WATCH: Troops Give Mother's Day Greetings To Their Moms In CA

CALIFORNIA — This year's Mother's Day is a socially distant one, even for those lucky enough to live close to their moms.

For members of the U.S. military, stationed away from home or overseas, the distance is even greater. Happily, the Defense Department put together a set of video greetings from a few service members to their mothers in California, just in time for the holiday.

Forward-deployed Navy Lt. Tiffany Tam in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti gives a shout out to her mother in Walnut, California:

Forward-deployed Navy Cmdr. Seth Liebman in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti gives a shout out to his wife in Tehachapi, California:

Sgt. Ephrium Nicholson, forward-deployed to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan sends a Mother's Day greeting to his mom in Long Beach, California:

Army Reserve Maj. Phillip Gable hailing from Claremont, California and working as an executive officer with Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 94-1, gives a shout-out to his mother, while augmented to Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, Mass.:

Videos courtesy Defense Visual Information Distribution Service