USO

                                                     

                                                                               The Unit

Dennis Haysbert (24 and Allstate Commercials)

Michael Irby

Max Martini

Robert Patrick (Terminator and other great movies)

                                                      Me and actress Scarlett Johansson

Pro Golfers in the Photo:

Tom Lehman

Butch Harmon

David Feherty

Tom Mengesha :)

Tom Watson

Joe Inman

Howard Twitty

                                               Me and Cheryl Underwood (Comedian)

                                                                 Me and Tom Watson

The United Services Organization or USO is known as a service members home away from home. During my travels both as a deployed service member on active duty and as a part time Army Reservist, I have found the USO to be an Oasis of calm in the middle of my hectic travels.

According to the USO’s own website, “the USO is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the troops by providing morale, welfare and recreation-type services to our men and women in uniform. The original intent of Congress — and enduring style of USO delivery — is to represent the American people by extending a touch of home to the military. The USO currently operates more than 130 centers worldwide, including ten mobile canteens located in the continental United States and overseas. Overseas centers are located in Germany, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Qatar, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guam, and Kuwait. Service members and their families visit USO centers more than 5.3 million times each year. The USO is the way the American public supports the troops.”

During my combat deployment I worked closely with the USO in Kuwait. Among the entertainers and celebrities that visited soldiers included world-renowned golfers such as Tom Watson and Butch Harmen as well as movie stars Scarlett Johansson and actors from the Unit, The Terminator and the hit TV show 24.

 
Additionally there are USOs throughout the country that serve as rest stops for service members at airports around the country. While returning from my two-year combat deployment, I stayed over night at the USO located at the Chicago airport and was treated like royalty. Most important it did not cost me a dime. I was also provided with more food then I could eat, a phone card to make phone calls, use of a computer, gym and television.

For more information about the USO check out there website at www.uso.org