That time a mortar attack interrupted Toby Keith’s Kandahar USO concert
In 2008, Toby Keith was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on one of his many USO tours when a mortar attack interrupted the show.
7 key facts about the USO’s 80 years of service
The USO was formed on Feb. 4, 1941 as the nation prepared for the possibility that it would get dragged into another World War. Now, 75 years later, the USO serves America’s warfighters with an estimated 10 million “connections” every year in the…
Green Beret Foundation announces historic accreditation by Veterans Affairs
The Green Beret Foundation is the premiere benevolent organization dedicated to the Special Forces soldiers and their families. The organization is now poised to do even more thanks to its…
‘From Cradle to Career’: Special Operations Warrior Foundation Leaves No Child of America’s Fallen Special Operators Behind
Alicia Sims was at her neighbor’s house to get some Tylenol when she heard a knock at the front door. At first she thought it was one of her five…
MIGHTY 25: Meet Elaine Rogers, USO-Metro’s shining star
Elaine Rogers has been leading the USO-Metro in the Washington DC area since 1977 and has grown it to the largest USO affiliate in the world. Her dedication to the…
A message from the USO: How to support the troops keeping us safe during COVID-19
“Right now, tens of thousands of National Guard members are deployed to help us fight back against COVID-19, including those in critical medical specialties. Normally, they lead ordinary civilian lives as neighbors, coworkers, coaches and parents. How…
Looking back on the USO tour legacy of Robin Williams
Robin Williams went on six separate USO tours from 2002 to 2013. Williams inspired countless other comedians and performers to pack their bags and head overseas to share their light with the world. There are hundreds of stories that surround the hum…
The USO’s new tool can empower veterans in a big way
Miss America 2011 just joined the Air Force
A former Miss America winner announced on June 12, 2018, that she enlisted in the US Air Force.
Teresa Scanlan, who won the Miss America pageant in 2011, is now an Airman First Class in the Air National Guard, UFC superstar Paige VanZant appears to have choked out a US soldier on May 2, 2018 — but it was all in good fun. VanZant, 24, was showing a crowd of soldiers at a USO event how to perform a rear naked chokehold before the soldier passed out …
A UFC superstar choked out a US troop in a USO show