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Katie, a character playing the role of a military child, greets children during the Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families show at the theater on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on April 7, 2012. During the show Elmo and friends help Katie feel better about an upcoming military move and offer ways to keep in touch with old friends as well as make new friends. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian J. Valencia)
The cast of Sesame Street dance at the base theater at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on April 7, 2012. Scott was the first stop on the 2012 Sesame Street/USO Experience tour out of 70 stops.(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jake Eckhardt)
The cast of Sesame Street dance and sing about staying positive at the base theater at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on April 7, 2012. The play focuses on the children of the military by introducing a new character, Katie, and having her open up about her fears and excitement as she deals with moving to a new place and making new friends. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jake Eckhardt)
An audience member reaches out hoping to touch the cast of Sesame Street at the base theater at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on April 7, 2012. Katie was created exclusively for the 2012 Sesame Street/USO Experience tour and was first introduced to military families in April 2011 by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden at a Joining Forces rally in Columbus, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jake Eckhardt)
Grover hugs two audience members at the base theater at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on April 7, 2012. Since its debut in July 2008, the Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families has taken its message to more than 248,000 troops and military families and performed 433 shows on 131 military bases in 33 states and 11 countries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jake Eckhardt)