USO links troops worldwide via Xbox Live

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Justin Kwasna, 12, center, from Riverhead, N.Y., talks and plays Xbox video games via Xbox Live, with his cousin, stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. Gunnery Sgt. Kim Worrell, right, and Cpl. Thomas Lance, both from the 1st Marine Corp. District in Garden City, N.Y., play along with Justin, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003, at the USO Center in New York City.

From uso.org http://www.uso.org/pubs/8_29_3934.cfm

"Operation: Live Connections is a welcome gift to anyone serving overseas this holiday," said 1st Lt. Edward Reynado, U.S. Air Force. "Xbox Live allows me to play my favorite games with friends and family as though I am sitting on the couch right next to them back home in Garden Grove, Calif. We share stories, laugh and poke fun at each other in real time as we play."

From Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/technology/new...tr1168981.html

Arthur Myers, director of Air Force Services, the Air Force organization responsible for quality-of-life issues, said the program was such a success it will be expanded to nearly every Air Force base around the world.

"When I go to bases, I have enlisted calls with all the young airmen, and they tell me this is the greatest thing since sliced bread," Myers told Reuters.



Well, it is kind of neat for the families and relatives to be able to chat it up with loved ones. I wonder how security issues are handled, so the service doesn't end up leading to accidentaly leaked sensitive info?

What with its "military grade encription" I'd say it fits right in.

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"Let me show you what we're going to do tommorow. You go left and I'll go right."