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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 Jan 22, 2018

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

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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