How Google Beam connects military families globally

For deployed service members, the hardest distance is measured in missed moments. A child's first steps, a first performance, or simply sitting across the table from a loved one feels out of reach.

That's why we're partnering with the USO to bring HP Dimension with Google Beam to 20 USO locations globally, helping service members bridge this distance. With Beam's unique true-to-life, 3D video communication experience, families feel like they're stepping into the same room and connecting in a whole new way.

Google Beam began a pilot program connecting families between Trzebień, Poland, and Fort Bliss, Texas earlier this year. Now, we're releasing a docuseries that shows how the program is expanding to Grafenwöhr, Germany, and Fort Hood, Texas, bringing this lifelike closeness to even more families.

Directed by military veteran and filmmaker Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, our new docuseries captures the power of this connection. It follows four soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment (Iron Dukes) during their deployment in Poland. Watch the profound emotional impact of Google Beam as they reconnect with their families back home, proving that love knows no distance.

The Brown-Orane family

Sergeant Amoy Brown is a Bradley Gunner deployed in Poland, and Tiyanna Orane, his wife, is an aviation logistics specialist in Fort Bliss. For them, military service is an equal partnership. But an eight-hour time difference makes celebrating major milestones,like Tiyanna's military promotion, feel distant. Google Beam helped create an intimate, lifelike reunion where Amoy and Tiyanna could celebrate her achievement, and Amoy could interact with their young son, Azeal.