Stories
Stories from USO Northwest Florida
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Local Communities, USO Work Together to Help Military Children Across U.S. Southeast Put Best Foot Forward as School Year Begins
Throughout the U.S. Southeast, USO Centers have implemented Back to School programs and activities to help military families by working wit…
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USO Gaming Complex at Eglin AFB
Come visit our brand new USO Gaming Complex at Eglin AFB!
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USCGC Dauntless Homecoming
Welcome home USCGC Dauntless! Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your special moment. We enjoyed seeing these families reunite after…
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Holiday Stockings
We had so much fun decorating holiday stockings aboard NAS Pensacola today 🎄🎅🏼🤶🏻❄️☃️ #USOnwfl #BeTheForce #USOHolidays
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Webb Electric Company Tango Mike Drop
Thank you Webb Electric Company of Florida for your generous donation that will go directly to our service men and women serving in Northwe…
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers (B.O.S.S.) building for 7th Group
USO Northwest Florida is thankful to have been a part of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers (B.O.…
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USCGC Reliance Homecoming
Thank you to our volunteers for grilling burgers for the crew of the USCGC Reliance! The crew was happy to take a break and enjoy lawn game…
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USO NAS Pensacola Holiday Decorating
Now that Thanksgiving has passed…it’s time to put up the Christmas decorations! 🎄🎅🏼☃️🎁 Thank you to our cheerful volunteers for helping us …
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New Student Arrivals to Pensacola Airport
USO Pensacola International Airport volunteers were excited to welcome 230 Sailors from Great Lakes throughout the day, yesterday. Every Sa…
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No Dough Dinner Delivery
Another successful No Dough dinner delivered to the 479th Flying Training Group at NAS Pensacola!
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USO Invites Public to Participate in Inaugural Virtual Spring Break 5K
From April 24 - 30, 2021, the USO will host their inaugural USO Spring Break Virtual 5K.
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For Service Members in the Southeast U.S., who couldn’t make it Home for the Holidays, the USO Brings Home to Them
Although thousands of service members travel home for the holidays every year, there are many who remain behind at military installations d…
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USO Rapidly Deploys Expeditionary Gaming Center, Supports National Guard in D.C.
Building an expeditionary or temporary USO location is no easy feat – but pivoting to meet the ever-changing needs of service members is wh…
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Families in the Southeast U.S., enjoy Read Across America Day through Bob Hope Legacy Reading Program
On National Read Across America Day, the USO in the Southeast U.S., will be celebrating the Bob Hope Legacy Reading Program.
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Welcome Home!
The USO at Pensacola International Airport was thrilled to witness the homecoming of John Brake after a year long deployment in Kuwait. Wel…
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Bike Bash at Harley Davidson
The 2nd Annual Bike Bash at Harley-Davidson of Pensacola was a success!!! Huge shout out to their team, Cumulus Media Jet 100.7, 3-D Eats C…
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Pensacola International Airport Exodus 2021
From December 18-24th, staff and volunteers worked around the clock to keep our USO center at Pensacola International Airport open 24/7 to …
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Thanksgiving 2021
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽 from the USO NWFL 🇺🇸 • • • Today we partnered with MWR Liberty- Pensacola, FL and hosted, “The USO-MWR Thanksgiving…
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Hurricane Sally Damage
Our beautiful center located at NAS Pensacola took quite a beating from Hurricane Sally, but staff and volunteers as well as some wonderful…
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Pandemic Pizza Delivery
We are proud to say that our Pandemic Pizza Delivery from Domino’s Pizza added a few more smiles and boosted some morale for these hungry U…
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Sunset Snack Packs
Huge thank you to our volunteers at USO NAS Pensacola and USO Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station for helping serve over 300…
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Grab-N-Go Burger Burn
USO Northwest Florida served over 800 students aboard both USO NAS Pensacola and USO Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station thi…
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Our USO at Pensacola International Airport is open with a new look!
Our USO Pensacola International Airport is OPEN with a fresh look!
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COVID-19 Response
The USO remains in close alignment with military commands and goes where no other nonprofit can go to support the emergent needs of our Arm…
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USO Northwest Florida Volunteers
Just a glimpse at the many things our wonderful volunteers do on a daily basis. Our volunteers are the backbone of this organization. We wo…
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Christmas 2019
Santa visited Northwest Florida on Friday and brought nothing but holiday cheer……and presents! USO NAS Pensacola and NAS Pensacola Homes te…
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Snowball Express 2019
Our USO at Pensacola International Airport always takes pride in working with the airport to provide an awesome traveling experience for th…
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Pensacola International Airport Exodus 2019
Another successful Exodus at our USO Northwest Florida Pensacola International Airport! Between December 20th-24th, our volunteers staffed …
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Operation Hero
It was our pleasure to join the Operation Hero event held on Eglin AFB this past weekend. The event was open to all Eglin, 7th SFG, Duke fa…
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Halloween 2019
USO Northwest Florida is always sure to celebrate the Holidays and give service members and their families a home away from home atmosphere!
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Coffee Connections
USO NAS Pensacola and Corry Station connects military spouses to their community through our new program; Coffee Connection. Thank you to a…
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Running of the Bulls 2019
The rain did not stop it from being our most successful year, yet! We cannot thank our volunteers, sponsors, participants, and every indivi…
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Juan Sebastion de Elcano Welcome
USO Northwest Florida was happy to be a part of welcoming Buque Escuela Juan Sebastian de Elcano to Pensacola!
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Volunteer Appreciation Week 2019
Our volunteers at USO Northwest Florida are the backbone of our organization. Without these wonderful volunteers, our center would not be a…
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Corry Station Dine on our Dime
Last night at our center aboard Corry Station, our patrons enjoyed a visit by our furfriend, Penelope, and our very cool friends from Pen A…
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USCG Decisive Homecoming
It was a great day to welcome home the U.S. Coast Guard Decisive to NAS Pensacola! There were some happy faces waiting at the dock for sure…
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USCG Dauntless Homecoming
All deployments are hard. (Especially when you have to miss a couple of paydays because of a partial government shutdown.) Today, USO staff…
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Valentine's Day 2019
All four locations offered Valentine cards and yummy treats for service members.
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Pensacola International Airport Exodus 2018
Thank you to our volunteers and sponsors that made this Holiday Exodus at Pensacola International Airport such a success! Our volunteers wo…
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Christmas 2018
USO NWFL was sure to get in the Holiday spirit to give our service members a home away from home feel.
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Snowball Express 2018
The USO and Pensacola International Airport had the privilege of hosting a few children of our fallen heroes and Gold Star families as they…
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Volunteer Holiday Party 2018
We had an amazing time celebrating USO Northwest Florida volunteers at our Annual Volunteer Holiday Party! The Blue Anchor Belles performed…
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Thanksgiving 2018
Staff and volunteers at our centers at NAS Pensacola and Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station came together to provide a litt…
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Blue Angel Air Show
USO staff and volunteers welcomed home the U.S Navy Blue Angels at the Blue Angel Homecoming Airshow. We love our Blue Angels!
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Warrior Luncheon
Warrior Luncheons are free meals held once a month, provided by local donors.
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Dine on our Dime
Bi-weekly Dine on our Dimes are held at our center at NAS and Corry Station. This program provides free meals for our service members betwe…
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Military Spouse Networking
Military spouses had the opportunity to learn about The USO, the art of networking, create and practice their personal or professional elev…
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Hurricane Michael Relief
USO Northwest Florida has made many trips to Panama City, taking much-needed refreshments to Florida National Guard groups.
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Halloween 2018
Check out the many ways USO Northwest Florida celebrated Halloween!
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CSU Commencement Service Project
Columbia Southern University hosted its first ever service project in conjunction with Commencement to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Th…
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NFL Flag Football
We had a great time playing NFL Flag Football this week! Thank you to MWR Liberty- Pensacola, FL for partnering with us! Huge thank you to …
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Blue Anchor Belles Hurricane Relief Concert
The Blue Anchor Belles hosted a hurricane relief concert to collect items for families affected by Hurricane Michael. Thank you to everyone…
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Wingman Foundation Memorial 5k
the USO was proud to support The very first Wingman Foundation Memorial 5k at Veterans Memorial Park Pensacola! What an amazing way to hono…
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Quarterly Tea Party
Our USO located on NAS Pensacola hosts quarterly Tea Party’s for service members and their family members. Thank you to our amazing team of…
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Burger Burns
We love treating our service members to monthly “Burger Burns.” This gives them a home away from atmosphere and offers a free, delicious me…
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Date Night Paint Night!
We had so much fun at our first Date Night Paint Night! Thank you to Emily Lantigua for donating your time to lead this paint night! We cre…
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Back to School 2018
USO Northwest Florida offered supplies to service members and their families this back to school year!The smiles on these families faces sa…
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Running of the Bulls 2018
THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who made this event possible! All of the hard work, time, and support is much appreciated. What a successf…
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#Flex4Forces
We challenge you to #Flex4Forces to show our service members far from home that you stand with them! Flex, share to social media #Flex4Forc…
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Blue Wahoo's Baseball Games
We had a blast at the Pensacola Blue Wahoos baseball games in May! Thank you to our generous supporter Whataburger in partnership with the …
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Mother's Day
Happy Mother’s Day from USO Northwest Florida! We had special treats for Mothers at all four locations, along with photo booth set ups for …
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Military Family Activity Box Program
We had a wonderful time hosting military families for our Family Activity Box program! This is a brand-new military family oriented “care p…
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National Volunteer Week 2018
At USO Northwest Florida, we are a Force Behind the Forces, and our volunteers play a huge role in serving those who serve. We cannot thank…
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Homecomings and Deployments
It is always our honor to support the local homecomings and deployments. USO Northwest Florida Volunteers are always there to serve snacks,…
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Easter 2018
All of our centers in Northwest Florida had a wonderful time celebrating Easter this past Sunday. We had an amazing team of volunteers host…
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Sailor Saturday at Pensacola International Airport
It’s Sailor Saturday at USO Pensacola International Airport! Our volunteers are working hard preparing snack bags to give these incoming Sa…
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Month of the Military Child
April is Month of the Military Child. USO Northwest Florida had a great time celebrating with the students at Eglin Elementary. Purple was …
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Pensacola Ice Flyer's Games
Pensacola Ice Flyer’s Hockey Team is a proud supporter of the USO! Throughout the season, USO NWFL sets up at games to promote for voluntee…
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USO NWFL Outreach events
USO Northwest Florida love’s to support our supporters and be as involved with our community as possible.
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Puppy Play Time
What better way to create a “home away from home” experience, than some puppy lovin’?! Our USO centers in Northwest Florida bring in dogs t…
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Disney Bingo
All of these smiling faces are a true testament on what a great time we had at Disney Bingo! Thank you to the families who came out for som…
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Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day from USO Northwest Florida ! All 4 of our centers were sure to show a little extra love and appreciation to our servic…
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USO Casino Night!
GFWC-Santa Rosa Woman’s Club hosted a Casino Night at the USO, and it was a huge hit! There was a large variety of food games and prizes. V…
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Runway Run 5k 2017
For the fifth consecutive year, Pensacola International Airport hosted a Runway Run 5k benefiting the USO NWFL. This year broke records wit…
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Volunteer Holiday Party
We had a blast celebrating our wonderful USO volunteers at our holiday party! We can’t thank them enough for their dedication to our servic…
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New Years Celebration
We had a delicious New Year’s dinner at our centers aboard NAS Pensacola and Corry Station with help from our friends at Jimmy John’s and M…
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Exodus @ Pensacola International Airport
Thank you to every volunteer and staff member who worked around the clock to pull off a smooth and successful Exodus! Every year, the airpo…
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Snowball Express
Last month, Pensacola International Airport teamed up with the USO as families traveled for Snowball Express. Snowball Express is an amazin…
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Christmas at NAS & Corry
Throughout December, USO NAS Pensacola hosted a plethora of events to make it feel just like the holidays at home! Some of the events are t…
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"We've Got Your 96"
We celebrated Thanksgiving all weekend at our centers aboard NAS Pensacola and Corry Station. Between both centers, throughout the weekend,…
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Halloween 2017
USO Northwest Florida had a ‘Fang-tastic’ #Halloween2017 ! Our centers at Pensacola International Airport, NAS Pensacola & Destin - Fort Wa…
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Volunteer Appreciation
USO Northwest Florida values each and every volunteer. Without the hard work and love each volunteer puts into our centers, the USO would n…
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Hurricane Harvey Relief
We loaded up the USO Northwest Florida vehicles to deliver toiletries, clothing and snacks to U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mob…
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Labor Day Burger Burn
The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for our Labor Day Burger Burn and our official NFL Flag Football game! Thank you to USAA who do…
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Kid's Crafternoon
Our center on NAS Pensacola hosts “Kids Crafternoon” monthly. We are very impressed with all of our little creative artists! This program a…
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Fishing Event!
At the USO aboard NAS Pensacola our monthly event, “Fishing with Dave”, brought to you by volunteers David Barnaby and his wife Pamela Jo B…
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#PensacolaRocks
One of our volunteers at our USO aboard NAS Pensacola, Pamela Jo Barnaby, hosted rock painting last night! Painting, hiding and finding roc…
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Back to school giveaway
The USO Northwest Florida had a blast giving out backpacks and school supplies to 153 military kids! This event made going back to school …
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Running of the Bulls
These pictures speak for themselves! This years Running of the Bulls was truly an amazing experience! We cannot thank everyone who made thi…
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Independence Day Celebration!
Happy 4th of July! Thank you to the service men and women who protect our freedom everyday! We celebrated at NAS Pensacola with BBQ from Br…
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USO Annual Crawfish Boil
To commemorate the Memorial Day holiday, NAS Pensacola USO hosted our Annual Crawfish Boil. Prior to eating, we talked about the true meani…
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USO participates in the Eglin Connects Event!
Team 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Eglin AFB had a great turnout for the Eglin Connects Event. This was in conjunction with Team Eglin…
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Mother's Day USO Celebration
Our amazing volunteers worked hard in the kitchen to prepare a delicious Mother’s Day brunch at NAS Pensacola. Broussard’s Bayou Grill & Ca…
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USO visits the CDC!
In honor of Month of the Military Child, the USO visited the Child Development Centers at NAS Whiting Field, Corry Station Naval Technical …
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USO Easter Celebration
Easter Sunday at the USO was quite EGGciting! We had some fantastic volunteers hide 450 eggs throughout the second deck of the USO. 250 of …
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#iVolunteer
Check out why Northwest Florida’s volunteers do what they do!
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Military Family Appreciation
This year’s Military Family Appreciation Day was held in downtown Fort Walton Beach. Coordinated through the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of …
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Pi(e) Day!
How exactly do you celebrate pi day? With a pie eating contest, of course! The (very full) champions won Subway and Texas Roadhouse gift ca…
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USO Quarterly Tea Party
NAS Pensacola USO hosts an English Tea Party quarterly where service members stop by to enjoy some English tea and treats! Susan, a freque…
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USO Northwest Florida Embraces Guantanamo Bay Evacuess
With Hurricane Matthew bearing down, nearly 700 U.S. military family members were forced to evacuate Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an…