FREE Google Calls for military users!

Maj Ahron Oddman — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:03:11 -0400

Google extends free services to veterans. This is just one example among many.

It's not always easy or affordable for our troops serving overseas to call friends and family back home. So, we've made it completely free for all uniformed military personnel with valid United States Military (.mil) email addresses to call the United States, right from Gmail.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 5:02 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:02:59 -0400

Bravo, Google! Thanks for sharing this, Maj Ahron Oddman! I didn't know Google is a military-friendly company. This program makes me think it is.

Response by LTC Jason Strickland made Oct 10 at 2014 5:04 PM

LTC Jason Strickland — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:04:44 -0400

Maj Ahron Oddman, thanks for the information! Great resource for our military and veteran community!

Response by MSG Wade Huffman made Oct 10 at 2014 6:49 PM

MSG Wade Huffman — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:49:13 -0400

Very happy to see google providing this, but disappointed (yet again) that we retirees have lost our access to AKO email (which was supposed to be available to us for life), so we no longer have a working .mil email addresses.
It is true that email to our .mil address are still being forwarded to commercial accounts through the end of this year, any embedded links are stripped in the process rendering them useless.
Just for clarification, I'm not frustrated at not getting free google calls (I think it's fantastic for them to provide the service), I'm just still a bit bitter over the Army pulling the plug on AKO email access for retirees. End rant.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 20 at 2014 12:00 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:15 -0400

This is awesome. I am about to deploy and will be sharing this.