Sgt. Tammy Ellis, a combat medic assigned to C Company, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, looks on as she talks to her daughter, Sadie, a student at Meadow Elementary School, through a video teleconference system in Iraq, Dec. 14. The VTC was set up by faculty at Meadows Elementary and Long Knife rear detachment. Ellis a native of Bangor, Maine, is deployed in support of Operation New Dawn. Technology bridges gap between kids, deployed troopers 351306

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