
USO-Metro The USO Lounge at BWI hands out care packages to troops deploying to Afghanistan and gives them the opportunity to send a video of themselves reading a children's book home to their kids through United Through Reading. Check out the Washington Post story and video!
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Jim Kinnear stood at the end of a long line of soldiers Monday at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport. In a matter of hours, the men and women standing before him would be in Afghanistan, Iraq and other distant places.

USO-Metro Our USO Lounge at BWI helps give troops their first taste of home for the holidays. Check out the story:
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 24, 2009 As the rest of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport bustled with holiday travelers yesterday, its USO Lounge offered military travelers -- many returning home from overseas deployments -- a welcome sanctuary of solace.

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USO-Metro USO Lounges at BWI, Reagan and Dulles were open throughout the winter storm to serve 3,587 military travelers! We couldn't have done it without our amazing volunteers! A number of volunteers served 24-hour shifts, many worked throughout the night and several made emergncy supply runs in the middle of the storm to care ...for our troops and their families at area airports. Special thanks to two local businesses - John Plumoff with Edy's Ice Cream who came in Sunday night to hand dip ice cream at BWI and the Odenton, MD Papa John's, which is lead by a Navy veteran who gave USO-Metro a great deal!

USO-Metro volunteers helped lay 1000 wreaths in Arlington Cemetery. USO, Inc. purchased the wreaths from Wreaths Across America. and partnered with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). 200 families of the fallen joined our volunteers in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. Section 60 holds more than 500 gr...aves for those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is also where many of the re-patriated remains that came back from Vietnam are placed. There are veterans from other eras there as well, and at least 2 medal of honor recipients.

USO-Metro Thank you to The Boeing Company, which filled the Mobile USO with gifts donated by their employees in the Rosslyn and Crystal City offices for military families in need. Big thanks also to Marines from Henderson Hall assisted USO-Metro in wrapping and packing the gifts!

USO-Metro president, Elaine Rogers, is featured in today's Washington Examiner. Read more!
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Rogers has been president of the United Service Organizations of metropolitan Washington for 34 years. Is this one of the busier times of the years at the USO lounges at the airports? It's just absolutely crazy at our airports right now, at

We at USO of Metropolitan Washington share the disappointment of those service men and women, their families and their friends, who were planning to attend Sunday evening’s “A Salute To Our Troops" performance of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, featuring the Rockettes. D...

USO-Metro The special 7pm December 20th “Salute to Our Troops” performance by the Radio City Rockettes at the Verizon Center is now CANCELLED due to inclement weather and for the best interest and safety of all attendees. On behalf of the USO of Metropolitan Washington and Microsoft we wish you and your families a very happy and safe holiday season.

USO-Metro Papa John's has a special online offer for all Washington area USO supporters: a large two-topping pizza for just $9.99! Go to www.papajohns.com and enter promo code TEAMUSO.
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Order Papa Johns Pizza online today and have it delivered. Online specials are always available, order at your own pace, open 24 hours and order up to 21 days in advance.

USO-Metro is proud to host over 8,200 active duty military families at Sunday's show! Check out this show review and photo gallery!
Rockettes' Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Patriot Center and Verizon Center - washingtonpos
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With those light-up antlers and Santa suits, toy soldier outfits and legs, legs, legs, there's not a new idea to be found in the Rockettes' Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and that's the beauty of it. It's all retro glamorous, retro charming, retro cute at every sharp half-turn.
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