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Article: NDIA Washington Chapter Raises 37K for USO.(Brief Article)
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- National Defense
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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Each year, the National Defense Industrial Association's Washington Chapter hosts a fund-raising golf outing for the United Service Organizations (USO). This year's event was scheduled for September 24, 2001. However, since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, security has been tightened at every U.S. military installation and the event was postponed, because it was set to take place at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland.
Instead of canceling the registrations and refunding the fees for the golf tournament, Ed Swallow, NDIA Washington Chapter member and chair of the event, offered an opportunity for the participating companies and ...