The tune-in options are definitely a step up from World War II, when troops had to get creative and make their own listening devices out of items like copper wire and metal from their mess kits. network shows aren’t authorized for viewing in certain parts of the world, but they can still be found on AFN. "Troops in parts of Asia may have enough internet bandwidth to watch TV, but data caps make accessing shows online cost-prohibitive."įurthermore, some top U.S. "A soldier in a classified location in the Middle East won’t have enough internet bandwidth to watch TV, but if he points his satellite dish up to the sky, he’ll get AFN," AFN public affairs officer George Smith said. Spartanburg, South Carolina : MIE Publishing, c1999 FS Library 973 M27j 1999 Marilyn Paul. Aside from tuning in via an installation’s cable system, DOD personnel and other authorized viewers can use their own satellite dish and buy or rent an AFN decoder. Johnson Debra Johnson Knox, How to locate anyone who is or has been in the military : Armed Forces locator guide 8th ed.
The network is no longer the only English-language radio or TV available to overseas military members, but it can go where those other services cannot.
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