Somehow we missed this.<\/p>\n
Back in February, the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) selected Gary Sinise as the recipient of the 2014 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award.\u00a0 He was selected to receive the award due to his \u201ccontinued support of America\u2019s service men and women\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Eisenhower Award is a prestigious one.\u00a0 it\u2019s normally awarded to elected or appointed officials.<\/p>\n
Award to an entertainer is rare.\u00a0 In fact, Sinise is precisely the second entertainer to receive it.\u00a0 The other?\u00a0 A guy named \u201cBob Hope\u201d.<\/p>\n
The award was presented in a black-tie gala at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia, on 11 April 2014.<\/p>\n
Mr. Sinise certainly is one of the \u201cgood guys\u201d.\u00a0 He\u2019s a helluva deserving recipient.<\/p>\n
The official announcement of the award can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s worth taking a couple of minutes to read.<\/p>\n NDIA certainly got this one right.\u00a0 A belated congrats, Mr. Sinise.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Postscript – NDIA isn’t the only organization to honor Sinise.\u00a0 In 2012, he was named an Honorary CPO of the US Navy<\/a> by then-MCPON Rick D. West.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"