Friday, May 23, 2008

Webcasts to Allow Deployed Parents to Watch Graduations

American Forces Press Service
May 20, 2008

Hundreds of troops deployed from Europe will be able to see their children’s high school graduation ceremonies via live webcasts, Department of Defense Dependents Schools Europe officials announced.

DoDDS Europe, U.S. Army Europe and U.S. Army 5th Signal Command have combined assets, talents and technologies to enable the live webcasts. The effort will allow at least 18 graduation ceremonies to be viewed by an estimated 211 deployed parents in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the world.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49933