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The historic move of 7773 to become a static display at Fort Indiantown Gap in 2006.
Posting from Word 2007
Did you know you can publish to your WordPress Blog from Microsoft Word 2007? Follow the steps below if you are authorized to Publish to this website. You must be Registered and Approved.
MS Word 2007 Setup Procedure:
1) Open a Microsoft Word Document
2) Hit the new Office Button Then select Publish -> Blog
3) If prompted to register, select “Register Now”
4) Choose WordPress from the dropdown and hit “Next”
5) Enter your exact WP blog URL followed by “/xmlrpc.php”
6) Then enter your WP username and password and press OK
Once complete, you should receive a “Account registration successful.” in a few seconds. You may now enter a Post Title, Insert Categories you have previously created and write your article. When ready you may either directly publish it or save it as a draft for later from the dropdown. Word 07 also allows editing recent documents you have published by using the “Open Existing” button. If you need any help or having problems, you are welcome to ask questions in the comments.
Site News and Help
It is late so please excuse my grammar. Many of the emails sent out by our system may have gone to Junk folders. We will need to inform people by word of mouth to check their junk folders when they sign up and white list the addresses we use.
We are to the point where people can register or subscribe. Only Members are supposed to register. I will keep my eye on that. Anyone from the 193rd or families may subscribe to updates. Anytime something new is posted they can be notified. Additionally, they can select the categories they want to be notified about. Example, just the Motorcycle Club, just Retirements etc. Everyone should subscribe to 193rd SOW News as that is our default category.
Randy and I are listed as Administrators. Administrators get to see everyone that registers and posts as well as having total access to the entire site. Board Members will be set up as either Editors or Authors depending on their desire and skill level. An Editor can change any page or post on the entire site. An Author can write and edit their own Posts.
Members may become Contributors if they wish or simply Subscribers. Contributors can create Posts but they must be approved by an Administrator. Subscribers can receive email updates to posts.
Anyone can become a Subscriber. That includes families etc. They will simply be able to receive updates via email and select the category or categories from a list.
We do have the ability to email in updates to the website. You can attach PDF’s etc. The subject of the email will be the Title of the post. You should put the following symbols at the beginning and end of the body of your email so unwanted things like signature blocks and extraneous text does not appear in the post. The symbols are:
:start
Write your email here.
:end
Whatever is between :start and :end will appear in the Post. Attached documents will automatically appear at the bottom of the post with an icon people can click. The default Post Category is 193rd SOW News We can change that if you desire. The BIG issue is you do not want to email in something that you want to appear under a different category. ONLY people assigned to Administrator, Editor or Author will be allowed to send an email to post to the website. The email MUST be sent from your Registered account or it will not go through to the site. Example, you are Registered with a pahar.ang.af.mil email address. You cannot send an email to post form your home Comcast account unless you are Registered under both accounts which is possible.
The Board will have to decide who gets these privileges. The Board has final say. I will not make those decisions for you. I am simply a web administrator and technology advisor.
I encourage you to consider asking the base to assign people from various Squadrons to be able to Post Retirements via Login so they can Post to the proper category. That is the easiest way to handle it. We can also set up an online form like the Contact form and then an Admin can post the retirement. It is up to you.
I will try to get around to setting up a Twitter Account for us very soon. That way the young folks will have something to look at quickly for updates. They way that works is the first several characters of a Post are automatically sent out to our Twitter Account. I have one for PAontheweb. Click this link to see how it auto updates from our Events and Blog http://twitter.com/paontheweb. It is Fire and Forget. We never pushed it but we have 78 followers without asking anyone to follow us. Personally I think Twitter is for Twits 😆
I am a little concerned that our security is a bit overboard. I installed something called SABRE which gives you the Registration screen you see. The up side is it tracks IP addresses so I can see where Registered users are coming from and block Non Members and remove their privileges if they try to sneak in as Members. The potential down side is it can block legitimate users by accident. If we discover too many people encountering login problems I will have to disable it. We use other redundant security features. I will not go into them for more than one reason. You would just be bored to tears.
193rd Annual Christmas Party
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See attachments for the Annual Christmas Party.
Please note:
Civilians who do not have a CAC Card (maybe a few, if any) please identify that when acknowledging your attendance. Attached are also maps (Going 83 S as well as the turnpike).
“For Official Use Only – Privacy Act of 1974 protected. This message/communication contains personal information which must be protected IAW DoD 5400.11R from unauthorized access/disclosure.”
christmas party 2.pdfSTOP-LOSS TROOPS TO RECEIVE EXTRA PAY FOR SERVICE TIME
October 23, 2009
STOP-LOSS TROOPS TO RECEIVE EXTRA PAY FOR SERVICE TIME
Troops who were not allowed to leave the military under the program known as stop-loss will begin receiving retroactive payments, the Defense Department said this week.
About 185,000 troops are eligible for the payments. They were those who, after events of 9/11 and the U.S. response, were not allowed to retire or be discharged on time, but were, instead, involuntarily extended in the active service to ensure the military had enough officers, skilled personnel and combat enlisted men for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The new policy requires DoD to give each eligible service member or veteran $500 for every month served under stop-loss, according to a report in the New York Times. Families of troops who died while on stop-loss are also eligible for the same amount of compensation. There are now 5,200 troops still serving under stop-loss, the newspaper said, and they are already receiving the $500 per month in extra pay.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he will end stop-loss in early 2011 when all troops serving in that capacity come home. Those seeking claims have until Oct. 20, 2010 to do so. The services have developed online application processes and Web sites defining criteria, as well as their systems for seeking out eligible people who may have lost contact with their service branch.
Here’s where to get information for the Army and the Air Force:
http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/stoploss
or e-mail RetroStopLossPay@conus.army.mil
Documentation must be provided to prove the person was affected by stop-loss. This can be a certificate of discharge, separation orders, retirement orders, memoranda from previous commanders or other documentation. People who do not have all the documentation are encouraged to go ahead and file because the service may have the necessary paperwork for the claim to be allowed.