Throughout history, tours of duty in wartime have served to separate families.  We are deploying state-of-the art technology to transform the experience of soldiers on extended deployments to war zones.   Soldiers may now attend and participate in milestone family events such as graduations, births, birthdays and weddings etc. via video conference over the Freedom Calls Network.  One Army General recently observed that our effort represents the single greatest boost in morale for the troops in the past 25 years

Our mission is to build a communications network independent of military networks employing state of the art Wi-Fi, VOIP telephony, Video Conferencing and Satcom technology to enable our troops to communicate free of charge from their base camps with their families at home by internet telephone, instant messaging and video conference. Your generous contributions to the Freedom Calls Foundation serve to ease the burden of thousands of our brave soldiers and their families in their effort to protect our country and rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.

A $50 contribution by just 1 million Americans will enable the Freedom Calls Foundation to offer its state of the art communication services to virtually every soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan free of charge.

Family is important, especially during wartime. Your contribution shows your appreciation for the sacrifices being made by our soldiers in Iraq and their families at home in a direct and meaningful way - by bringing them closer together.
 

Working closely with corporate contributors, individuals, and the military, the Foundation has built a satellite network connecting 5 military installations in Iraq with the United States. In 2004, the foundation installed its first facility offering VOIP telephone, internet and video conferencing services in an Army camp located north of Baghdad in the Sunni Triangle.

The Foundation's Freedom Calls Centers offer telephones, video conferencing stations, video email stations, and computers with email and internet access.  As a result the more than 40,000 soldiers in 5 camps in Iraq are able to communicate with their families and loved ones at home on a regular basis 24 hours per day free of charge.

In 2005, the foundation installed satellite links and communications facilities at Marine headquarters at Camp Fallujah and Al Asad Airbase in Anbar Province on the Syrian border.  In 2007, the Foundation installed a Freedom Calls Center at Camp Taqaddum. The Foundation's 5 facilities in Iraq now serve more than 40,000 soldiers, Marines and airmen - more than 2,000 per day.

The Army has requested that the Foundation install it facilities at 8 additional Army camps in Iraq and 2 in Afghanistan in the coming months. Each Freedom Calls facility costs about $250,000 to set up and approximately $250,000 a year in maintain. Future deployments will encompass as many as 100 additional locations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations where our overseas troops lack regular communication with their families and loved ones at home.  With your support, we hope to install our facilities at every Army camp in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming year.

Operation Hometown Link

The foundation has launched Operation Hometown Link with the generous donation of several corporate and university contributors. Corporations, law firms, schools, hospitals and universities have offered to allow military families to access their video conferencing facilities across the country to speak and interact with their soldiers and marines.  The foundation expects to have more than ten thousand sites across the country in the coming months in which families can gather to speak with and interact with their soldiers and marines using state of the art video conferencing equipment. More on Initiatives...