Staying in touch with family and friends can be a problem for military personnel, especially those serving overseas. In its latest campaign, Google is trying to help.

Google now offers Google Voice priority through the active members of the service, according to the company, the official blog. Military staff. Millions of addresses will receive a Google Voice offers within 24 hours of requesting them, said Tuesday in a blog written by U.S. Army Sergeant Dale Sweetnam.

In his guest blog, Sweetnam, who is working with Google in the U.S. Army “Education Industry” program, explained the problem of trying to appeal to military personnel abroad.

“I spent 13 months in Iraq as an Army journalist, where I arrived in the Black Hawks over the Balad and Baghdad working to generate news about my soldiers,” says Sweetnam. “The whole experience was physically and emotionally draining, but it was especially difficult when I called home at the end of the day, and no one was there to answer.”

With the free service Google Voice, military officers may establish a single phone number that will ring on any phone, and receive voicemail, text transcripts. Family and friends need only to keep track of that one room, a manual for staff that can move from one place to another. People can also dial the number of Google Voice to leave a voice mail for the soldiers serving abroad, which are then extracted from the mobile trailers with access to the Internet.

Any active member of the United States, pp. Meale address, you can register a free account with Google Voice of invitations to visit troops.

I signed up for an account, when I went to Google, but it is much easier to respect, here in the States “says Sweetnam.” I know when I will return to fight, Google voice will help make life a little more manageable. ”

Google Voice were available only to users of GrandCentral, the service, Google took over in 2007 and converted to the Google Voice. This service has recently been opened for more people. However, queries on Google Voice number can take a long time to fill, so the 24-hour response time is a great benefit for military personnel.

Google Voice Also in the news lately over the Apple refuses to normal mobile version of the service for iPhone. Apple’s defiance prompted a stern letter to FCC Apple and AT & T to explain their actions.