Stories
Stories from USO Oklahoma
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Super Bowl LIX Watch Party at USO
Football fans looked forward to Super Bowl LIX on February 9, 2025. It was no different at Fort Sill for the 200 Soldiers who came to the …
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USO Provides Friendly Send off to Home for Trainees
USO was by the side of 4,200 trainees as they departed Fort Sill for the holiday block leave from training. Over the course of two days, U…
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Thanksgiving Meal serves 700
An annual Thanksgiving lunch is a tradition for the USO at Fort Sill, taking place the day before Thanksgiving. This year, the Center welco…
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2024 Fall Fest Brings Fun for Families
The USO on Fort Sill hosted our annual Fall Fest on October 17, 2024.
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Armed Forces Day Parade
On May 18th 2024, the Lawton Community hosted the annual Armed Forces Day Parade. To support the five hundred troops marching, the USO prov…
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Volunteers Appreciation Night
Who could ask for more than a bowling game and some pizza? For our Volunteers Appreciation Night, the USO invited all our volunteers and th…
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Fort Sill Volunteer of the Year Ceremony
Our USO would not be what it is without our volunteers and the hard work they put in everyday to serve our Soldiers, Marines and family mem…
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Welcome Home 2-20 Field Artillery
It’s always very emotional when we welcome home our soldiers! USO Oklahoma participated in the redeployment of the 2-20 Field Artillery Bat…
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Volunteers not Afraid of "O'Dark Thirty"
USO support to the military in Oklahoma is in full swing the first two weeks of January 2024! Two programs involved our amazing USO Volunte…
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Annual Fall Fest Provides Seasonal Fun
Oct 12th: With 700 attendees, our annual Fall Fest was a blast and the biggest one yet! “This is amazing”, “What a great time”, “My kids ar…
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SummerDaze Brings Fun Activities to Military Families
Our annual USO Summer Daze event took place this week and it was off the charts fun for over 400 military family members on Fort Sill! 😎 In…
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Basic Trainees Visit USO Fort Sill
The USO on Fort Sill is welcoming a new type of Soldier to the Center. Through an initiative with the 434 Basic Combat Training Brigade, t…
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USO Supports Exodus of 2,000 Troops
USO Oklahoma helped make the travels easier for over 2,000 trainees from Fort Sill. Over the course of three days, we passed our snacks an…
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Welcome Home 2-18 Field Artillery
December 9, 2022. Fort Sill, OK. Goodbyes can be hard, but the welcome home’s are very sweet! USO Oklahoma supported the redeployment of …
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Annual Thanksgiving Meal
November 23, 2022. USO Fort Sill welcomed over 300 guests for a festive Thanksgiving lunch. There were 90 Marines who are in training and …
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Meet Nala and Emmy
Meet Nala and Emmy! Nala is a very happy labradoodle and Emmy is a “smiling” huskie. They are two therapy dogs participating in our USO C…
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USO Supports Armed Forces Day Parade
May 21, 2022. Lawton, OK. The Lawton Community hosts one of the Nation’s longest running Armed Forces Day parades. Alongside community f…
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Army Basic Trainees Enjoy Dave and Buster's
Dec. 28, 2021: During the holiday block leave, there are always basic trainees who do not go home for the holiday break. Since 2016, USO O…
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USO Fort Sill provides Fueling Our Forces Lunch
Shortly after opening in 2016, the USO on Fort Sill has offered a weekly free lunch on Wednesdays where an average of 200 service members a…
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USO Oklahoma Gives "Family Day" Back to Basic Trainees
Due to the pandemic, the Fort Sill basic training graduations have been closed to the public. In a normal environment, the newest of Army …
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Labor Day Weekend Cookout
September 4, 2020: USO Oklahoma at Fort Sill hosted a fun cookout to kick off the Labor Day Weekend. We took advantage of the large parki…
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USO Oklahoma Welcomes Home 2-18 FA Amid COVID-19 Situation
The 2-18 Field Artillery Battalion (2-18 FA BN) came home to Fort Sill, OK, from their tour in Korea on April 3, 2020. Due to the COVID-19…
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Black Knights vs. Sooners!
This past weekend, USO Oklahoma was invited out to Norman, Oklahoma, home of the University of Oklahoma’s Sooners. We rolled up early Satur…
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Soldiers Receive Warm Deployment Sendoff from USO
Participating in deployments and deployment support is not a new activity for USO Oklahoma. Fort Sill is the home of two FORSCOMM brigades…
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USO Support to 2018 Armed Forces Day Activities in Lawton-Fort Sill
USO Oklahoma Fully Supports all Armed Forces Day Events
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USO Oklahoma: Year One
Happy New Year Everyone!
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Storytime Brings Us Together
At storytime today we read How The Grinch Stole Christmas and had plenty of little friends show up! After enjoying a cookie and some water,…
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Lunch Break! Ft. Subs
Today we had over 100 folks come by for Lunch Break! We had subs, chips, apples, and sodas for our guests to enjoy while they connected wit…
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Brunching at the USO: Chicken and Waffles
On Saturday, March 25th, New York Life Insurance brought by some Chik-Fil-A Minis, fresh fruit and waffle mix to help us do what we do best…
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Sweets For Your Sweetheart!
On Sunday, volunteer Jonathan came in to teach our service members and their families how to make different types of chocolates for Valenti…
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Oorah For Nachos!
This past week the Marines have been pretty busy with classes and training, so when we heard they “wouldn’t say no” to some non-traditional…