Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
In case folks aren't aware, the USO is a non-governmental non-profit organization. As such, they are dependent upon the relative interest of the local airport authorities in terms of whether or not they are even welcome at an airport down to the real estate that the airport authority is willing to allocate for a USA lounge. Some welcome the USO with open arms and checkbook and some flip the USO off. Some lounges are airside and some are landside (like Dulles).
My local airport in a military town didn't have a USO, but a few years ago a group decided to change that. The airport had a decent sized room that was just being used as a storage closet. The USO and airport made an agreement that they could turn it into a lounge, but in exchange they would knock out part of the wall and make the outside part into an information desk for the airport in general. Both parties seems to be quite happy with the arrangement.