the thoughts of the traveling players as they move from base to base on their fast-paced tour. Click here to view some of the images sent back by the photographer.

Buccaneers - News

[simple simon]

good news stories are always a joy to find and post

[Bette]

This takes the bad taste out of the mouth from all the antics some of the players are getting into in their offseason. Thanks for this one.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Well there you go...if a player gets in trouble ship him off to a tour of Iraq...give him a reality check of sort.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

Well there you go...if a player gets in trouble ship him off to a tour of Iraq...give him a reality check of sort.

Hey, that might not be such a bad idea!!!!!