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FORT MYER, Va., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ After 45 years at the helm of USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore (USO-Metro), Elaine Rogers is retiring from her role as president and CEO. I am honored I was allowed to serve this amazing organization for all these years, said Rogers. As I look back over the last couple decades, I am in awe of the truly significant and positive impact USO-Metro has made in the lives of literally millions of our nation s military service members and their families.
Hired by the local USO chapter in the summer of 1976, Rogers quickly rose to the rank of executive director by the following year and never looked back. Over the course of her storied career, Rogers grew the small staff of five employees to the current-day total of 35. She also expanded the footprint of USO-Metro to support 29 military installations across the National Capital Region with brick-and-mortar centers at six locations and airport l
USO brings drinks, snacks and a ‘warm welcome’ to Guard troops at the Capitol
USO mobile units with National Guard troops at US Capitol As more than 25,000 National Guard troops have been called in to help law enforcement with security surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a familiar face has joined them: the USO. In three different locations near the U.S. Capitol, USO workers are on the ground with their mobile units providing a variety of grab-and-go snacks, coffee, drinks, and hygiene items for the troops when they have a break. As of Friday afternoon, they had provided items to around 12,000 troops, but that increased Friday night when they saw such a surge that the team was on the ground until 2 a.m., Sweeney said.