Deployed Sabers can watch Bitburg HS graduation live Published June 5, 2012 By Bob Purtiman DoDDS Europe Schools Public Affairs WIESBADEN, Germany -- Deployed Spangdahelm Air Base Airmen will be able to watch their Bitburg High School seniors graduate via a live webcast June 9. The Department of Defense Dependents Schools - Europe, U.S. Army Europe, and the U.S. Army 5th Signal Command have combined assets, talents, and technologies to enable the live webcasts via the Internet. The effort will allow 12 graduation ceremonies to be viewed by more than 60 deployed parents in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations around the world. The first graduation ceremonies will be webcast on June 7 from Ansbach and Bamberg High Schools. The last webcast occurs on June 14 from Vilseck High School. Schools identified as participating in this year's program include: June 7 - Ansbach and Bamberg High Schools June 8 - Heidelberg, Lakenheath, Hohenfels, Kaiserslautern and Ramstein High Schools June 9 - Aviano and Bitburg High Schools June 10 - Wiesbaden High School June 12 - Schweinfurt High School June 14 - Vilseck High School Deployed parents will be able to see their graduating senior cross the stage and view student messages recorded for the occasion. The collective effort is intended to give graduating students and deployed parents the opportunity to share this life event. Seniors who had, or anticipated having parents deployed at graduation, were identified through the high schools and the coordination process began. The ceremonies will be available for downloading after the conclusion of the ceremony. For more information, visit www.doddsegrads.net.