Service members link up with family through UI program

CHAMPAIGN – When Marine Reserve Maj. Andrew Rice isn't flying helicopters, he's studying computers.

So chatting with his family from Iraq via videoconferencing comes naturally to him. They talk about plans to return home, his niece Sylvia's quilt drawing and niece Maren's favorite letters of the alphabet.

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