Skype closes the gap between Iraq and home

Skype closes the gap between Iraq and home
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
NEIGHBOR NEWS (DENVILLE EDITION)
STAFF WRITER
First grader, Nicolas Miozzi and his mother, Meredith, along with his classmates, "skyped" with his father, Major Joseph Miozzi, who is stationed in Iraq. The Skype session took place at the Dennis O’Brien School in Rockaway Township on Nov. 23. Skype is a free Internet service that allows users to make calls with people all over the world.

The miles between Rockaway Township and Iraq, between a father and son, disappeared for a brief time as Major Joseph Miozzi appeared to his son Nicolas' first-grade class at Dennis B. O'Brien School via Skype.

Miozzi is with the Army Corps of Engineers and was deployed to Iraq on July 11 of this year, four days after the birth of his third child, Olivia. Daughter Ella is 2 years old.

In the nearly five months since leaving, Miozzi has missed a lot — his son's birthday, his first day of school, and first football game. With the Skype visit, Miozzi was able to do what most fathers take for granted, meet his son's teacher and classmates.
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