Staff Sgt. Ramon Padilla of the 173rd Airborne, shown here w

Staff Sgt. Ramon Padilla of the 173rd Airborne, shown here with his family, Ramon Padilla, 2; Emily Padilla, 3; Melissa Padilla, 14; and Judith Padilla, in their Wheaton, Maryland home July 23, 2008, lost part of his left arm when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his unit's firebase in Kunar Province. Sesame Street and the Defense Department (with the help of the USO) developed an outreach program directed at the program's audience- 2-to 5-year-olds- to help them deal with changes in family life because of the war: issues like when a parent leaves for a long periods of time - and the problem of multiple deployments - when they come back changed due to injury, or don't come back at all. (Photo by Andrew Councill/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)