March 17, 2003
Overseas Guardsmen receive photos of loved ones, thanks to Sprint
Hundreds of photographs of fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and children have been sent instantly and free to Guardsmen overseas, from Andrews Air Force Base, in a very nice gesture from the Sprint telephone company.
Family members gathered and signed up, posed and were snapped by operator employees with picture phones. After viewing on the tiny screen and giving their okay or shooting again, the pictures were sent off to soldiers thousands of miles away (as an attachment to an e-mail address, typed into the cell phone).
According to an article in The Washington Times, deployed almost a month ago, the majority of the 200 Guardsmen are overseas, living in tents. "Part of their problem is boredom and adjusting to a different way of life, said Connie Moore, of the Family Resources Support Office at Andrews. They miss their families the most."
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