Centers
With more than 250 locations worldwide, USO Centers provide an exclusive place for the people of the military to relax in a refreshing environment, grab a snack and drink, watch a movie or favorite sporting event, and play video games. Centers offer reliable Wi-Fi, computers, and phones so service members can connect with loved ones and hear a familiar and comforting voice. USO Centers also host a wide range of activities, special events, and additional programs specifically for spouses and children. Centers vary in size and structure and offer:
USO Centers provide three primary offerings (potentially among many others): relaxation/home-like environment, connectivity, and snacks/drinks. A foundation for the organization’s connection to the active duty military community and enable the USO to provide outreach support to areas where no physical USO Center exists. An inviting and comforting space. An alcohol-free, non-partisan, non-religious, no-judgment space welcome to all authorized guests. Mobile USO vehicles reach areas with significant active duty and/or National Guard/Reserve concentrations to provide center amenities and programming where there is no physical facility or to supplement when additional support is needed.
Here in the great Pacific Northwest, the USO operates a travel-based center at Sea-Tac International Airport along with two installation-based centers on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the Shali USO Center and Camp Lewis USO Center providing traveling and local military service members and their dependent families with all the comforts of home. We also operate 2 Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) based centers at Portland MEPS and Boise MEPS.
Four USO Mobile Canteens expand our service delivery by offering the military and their families the same best-in-class support we provide at stationary centers, but in the field during trainings, pier side for deployments and homecomings, and throughout military and civilian locations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Stories About This Program
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New USO Center serves recruits at Portland MEPS
Since opening our new Center at the Portland Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), USO volunteers have been serving approximately 1,…
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SeaTac Center provides welcome respite for traveling military families
The USO SeaTac Center provides traveling military and their families with a comfortable lounge offering guests snacks and beverages, luggag…
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