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 heavycruiser |
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Posts: 6774 (11/08/05 01:48 PM) |
OK I want all you USOphobics to confess. Confess and come clean. Admit that you have been fibbing and that you did indeed patronize the USO's of the world. Starting with Doug:
"Hello I'm Doug and I'm a USOphobic." "Hi Doug." 
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spectroid |
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Posts: 2499 (11/08/05 02:07 PM) Chief Master At Arms |
Ahhh, Wes? You might want to look up a word or two before you brand anybody a USOphobic...According to the latest Funk & Wagnalls, Phobia" is a hatred or fear of something. Therefore a USOphobe would rather be caught naked aboard a Greek merchant vessel than be seen in a USO. The term you want to use is USOphile. Get it? Got it? Good!
And I stand by what I think I meant to say! |
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Posts: 1260 (11/08/05 03:26 PM) |
I admit I hit the USO every chance I got. Especially in places where the food was funky. At least we could get a decent cheeseburger and coffee. Although I always had one open just in case, JUST IN CASE, there might be a female who would feel sorry for the little kid, but no such luck.
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heavycruiser |
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Posts: 6774 (11/09/05 12:26 AM) |
Very good gsk1. Now your turn Doug.
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spectroid |
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Posts: 2499 (11/09/05 11:14 AM) Chief Master At Arms |
Heck yes...hit the USO in Boston between paydays and get free tickets to the BoSox.
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Ray Andersen |
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Posts: 5300 (11/09/05 11:35 AM) Chief Master At Arms |
I still donate to the USO,got a card from them just the other day.In Boston,we got free movie and game tickets.The OLD USO used to be IN the commons and they had dances and I met some really nice girls there. The USO's in the Med were good too,but I never went to many of them,Naples and Istanbul (I think).How about the Salvation Army (over by south annex) I used to write letters and eat Peanutbutter sandwiches there.Seems like I was always broke,I cant understand it with all the money we were paid
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spectroid |
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Posts: 2499 (11/09/05 12:41 PM) Chief Master At Arms |
I don't know if it was a USO, but the American colony in Beirut set up one heck of a USO type club in the Hotel Phoenecia while our half of the fleet was there for Xmas 1965. There was everything from lots of free food to belly dancers...American families were going up to sailors and inviting them to have Christmas dinner with them...For another read, go back to the old deck log for a few observations (!?!?) from one of the bars in the Phoenecia. (The one with the back wall being the deep end of a swimming pool)
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heavycruiser |
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Posts: 6774 (11/09/05 12:53 PM) |
See Doug. I knew you guys would confess sooner or later.
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Ray Andersen |
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Posts: 5300 (11/18/05 07:56 AM) Chief Master At Arms |
Does the USO still put on shows for the service guys,I think they do,but they never are televised are they?
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heavycruiser |
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Posts: 6774 (11/18/05 10:29 AM) |
Since Bob Hope died thay have Wayne Newton as the lead "entertainer". If you have ever heard Danka Shoen sung by him you know why people go AWOL.
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Ray Andersen |
FOR OUR TROOPS! | ||
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Posts: 5187 (03/09/09 08:14 AM) Chief Master At Arms |
USO in a Box
You no longer have to stop in to your nearest USO center to find a piece of home, kick up your feet and relax. The United Service Organizations has spent
more than a million dollars to deliver home to you. Their new, state-of-the-art "USO in a Box" units ship out this month and feature all the
amenities of home.
Well, a few of them anyway. Users of the new "Box" will find wireless internet access, two rugged laptops to e-mail friends and family, four flatscreens to watch movies, a DVD player, three Xbox 360 gaming units and digital surround sound, all in an expandable cargo container than can be trucked, cargo-shipped, flown or heloed to the front lines. "The U.S. military, despite its size, can move and deploy with speed and efficiency," according to a release, "and in order to support these brave men and women, the USO must have the same agility." They run on their own diesel generators and use satellite links for reliable connectivity - so they're probably more wired than your home. And since they cost as much as an actual house, climate control isn't too much to ask: each unit has air conditioning and heating. Each retrofitted Tactical Operations Center costs $400,000, and the USO plans to ship three of them overseas on February 6; another four units are on order. "Everything we've done, both the Mobile USOs and the USOs in a Box, has been from the ground up and 100 percent customizable by the USO," said Tiane Harrison, the USO's media relations manager. "The driving thought behind the USO in a Box program is that the military has changed the way it does business, and it has become more expeditionary, and so has the USO." The goal of the USO in a Box program is to provide the comforts of home - the USO's trademark - to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are far from home. And unlike a regular USO center, of which there are hundreds across the globe, the boxes can be moved to where they're needed most (in the case of the first three, Afghanistan). "The USO can't put centers everywhere that we want to put them and we can't send staff to these remote and isolated locations like Iraq and Afghanistan," Harrison said. Once delivered, the units expand into operable entertainment centers within 20 minutes. The service members who have tested them out so far - mainly soldiers from Fort Belvoir, Virginia - remarked that they would have come in handy while they were serving overseas. "From what I've heard," Harrison said, "a few [soldiers] were saying, 'I just got back from deployment and this would have been awesome.'" For more details on the USO in a Box program, visit www.uso.org. |
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SkipNeff |
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Posts: 1136 (03/09/09 10:20 AM) |
I guess I qualify, as I also frequented the USO in Boston. My first experience was 'free' tickets to see the Red Sox play the St. Louis Browns and I
remember Milt Pappas pitched for the Browns.....about the only other thing I remember is the 'Big Green Wall' and how close we were to the field [right
behind first base]....but mostly I remember all the 'after-beer' trips to the head {heard half the ball game in the "head"}. Aaaaah...sweet
memories from the Beantown Rocket Ship!!!
 Skip
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Posts: 6740 (03/10/09 10:20 AM) |
Hi, my name is Wesley and I did go to many USO facilities. It is a great organization. Like Ray I do send them a few bucks every now and again. Good
cheeseburgers, help with finding your way around in strange cities, sometimes doughnuts and coffee. I have nothing but good stuff to say about the USO. And I
wish they had those CARE packages in my day. Sounds great. I got tickets for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox while in boot camp from the USO.
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eljefe5 |
good conduct medal....... | ||
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Posts: 298 (03/10/09 11:33 AM) |
Stick to that story Wes , they may let you keep your good conduct medal????
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spectroid |
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Posts: 2440 (03/10/09 11:35 AM) Chief Master At Arms |
Wes got a Good Conduct Medal?
(ROTFLMFAO)
Name withheld by request .
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heavycruiser |
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Posts: 6741 (03/10/09 01:14 PM) |
I'll have you know that I was never CAUGHT doing anything.
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SkipNeff |
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Posts: 1138 (03/11/09 11:37 AM) |
Does that mean you were never caught working????
 Skip
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Posts: 2441 (03/12/09 09:01 AM) Chief Master At Arms |
Evidently, standing in line at the USO in Cannes, waiting for a chocolate malt, is enough to get yourself and your entire crew and ship kicked out.
Name withheld by request .
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Posts: 302 (03/12/09 03:22 PM) |
I was caught working on August 24, 1968. By the Senior Chief who stated on my fitness report "Requires constant supervision."
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