NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, along with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora, will soon leave on a seven-day, three-country summer USO tour led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. It will be the first time that the commissioner of any sports league visits U.S. troops overseas as part of a USO tour, according to the USO. Brees and Umenyiora will join the tour, along with other participants invited by Admiral Mullen, including two members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

The NFL has partnered with the USO for more than 40 years. Earlier this year, three NFL players – defensive linemen Luis Castillo from the Chargers, Tommie Harris from the Bears and Mike Rucker from the Panthers – took a week-long NFL-USO tour to Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan to support the soldiers.