Halo tournaments console U.S. soldiers in Iraq

Posted Dec 26, 2007 at 12:38PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Bungie Studios, Christmas, Iraq
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Halo 3 Bungie - Image 1Most people around the around have spent Christmas with their families and loved ones, but it was a different story for the soldiers who were assigned in Baghdad.

Lonely and pining for the company of their loved ones, the soldiers helped ease their homesickness by holding Halo tournaments, apart from making the usual phone calls to their respective homes.

Aside from knocking themselves out in playing Bungie Studios' hit franchise, the soldiers were also visited by a four-piece brass band on Christmas Eve, rousing sleeping soldiers and entertaining those who were assigned as roof guard.

The soldiers, who were also given a treat by letting them become beta testers for Halo 3, truly deserve a break for working hard outside their home country.

Via Herald Sun

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Nevers - 2007-12-26 08:16
» Just

come home safe...

by blackmobb - 2007-12-26 08:45
» you said it

You Said it Nevers. We may not support the war but we will always support the troops. Come home safe.

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