United Service Organizations lounge at BWI to expand care-package service

From: The Daily Record (Baltimore) | Date: September 3, 2002| Author: Andrea Cecil | Copyright information

The world's largest United Service Organizations lounge, located inside Baltimore-Washington International Airport's international pier, will today launch the worldwide expansion of its care-packages service.

It's an effort aimed at making more U.S. military personnel feel at home while on active duty.

"We have been doing the care packages here in the metropolitan area and working with Fort Bragg and all of these kids who are going over to Operation Enduring Freedom," said Elaine...

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