“The last time I was in Afghanistan, it was my favorite trip I've ever had, and I've had some amazing trips in my life.
But it's bizarre to me that it would make anyone happy that I'm there. But I think I represent home.
That's all, it’s not about me,” McGowan told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column at the “Do Something” Awards Show in Los Angeles over the weekend.
“They get really sad and forget because they feel like people have forgotten them, so I'm just a representative, a vessel, showing that people are thinking of them."
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