SOLDIERS serving abroad will be able to access news and messages from home online thanks to a new service launched by their own radio station.
The Garrison Radio network, which has its headquarters at the British Army's largest base at Catterick, North Yorkshire, can now be heard anywhere in the world via an Internet link.
"The exciting thing about this project is that anybody, anywhere, deployed on operations or normal training will be able to link back into home,'' said garrison commander, Colonel Jonny Hackett.
''This sort of facility is just right because it is the only way to get a worldwide service and get a true link between people left behind; families, dependents and those out doing the business wherever it is in the world."
The Government's Defence Procurement Minister, Lord Bach, was the first voice heard on the new service, which can be found at www.garrisonradio.com
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