Deploying airmen make storytime DVD’s for their children

Tim Karsten regrets not taking advantage of one USO service before his last deployment. He learned how much his 16-year-old daughter missed him while he was gone.

“She told me she called a phone number that she knew no one would answer just so she could hear my voice,” the recently retired master sergeant said. “One of my biggest failures was not doing this program.”

That regret moved him to bring the USO United Through Reading program to Hurlburt Field for the first time this week.

The free service lets airmen make a 30-minute recording to send to each child in their life.

“You don’t necessarily have to be a parent,” Karsten said. “If you had a younger sister or brother and wanted to do this, you could. It’s for any child you have a special relationship with.”

After the airman deploys, the loved ones receive the book and the recording on DVD.

Source: Nwfdailynews.com

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