This is great for those who can not physically see there families. I would say that the lines are all busy after any of the breave men serving die. I know I would be frantically trying to get a hold of my loved ones and let them know that I was okay.

The most important thing while deployed is being able to communicate with people that are not in a combat state.

E-mail, Snail Mail, Videos, Audio anything. Whenever I was deployed I waited for the day they yelled "Mail Call." If I knew of other Marines that didn't get any, I would talk to one of my friends back home and get them a person to write to or vise-versa.