USO Warrior & Family Center

Would really appreciate it if they’d update their policy to allow troops to bring their significant others with them. I can understand where some of the USOs are very small, but I’m not asking my girlfriend to stand outside while I go in for 15 minutes to check on a deployment-​related issue on the computer. (Oh, and this was at 3 in the afternoon. The place was empty.)
From what I’ve seen here & at the one at Walter Reed, the volunteers I’ve talked to are more concerned about their policies than the troops. Don’t know if they’re being that strict with their volunteers or what the issue is.
(I had to get approval from the USO director at Walter Reed just to park in a USO volunteer spot for 30 minutes while waiting for a coworker’s surgery to be finished. There were no other spots, but USO had about 15 empty ones.)

I saw their great lunch pictures and drove here for 30mnts to taste it. When I got here, I found that only pasta was here. It is supposed to be over around 13:00. They should update what they have now for the people are on the way now. I’ll come here earlier next time!

I’ve been in many USO’s around the world. From the Pat Tillman USO in Bagram, AFG to the well traveled one in Frankfurt, Germany and many stateside airport locations, this USO at Belvoir is different– and in a good way.
The space is huge, the gardens are landscaped, and there are so many things going on. There is a huge donor wall where individuals and corporations are listed on large and small plaques based on donations. You’ll see a huge plaque with Charlie Sheen’s name on it right in the center– for the $ 1Million donation he gave to this location– with an additional/​matching donation to the USO over in Bethesda as well. Thanks Charlie.
Couches, game rooms, a theater with the movie sign from Camp Virginia, Kuwait I recognized, fireplaces, patios and outdoor grills, quiet rooms and game rooms, a sound proof music room with instruments donated from all kinds of artists from different bands, kitchens stocked with snacks, sandwiches, drinks and coffee…
…and all of it free for the troops.
The best thing though is that this facility is right next door to the barracks for our injured warriors, a 2 minute walk from Belvoir hospital.
Nicely done USO.