Sgt. Kayla M. Wendt, a 23-year-old from Bennett, Iowa, and supply chief with Maintenance Company, 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, smiles as actor Gary Sinise signs a photo, July 13.

Sinise met with service members at a recreation center and joined them for breakfast the next day during his stay in Camp Taqaddum.

Photographer: Lance Cpl. Cindy Alejandrez, 1st Marine Logistic Group Public Affairs.

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