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Coaches Tour

A crowd gathers at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to meet and greet NCAA football coaches participating in Coaches Tour 2008, a morale-boosting mission designed to bring the coaches to troops overseas. The Coaches Tour 2009 stateside meet and greet is scheduled to include Air Force coach Troy Calhoun, Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe, and Ohio State coach Jim Tressel at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. on May 28. (Courtesy photo)

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Coaches Tour

Coach Emeritus Tommy Tuberville watches a sailor test his speed during a coach/player combine aboard a U.S. Navy ship near Soutwest Asia in 2008. The event is scheduled again this year during Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission designed to bring NCAA football coaches to troops overseas. Like last year, tour organizers are counting on a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., for most of their transportation needs. (Courtesy photo)

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Coaches Tour

Coach Emeritus Tommy Tuberville stands next to a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle in Southwest Asia during Coaches Tour 2008, a morale-boosting mission designed to bring NCAA football coaches to troops overseas. Tuberville is scheduled to lead six more coaches during Coaches Tour 2009 when they visit troops in Europe and the Middle East. Like last year, tour organizers are counting on a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., for most of their transportation needs. (Courtesy photo)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Troy Calhoun, head football coach at the Air Force Academy, talks to Airman during a breakfast at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on May 28. Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brought NCAA football coaches to U.S. servicemembers, started at McConnell before a KC-135 Stratotanker from the base was used to fly the coaches overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Staff Sgt. Tina Nero stands with one of the many T-shirts filling her warehouse at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Sergeant Nero is part of a 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron team at McConnell processing a large amount of cargo for Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission designed to bring NCAA football coaches to troops overseas. The shirt Sergeant Nero holds was donated by Under Armour, the main sponsor of Coaches Tour. Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun, one of seven coaches slated for the tour, will hand out many of the shirts in the boxes behind Sergeant Nero labelled "Air Force."

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Coaches Tour 2009

Master Sgt. Paul "Earl" Wallace (on right) and Staff Sgt. James Morter take part in a meeting to discuss the configuration of a KC-135 Stratotanker that will support Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission designed to deliver NCAA football coaches to troops overseas. For the second year in a row, tour planners are counting on a KC-135 from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., for most of their transportation needs. Sergeant Wallace is the standards and evaluation superintendent assigned to the 22nd Operations Group at McConnell. Sergeant Morter is a KC-135 boom operator assigned to the 22nd Operations Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Jim Tressel, head football coach at Ohio State University, directs Army Capt. Christina Valentine during a football drill session at Camp Victory, Iraq, on June 1. To his right is Jim Grobe of Wake Forest, and throwing behind is Rick Neuheisel of UCLA, two more of the seven coaches participating in Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission organized by Morale Entertainment, LLC., in association with Armed Forces Entertainment. A KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., was used to fly the coaches overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Mack Brown, head football coach at Texas University, points to wear he signed the "Warrior's Wall" at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The wall is located at a medical treatment area of the base and is covered by the markings of wounded troops who have received treatment there. Brown and six other NCAA football coaches visited the base during Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission organized by Morale Entertainment, LLC., in association with Armed Forces Entertainment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

NCAA football coaches Rick Neuheisel of UCLA and Houston Nutt of Ole Miss listen in on a huddle during an Air Force/Army vs. Marines/Navy football game at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa on June 2. The visit to the camp was part of Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brought seven NCAA coaches to U.S. servicemembers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel (on right) and Air Force football coach Troy Calhoun talk while riding inside the cockpit of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster headed to Iraq. The flight was part of Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brought NCAA football coaches to U.S. servicemembers overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

University of Texas football coach Mack Brown leads a football drill while visiting servicemembers at Camp Victory, Iraq, on June 1. Brown and six other NCAA football coaches travelled to the camp and other U.S. bases overseas during a morale-boosting mission called Coaches Tour 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Mack Brown, head football coach at Texas University, talks to Airmen during a Sunday lunch at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The base was an early stop during Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brought NCAA football coaches to U.S. servicemembers overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe stands on the sideline during an Air Force versus Army football game at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on May 31. Grobe and six other NCAA football coaches voiced their support for the Airmen and Soldiers in the game despite a storm that filled the air with sand. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Seven NCAA football coaches--Houston Nutt of Ole Miss, Mack Brown of Texas, Coach Emeritus Tommy Tuberville, Troy Calhoun of Air Force, Rick Neuheisel of UCLA, Jim Grobe of Wake Forest, and Jim Tressel of Ohio State--are introduced before an Air Force/Army versus Marines/Navy flag football game at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, on June 2. The coaches visited the camp during Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that also brought them to servicemembers in Europe and Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Tech. Sgt. Howard Burns listens to Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel during a breakfast at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on May 28. Sergeant Burns, a Reservist assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron at McConnell, was part of a group of Airmen selected to eat with Tressel, Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe and Air Force coach Troy Calhoun, during the first part of Coaches Tour 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Three NCAA football coaches--Troy Calhoun of Air Force, Jim Grobe of Wake Forest and Jim Tressel of Ohio State--talk to Col. Bart Weiss before entering a KC-135 Stratotanker simulator at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on May 27. Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brought seven NCAA coaches to U.S. servicemembers, originated at McConnell. Colonel Weiss is the base vice commander and former star quarterback at the Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour 2009

Jim Tressel, head football coach at Ohio State, gets Capt. Ronald "Rat" Ehresman to go along with a KC-135 boom operator-type pose for a photo. The change-it-up idea followed the countless photo requests Tressel and six other NCAA coaches graciously granted during Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brought them to U.S. servicemembers. Captain Ehresman is a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour Bags

Tech. Vanessa Chandler and Airman First Class Cody Kittle share a laugh while packing up t-shirts to be handed out during Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission designed to bring NCAA football coaches to troops overseas. The two Airmen are assigned to the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron and are among the many at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., preparing for the kickoff of the Tour on May 28. For a second year in a row, tour organizers are counting on a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., for most of their transportation needs. Capt. Eric Junkins, a Reserve KC-135 pilot assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group, is the only McConnell Airman assigned to fly this year's Coaches Tour tanker who also was part of the crew who flew last year's mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour breakfast

Three NCAA head football coaches--Troy Calhoun of Air Force (in blue), Jim Tressel of Ohio State (in red), and Jim Grobe of Wake Forest (in black)--started May 28 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., telling Teresita "Shorty" Walline what they would like for breakfast. McConnell was the first stop of Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brings NCAA coaches to U.S. servicemembers. Walline is a mess attendant at the base dining facility, where the coaches soon after attended a breakfast with regular, reserve and national guard Airmen. The Coaches Tour is organized by Morale Entertainment, LLC., in association with Armed Forces Entertainment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Coaches Tour Crew

Master Sgt. Max Morkin (on right) and Maj. Mike Morman work on paperwork inside the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to support Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brings NCAA football coaches to U.S. servicemembers. Major Morman is a pilot and Sergeant Morkin is KC-135 boom operator. Both are assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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