May 15, 2008

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What’s New
Military Base Ratings
This is great for those getting read to PCS! Help out all fellow military spouses by rating all the bases that you have lived on or have been assigned to.

Member of the Month
Now that we are getting the hang of having a member of the month we are going to turn this special privilege over to you! Yay you! We will have a topic where you may nominate someone. If you feel more comfortable PMing it to admin by all means do that.

Newbie of the Month
We are also going to have a Newbie of the Month. This will be the person that joined in the previous month and has brought the most to the forum! Staffers will make this decision so you all are off the hook on this one. But for those newbies out there have fun posting and getting to know the other ladies here.

Book Club
One more new thing to add! Marisa had the great idea of starting a book club. So we have started a new thread and we will get all the logistics put up there today. This should be a lot of fun!

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Reminders
Swap Reminder
Names have been passed out for the swap! Very exciting! For those who are participating don't forget your gifts need to be sent out by the 20th! We don't want anyone missing out cause their gift wasn't sent!

Handy Little Tips
For all those newbies who may not have noticed this yet. It is great option to use on the forum. It shows all the posts that have been made since you last logged it. View posts since last visit! It is seriously a life saver with all the posting these ladies do!

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Forum Links
Our Web Site
www.thesilentranks.com
There is a lot of neat information on here. We trying to get as many resources on there as possible. We will be adding more over the next couple of weeks including the ratings on military housing. If you have any ideas to add you may send Emily a personal message or e-mail her at emily381@gmail.com.
Things to do on the Forum

Weekly Fun
http://strong.forummotion.com/weekly-funs-f35
Topics are posted daily with fun questions to answer. This is a great way to get to know each other and maybe even find out some of you fellow military s/o's dirty little secrets !

Games
strong.forummotion.com/games-f18
Again another fun activity to keep you occupied when you are bored and in need of something to do.

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Helpful Military Links to Share
Each month I will list a couple helpful links. If any of you have helpful resources please PM Emily.

Military Deals
http://www.herosalute.com/

All Branches
http://www.milspouse.org
http://oif.spawareurope.net Spaware phone service in Iraq
http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil

Army (thank you Danielle for this months links)
www.onestop.army.mil Everything you need to know about army bases
www.ako.army.mil Army Knowledge online
www.armyfrg.com online FRG sites...more bases are starting to use these
www.Myarmylifetoo.com lots of useful information
www.armyonesource.com lot of good info

Air Force
http://www.afcrossroads.com
http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil

Navy
https://www.nffsp.org

Marines
http://www.usmc-mccs.org

Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil
http://www.cgmahq.org