Should there be RallyPoint email accounts?

SSG Calvin,

Having three (or four) email accounts is called 'mismanagement'?

What if you own/operate two or three businesses?

Not sure how this is 'missmanagement'. I am a county employee, so I have a county email. I also have a VA address (for my job), a gmail address (because I have an android phone), and my own private email I have had for years.. why would I need yet another??? I did have an AKO as well until we retirees were found to be too expensive to provide email to (but that's another story!)

I have multiple email addresses myself. Two Gmails that I use for professional and for personal interaction, my enterprise account for military related communications, and a yahoo account that I use to sign up for websites so all the spam and such is in one place and does not clutter up my nice inboxes.

Sounds like good management to me.

I too have multiple email addresses to deal with my multiple roles in life. I also have one that I give out when I'm on web-sites as a spamsuck.

An email address isn't going to get you a job. Your skills, education, and method you sell a potential employer will. You can also continue to have a .mil email address once you are out. All you need to do is have someone sponsor you.

A DD214 verifies your military employment, not your email or the web organizations your affiliated with.

I aware of what a DD 214 is. You need to read the conversation and not one post to get a full understanding of what's going on.

My response was to your comment previously made

"Thank you but I am fully aware of how to contact people on RP. This would be to use as a more professional email account. A lot of employers use Microsoft just as we do in the Army. It’s a business based and professional email account. Look at @live accounts. All set up for gamers not business. So I guess what I’m getting at is, if people are using RP on a resume and for employment networking, would it be more beneficial to them to have an email backed by a military/veteran site rather than yahoo, Gmail, or live accounts. I think it would. I look at some emails I get and don’t even read them because of stupid names.( [login to see] ) If we have veterans and current military members looking for employment and can provide them with the tools to succeed let’s do so. After reading a few of the comments I see soldiers cannot take all topics seriously so let’s use this one to try and benefit our veterans. "

I posted on this comment thread because it relates to 1LT Fallon's comment.

My main problem is this "So I guess what I’m getting at is, if people are using RP on a resume and for employment networking, would it be more beneficial to them to have an email backed by a military/veteran site rather than yahoo, Gmail, or live accounts. I think it would. I look at some emails I get and don’t even read them because of stupid names.( [login to see] ) If we have veterans and current military members looking for employment and can provide them with the tools to succeed let’s do so."

This leads me to believe that you think if you have an association with a website or email service it will better enable them to get a job or appear more credible/professional.

While I do agree that people with email's such as " [login to see] " is unprofessional and probably would not aid much in showing maturity on a resume, creating an email system linked to this site simply because it is for military veterans and it could list your name as " [login to see] " would not give veterans much of an advantage either. Yes, it appears more professional, I am not arguing that, but it does not make you credible or a professional. In fact, your DD214 may be a better representation of your professionalism and service than your email address (If you served under honorable conditions).

(And yes, I did read the conversation before posting my opinion)