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A new military forum on GB
mark christian
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We have a lot of veterans on Gun Broker, but our two sub forums are intended for Vietnam vets and Gulf War vets. While veterans of all eras are welcome to post in both forums, my thoughts are to combine the two sub forums into a single veterans forum. If there is support for this then I will approach the GB higher-ups with the idea.
Member's thoughts are appreciated.
Member's thoughts are appreciated.
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Which makes sense to me.
I grew up in a military family. Dad was a 32yr. Lifer ABN CSM. (WWII, Korea, Vietnam.) I spent 5 years in.
In after Vietnam, out before the Gulf.
I would like to see this come about. There is so little traffic on those two forums currently, that it makes sense to incorporate it into one, all inclusive Forum.
My humble opinion.
I think Rocky would make a heck of a moderator.
+1
Sounds good to me.
Just as a side note, the oldest WW2 Veteran is 111. The youngest would be in the late 80' to early 90. We are losing these Heroes at an alarming rate.
As for selecting moderators: the Forum Control Act of 2019 removed Nunn and myself from the moderator appointment process. David and I used to be able to add new moderators or remove existing mods, but that is no longer possible. It is worth noting that over the many years I've been here, more than half of the forum moderators have requested to be relived of their duties. It is a thankless job.
And to all the Vets...Thank you for your service!
I am not a Vietnam or Gulf War veteran.
I have not posted in either of the forums here because . . . well, because see item 2.
As for the moderator's job being a thankless duty, it seems to me the obvious solution would be to double (even triple?) their salary. Oh . . . wait . . . nevermind.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
This is the exact reason that I feel there should be a single veterans forum. I never had an objection with military issues being discussed in GD, but vets of every era should have a forum where their issues don't get lost among the "What's for dinner tonight?" threads. This is the reason that the reloaders and the BP/cowboy action shooting guys wanted their own forum. They were welcome in Ask The Experts, (and they still are) but their topics are specialized and got lost in the ATE clutter of "I found this pistol in my dad's sock drawer" threads.
The request for a combined military forum has been made. All that we can do now is to wait and see.
Great!
Any progress on the . . . . ummmmm . . . moderator's pay increase?
I asked that the mods have their pay increased to 75% of forum admins pay. Of course 75% of nothing is still nothing.
But yes it would seem to be a good idea to concentrate our membership in one forum rather than dilute it in multiple separate forums that may get little or no traffic or usage.
I often read the posts there but do not contribute as I am not a veteran and never served.
Mike
In a bit of GB forum lore, the current Reloading forum started out as the Paintball forum with roboman as moderator- no, I can't explain that choice. Because there were only five paintball enthusiasts on GB, one of them being forum moderator roboman, traffic in the Paintball forum was non existent. In what might me called coup, or at perhaps just a hostile takeover, an enterprising group of members declared the Paintball forum as the defacto Reloading Forum and went about their business. Roboman, while not toppled, became a mere figurehead and quickly resigned as moderator. At some point the reloading forum was made official and all of the previous paintball material was purged.
My father was an army vet and a military police officer - cold war service...
He never deployed and never saw combat - he did prisoner chasing and transport and nuke security and such...
Reserve and hard service when I was a kid.
He spent a lot of time at Leonard Wood breaking up bar fights (anybody recall the bar in question???)
I do remember in the 90's they gave him a actual medal and ribbon for cold war service and a device and certificate referencing nuclear device security service (just a ribbon and a device)
Mike
Well . . . then you just as well get a 100% increase. You know . . . with inflation and all.
Seriously, I am a member of many different forums on the internet - everything from woodworking to cannons to military vehicles.
You folks do a great job here. Thank you.
Single forum sounds good -- if you're posting a conflict specific topic note that in topic line. 8-)