Elmo greets some of his fans in the audience during a performance of the Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families at U.S. Army Kaiserslautern Sept. 20, 2009. The Sesame Street tour also stopped in Mannheim, Heidelberg and other locations throughout Europe. The free show was designed to educate military families about how to help children cope with the challenges of deployment. Photo by Fred Greaves