Assignment: Write content for the 2008 annual report

Excerpt: More forward deployed troops are serving our country than at any time since Vietnam, many in the most remote areas of Iraq and Afghanistan. The USO mission is to reach these service men and women remains constant, but new battle realities require a different approach."

Comment: For those of us who equated the USO with the entertainers of times past, this report, with the images as much as the words, captures the work of a great organization.