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Overseas troops won’t be able to watch the NFL playoffs — and more — because of the government shutdown

by SOFREP News Team

  • The federal government is currently in a partial shutdown.
  • Due to the shutdown, the Department of Defense’s Armed Forces Network is not operational.
  • This means military personnel deployed overseas are at risk of not being able to see the NFL playoffs and other programming.

Deployed members of the US military rely on a few comforts while away from home — one of those being the ability to watch American sports on the Armed Forces Network (AFN).

However, for those troops hoping to catch the NFL playoffs on Sunday, there’s a good chance they’ll miss out.

 

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  • The federal government is currently in a partial shutdown.
  • Due to the shutdown, the Department of Defense’s Armed Forces Network is not operational.
  • This means military personnel deployed overseas are at risk of not being able to see the NFL playoffs and other programming.

Deployed members of the US military rely on a few comforts while away from home — one of those being the ability to watch American sports on the Armed Forces Network (AFN).

However, for those troops hoping to catch the NFL playoffs on Sunday, there’s a good chance they’ll miss out.

 

 

Read the whole story from Business Insider.

Featured image courtesy of AFN

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The SOFREP News Team is a collective of professional military journalists. Brandon Tyler Webb is the SOFREP News Team's Editor-in-Chief. Guy D. McCardle is the SOFREP News Team's Managing Editor. Brandon and Guy both manage the SOFREP News Team.

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