USO Operation Phone Home® |
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Throughout the USO’s history, there has been a constant theme in what matters most to the men and women in uniform; the opportunity to connect with their loved ones back home. They have sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and friends who are with them in spirit and silently supporting them from the other side of the world. A simple phone call from a loved one makes a world of difference in the day of a deployed service member. The USO is working hard to bring home as close to them as possible through the USO Operation Phone Home® program.
Established in 2003, USO Operation Phone Home delivers prepaid international phone cards to deployed service members free of charge. As one of the most requested items from deployed service members, the prepaid international phone cards continue to
be a hit with service men and women. The phone cards are distributed through USO centers both overseas and in the U.S., where they are handed out to service members passing through, or are delivered directly to military units. Since the program began,
more than 2.2 million phone cards have been distributed.
The USO currently pays $15.00 for each 300-unit phone card that we distribute to our service men and women. Through our ongoing partnership with AT&T, the USO benefits from discounted rates for these very popular cards. 100 percent of the money raised for the USO Operation Phone Home program goes to the purchase of phone cards.
You can help USO Operation Phone Home by donating to the USO in these simple ways:
- Online and choose the "donate to a specific program" option.
- Via phone: 1-800-876-7469
- By Mail:
(with O.P.H. written in the memo)
USO World Headquarters
PO Box 96860
Washington, DC 20090-6860
Attention Corporations
The USO has the capability to co-brand the phone cards, which allows service members to see the various corporate partnerships that help make this program possible. For more information, please contact the Operation Phone Home Representative.