Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/holiday-song-from-american-troops-around-the-world Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio In a NewsHour holiday tradition, the Department of Defense records service personnel around the world singing a seasonal song. This year’s festive tune is “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Read the Full Transcript Nick Schifrin: Finally tonight, we continue a "NewsHour" tradition.There are 1.3 million active-duty U.S. military service members. About 200,000 are based overseas and spend the holidays away from home.Each year, we have asked the Department of Defense and its Defense Media Activity Agency to spread a little holiday cheer and record service members sing a Christmas song.Tonight, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."(SINGING) Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Dec 24, 2018