For all of you who have been so kind as to make a USO donation, I wanted you to see the kind of things that money buys.
General Petraeus cut the ribbon on a brand new USO office right in Iraq - where it can do the most good. From the press release:
The new center is located just north of Baghdad, in an area that our soldiers have dubbed “Mortaritaville” because of its history of frequent mortar and rocket attacks. The 2,300 square-foot facility offers our men and women in uniform a comfortable lounge where they can forget about the war for a few precious moments and enjoy entertainment from home, such as video games, DVDs, movies and more.
There’s also a Cyber Café with free Internet and email access, plus telephone service with prepaid phone cards, so our troops can call home for free to hear the delightful sound of their child’s voice or to have a comforting chat with a friend or loved one. There is also a library where they can lose themselves in a book, and supporting it all—a kitchen stocked with goodies… because everyone wants a snack with a movie.
The USO is one of those organizations that I would love to volunteer with, except for my geographical birth defect of having been born to the wrong country. If you haven’t donated yet, here’s the link. And thanks.
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