USO at KAF

The USO tent at Kandahar Air Field will soon be up and running. The tent was almost fully constructed but then obliterated in the Great/Stinky Flood of February 2010. We've moved to a much better location but since we need to construct a brand new tent our opening is delayed from mid-April to (hopefully) mid-July. In the meantime we are hosting Unit Appreciation Events (UAEs) where we bring pizza, doughnuts, muffins, bagels, coffee etc. so that we can introduce ourselves and the USO. We also have United Through Reading at three locations every week, movie nights once per week, game nights, and other events.

There is one "USO in a Box" adjacent to previous tent location. USO in a Box is a small trailer with two phones, two computers with Internet, one working X-box and a two-seat theater.

There are four Duty Managers (Leslie, Erin, Joan and me) and one Center Manager (Larry). Leslie, Joan, Erin and Larry all worked together at Camp Buehring in Kuwait. I'm learning their routines and becoming familiar with their approach.