Story Highlights
- Signal NCO keeps in touch with child through USO program
- USO 'United Through Reading' program has operated since 1990 in military installations and other locations worldwide
Sgt. Tracy Syndab, 55th Signal Company, Fort Meade, Md., reads "The Cat in the Hat" on camera for his children at the Contingency Operating Base Basra USO, January 20. Syndab has been deployed at COB Basra for seven months and has been utilizing the USO's program United Through Reading regularly to send videos of himself reading books to his children back in the U.S. Since 1990, United Through Reading has been keeping families connected by letting children see their parents on their televisions and reading along with them. The service provided is available at most USO locations in airports, overseas bases, Navy ships, and throughout the U.S.
