United Service Organizations

The United Service Organizations (USO ) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and welfare of the U.S. armed forces members and their families.

The foundation goes back to an initiative of the then President Franklin D. Roosevelt, so that the USO was decided by the U.S. Congress on February 4, 1941 in New York. This merger of six civilian charities Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Services, National Travelers Aid Association, National Jewish Welfare Board is to this day by the U.S. Department of Defense and the President, who presides over the honorary Presidency, assisted.

Your task is to give the members of the military and their families in the context of the troops, with performances of famous artists, excursions and short trips and numerous other support services support. Many well-known artists such as Stephen Colbert, Marlene Dietrich, Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, Jessica Simpson, Henry Rollins, Robin Williams appeared for the USO.

Today, the USO operates approximately 120 " USO centers" that are used every year more than five million times by members of the armed forces and their family members worldwide.