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Friday, January 08, 2010
Technology Bridging Gap for Deployed Service Members and Families - Mike MacLeod, War on Terror News
Joseph is one of 75 paratroopers whose family received a new Dell notebook computer through Operation Homelink just prior to the unit's deployment in August. To date, the nonprofit has partnered with corporate donors to link 3,200 deployed soldiers with their families using Internet-friendly computers. "He'll pop up in Yahoo Messenger and say he's online," said Rebecca. "We'll talk about the kids. He'll say, 'How are you doing in school?' I just finished an online class."
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