Overseas-deployed servicemembers can receive video “shout-outs” from home, as well as senior-leader messages, thanks to the new TroopTube online information service, according to military officials. TroopTube is a new Web site managed by the Defense Department’s Military OneSource online information network. It is patterned after YouTube, the popular commercial video site, said Gail Lovisone, who works with the Defense Department's Office of Military Community and Family Policy. It can be accessed at www.MilitaryOneSource.com, which connects servicemembers and families to assistance programs that deal with moving, finances, deployment, childcare and other military-life issues.

Great Idea. Training, morale boost, and entertainment all rolled into one package. Will this allow the soldiers to send "Shout Outs" back to their families?

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