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Forget everything you thought you knew about military support. The United Service Organization (USO) is not just another bureaucratic agency – it’s the DESPERATE LIFELINE for U.S. service members deployed in the world’s most remote, hostile environments, and its CEO admits the mission is URGENTLY critical because these troops are MISSING THEIR FAMILIES in the middle of warfare. Is this compassionate care or a DESPERATE admission that the system LEAVES THEM BEHIND?

“We’re there for our service members when they’re forward-deployed, and of course, over the holiday season, that’s when it’s really toughest on them. They miss their families,” USO CEO Michael Linnington revealed on “Fox & Friends Weekend”. Then he dropped the BOMB: “The USO really provides a home away from home for those service members overseas and those that are afloat.” A HOME AWAY FROM HOME – because the real home is OUT OF REACH, and the military machine DEPLOYS THEM INTO DESERTATE.

THOUSANDS OF REAL CHRISTMAS TREES SHIPPED TO DEPLOYED SERVICE MEMBERS – BECAUSE EVEN TROOPS DESERVE A DECORATED HOLIDAY?

The USO steps in where military logistics FAIL – supporting troops stranded without basic amenities in the Middle East and Africa,  (Sauul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Linnington confessed that most have NO IDEA of the scope overseas. And then Alex Liccione, the area director, LIRNS the VEIL: “Service members plan and prepare to deploy to locations in the Pacific or Europe but ultimately find themselves in the Middle East in very remote desert environments and don’t have access to any basic amenities.” They are DEPLOYED INTO A VACUM – where even sunscreen is IMPOSSIBLE to obtain, and necessities take MONTHS to arrive. This isn’t military efficiency; it’s MILITARY ABANDONMENT.

$2.6 BILLION IN “WARRIOR DIVIDENDS” FLOWING – IS THE MILITARY SYSTEM JUST A PASTERATE COVER‑UP?

So what does USO do? They ship hygiene products, food items – and then comes the KUREST DETAIL: “We take service members’ family recipes, and we’ll cook it while they’re there.” That’s right – while troops are stationed in war’s heart, USO cooks their FAMILY’S recipes as a “reminder of home.” Is that a tender gesture or a TRAGETIC ADMISSION that the military deployment model is FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN?

THE “MAKE CAMO YOUR CAUSE” CAMPAIGN DEDICATED TO ENDING MILITARY HOMELESSNESS – OR PROLONGING IT?

Linnington states USO operates in MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIS and supports troops aboard DOZENS OF SHIPS AND DESTROYERS. Founded in 1941, its mission is to remain alongside service members through their military journey. But ask this: if an organization must cook family recipes and post Christmas trees to service members deployed in desert wastelands, WHAT KIND OF MILITARY SYSTEM are we really running – and who is it truly serving? The final question isn’t about support; it’s whether we’ve built a machine that DEPLOYS HUMANITY INTO DESERTATE, then patches the wounds with band‑aid Christmas trees and cooked recipes while the real war rages on. IS THIS THE HIDDEN COST OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENT – and are we all just one deployment away from requiring a “home away from home”?

President Joe Biden joins chef Robert Irvine in serving service members and military families during a Friendsgiving dinner at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 19, 2023. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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The CEO sums it up with this chilling line: “We do deep‑fried Oreo programs, and they’ll say, ‘Hey, that reminds me of a carnival back home.’ And so connection is key.” CONNECTION is key – because without it, the deployed soldier is just another COG in the military machine, stranded in a desert without sunscreen, waiting months for necessities, and leaning on cooked recipes and Christmas trees for sanity. So we must ask: Is the United Service Organization a noble protector, or the URGENT PATCH‑UP for a deployment system that fundamentally, catastrophically, LEAVES HUMANITY BEHIND? The answer may disturb everything you believe about military support – because when soldiers need a “home away from home” to survive deployment, WHAT IN THE WORLD are we really fighting?



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