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what better things can we do and do

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anything to help our military , to help

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our veterans to be there , to support

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them . The mission to gain support and

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walter , Lamberton , the chair for us .

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So , Tampa Bay has helped garner much

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of it took a lot of people from the

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whole Tampa Bay community , the base

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everywhere around to get together ,

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walter says , this is the first new USO

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approved in over a decade across the

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nation . Family and friends at the U .

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S . So , good morning . What a great

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day to be a veteran . For people like

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Al carter , the Chief of staff from

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florida's Department of Veterans

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Affairs . It's a tremendous opportunity .

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He's excited to be part of a community .

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That's one of the few places left in

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the country allowed to have a USO

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though . He says it doesn't come

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without roadblocks . There's always the

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challenges of getting that support

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getting folks to actually , you know ,

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sign up to do the little things and

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having a place , you know , for

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military that's a hosted by ,

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you know , former military and and

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supporters of the military . It just

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provides that home atmosphere . The USO

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plans to have construction done by

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early july with their grand opening in

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august so they can better serve those

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who serve . Therefore Sergeant George

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Madden . Tampa florida