"I'm thrilled to announce that soldiers can communicate by seeing and hearing their loved ones back home," said Culver. "The long deployments of our brave men and women in Iraq disrupt their lives and the lives of their families. By bringing this program to our soldiers, we are ensuring that these Iowans will stay connected with friends and family back home despite being thousands of miles away."
Army Sgt. Heather Brown from Osceola is stationed in Iraq. She talked to her husband Ron Brown; her parents, Dick and Shelly Schaff of Osceola; her brother Cory Schaff; and Rob's parents, Bob and Diane Brown of Patterson who participated via an ICN connection at the Grimes building in Des Moines.
Sgt. Brown is deployed with the 133rd, and has not been home since October of 2005. Her husband Rob says he hasn't seen his wife for 11 months. "I'm so excited to see her. She looks great."
