Skype today announced the Holiday Military Connection program, which will allow American servicemen and women stationed overseas to connect with their families stateside for virtual visits this holiday season. The announcement comes as part of a partnership between Skype and the USO.

According to a press release, The Holiday Military Connection program will connect troops in the Guam, Yokosuka, and Camp Hansen (Okinawa) USO centers with their families stateside, through live, face-to-face Skype video call conversations during Thanksgiving dinner.

In addition, the USO and Skype's Holiday Military Connection program will enable the estimated 140,000 troops visiting the 18 Pacific Region USO centers to make free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls home to loved ones all season long. Troops can also make unlimited calls to family and friends' cell phones and landlines free of charge through the donation of Skype's Unlimited World subscription plans.

Skype's partnership with the USO and the launch of the Holiday Military Connection program expand upon a trial program that started in May 2009, in which Skype donated calling plans to USO Pacific centers.