Enjoy the game today, but remember not everyone gets to take a long lunch or shirk off work responsibilities to watch the madness!
Got your brackets filled out yet? The 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament tips off in about two hours, viewable on CBS, TNT, TBS, and Tru. How does the military watch the tourney? The Defense Media Activity and the American Forces Network broadcast all tournament games to overseas military audiences in partnership with broadcasters and the NCAA. AFN is a government TV and radio broadcast service provided by the US military to those stationed or assigned overseas. While programming is provided to AFN by major TV networks and program syndicators at little to no cost, for copyright and licensing reasons it is intended solely for US forces personnel. AFN's primary mission is to provide access for distributing command information, which air during commercial breaks in programming instead of traditional ads. These CI spots run the gamut from reminding service members to register to vote, promoting local command-sponsored recreation events and off-duty educational programs, providing health and wellness tips, and listing what's playing at local base movie theaters. To the dismay of brands, AFN does not allow for traditional ads to run on-air. Many service members welcome this approach, while others find it troublesome, especially during the airing of the Super Bowl. The network is allowed to broadcast commercial movie promotion trailers provided by the Army & Air Force Exchange Service and the Navy Motion Picture Service to promote the latest film releases in base theaters worldwide. #MilitaryMarketing #MilitaryAppreciation #Military #MarchMadness
