USO Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — Local services in College Park

Please Read* First Active Military members, stop with your complaining! USO is voluntary staffed , kind of like you volunteered to Serve. Not all places are perfect, comfy and cushy...like my Air Force peeps. Stop expecting free hand outs! Enjoy what’s provided at no cost to you or look elsewhere, you have choices. Veterans, thank you for your service. Understand USO is mostly catered to Active Military...Again Active Military...meaning people who are currently serving! Think of it this way Vets... if you own a small business place (example: most all USO) and all things are voluntary (free) given (food, internet, chairs, etc).. normally not a whole lot keep in mind... and you have people who you currently employ and they use your “Free” service , but past employee want to use it too... some to include their families mind you...wouldn’t it be hard for you to keep things up and running. The Common Sense answer is... Yes. And it would not be fair for the people who are currently working/ serving our country. Veterans, You have enjoyed your benefits while serving, let the currently enlisted enjoy theirs. **But if they have room for you at the USO..be Grateful and Thankful! And ask yourself next time....do I Donate or volunteer at my local USO to make it better? Or I’m I expecting handouts like Liberals and most Democrats? Bye...Off I go we go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high...

This is the worst location to have a USO. It is located in the main area you don’t even need to have a plane ticket and go through security to get in. However you do need to go through security if you decided to visit this USO during your layover which makes ZERO sense to me. The USO is for military and family to use during layover time in the airport we took a 14 hour international flight we had to go through security to get to our layover flight, I asked 3 different people who work at the airport if we need to go through security again if we went to the USO and where told all three times no we wouldn’t. Well that is incorrect information, security takes at least 30-45 minutes to process through and it doesn’t seem productive to go through security once and take the train to the end of the line walk all the way to almost exit the airport to get to the USO and then have to go through security again. That is almost a 2 hour ordeal that seems very unnecessary and not convenient for military or there families to take advantage of the USO that is supposed to be there for people to be able to relax in a lounge setting between flights. Why have a USO at an airport if you don’t even need to have a plane ticket and go through security to get in so you don’t have to do that when leaving the USO to get to...

As you know the USO relays on volunteers in order to SUPPORT the service members. I’m sitting at the USO and one of the volunteers (Gale) came in with little red bag of goodies. As she started to unload, she asked if anyone would like a “sausage biscuit” (but not your typical sausage cheese biscuit). She offered me a biscuit and as I looked at it, I noticed the sausage and cheese was inside of the biscuit. I ate one and thought, this is soooo unique and I have never saw this before. They were moist, and a bit of cheese and sausage in every bite. If you are in the Atlanta Airport USO, you have to try them. The USO is awesome and my wife and I travel quite a bit and enjoy and appreciate the volunteers and sponsors for allowing this to be available to us. I can probably say, all these “sky clubs” have nothing on the awesome volunteers and their down home support they provide. I feel there is a difference in being a “Volunteer” and “Paid Employee”, for a service that is greatly appreciated. “I salute you”, the volunteers of all of the USO’s around the globe!!!...