Navy Federal Credit Union has just launched a new venture: Acorporate partnership with the USO of Metropolitan Washington. The$46 billion credit union will help USO-Metro serve departingand arriving service members at its four airport lounges in theBaltimore-Washington, D.C. area. Last year USO-Metro served 122,500people through the centers and each year distributes 250,000 to300,000 care packages containing such items as internationalcalling cards, disposable cameras and toiletries to deployingservice members. The partnership with Navy Federal officiallylaunched on Aug. 29 at USO-Metro's lounge at Baltimore-WashingtonInternational Airport.

Above, Nancy DeDona, Navy Federal's vice president ofmembership, distributes Operation USO care packages to servicemembers awaiting a departure flight.

USO-Metro President/CEO Elaine Rogers greets Navy Federal's vicepresident of membership, Nancy DeDona, and Executive Vice Presidentof Branch Operations Steve Romano, RADM (Ret), at the USOInternational Gateway Lounge at BWI Airport.

USO-Metro President/CEO Elaine Rogers and Nancy DeDona, NavyFederal vice president of membership, take a break fromdistributing Operation USO Care Package Deployment Kits to talkwith service members awaiting departure flights.