Joe Theismann: Super Bowl Scores Big with American Troops Farthest from Home

Watching the Super Bowl is a huge morale boost for the more than 350,000 troops deployed worldwide, because for a few hours on that special Sunday, the troops get to feel a little closer to home. But for thousands of troops who are stationed in the most remote areas of the world, watching the Super Bowl is nearly impossible - there's no television, no cable, no internet. These are the soldiers most in need of a taste of home; these are the troops hidden in the remote regions abroad and sailors secreted away in submarines hundreds of feet below the surface. More on how the Super Bowl is broadcast to US troops in the field.

NewsInfusion | January 28, 2009

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