USO of NC Fast Facts

• The Jacksonville Center was established April 23, 1942 and is the oldest USO in America.
• The Jacksonville Center has been in constant operation since it has opened.
• The USO of North Carolina is sole supporting: neither USO Headquarters in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Government, nor the Department of Defense, provide any funding.
• The Jacksonville Center is open 73.5 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. In sixty three years, it has opened its doors nearly everyday.
• The USO Jacksonville Center operates with 7 paid staff members: 1 president, 1 assistant, 1 special events coordinator and 4 staff, supplemented by a wonderful pool of volunteers.
• The Jacksonville Center has a large auditorium, a snack bar, a library, a cyber café with 10 Internet linked computers, and 3 meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 40 people.
• The Jacksonville Center also offers four regulation-sized pool tables, two ping-pong tables, numerous video games, including X-Box and Playstation2, two TV/VCR combinations to complement our 1,000 plus VCR tape library, and a kids' playroom.
• Our Jacksonville Center serves a holiday feast on both Thanksgiving and Christmas to over 5,000 military members and their families each year.
• The Jacksonville Center provides services to 1,500+ military and civilian personnel on a monthly basis.
• The RDU Center opened in August, 2004
• The RDU Center is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• The RDU center operates with 2 paid staff members: 1 manager, 1 part-time assistant manager, and a hard-working pool of volunteers.
• The RDU center consists of one large "living room" with comfortable leather recliners, a large-screen tv with Satellite tv and DVDs, a separate gaming area with Playstation2 and X-Box, a cyber-corner with two internet-connected computers as well as free wi-fi hotspot, a kitchen area stocked with fresh fruit, home-baked goods, and assorted "junk food," and two changing rooms and ironing boards to meet the needs of travelling servicemen and women.
• The RDU Center averages 2000 guests per month.
• Our CLT Center opened in September, 2006
• Our CLT Center is open 17 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Our CLT Center is staffed by one full-time manager, one part-time assistant, and a staff of dependable, hard-working volunteers.
• Our CLT Center serves approximately 1000 guests a week.
• The USO of North Carolina is continually striving to improve its facilities and programs.

The mission of the USO of North Carolina is to enhance the quality of life of U.S. Armed Forces personnel and their families within our geographic boundaries, and to create a cooperative relationship between U.S. military communities and the supporting civilian communities.