Posted on Jun 5, 2015
What drew you to join RallyPoint and what keeps you here? How many of the first 1,000 members are still here?
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I received a couple invitations to join RallyPoint last year but didn't act on it until this year. I joined based on an invitation and have stayed because of the on-line friendships and communications. Sometimes I agree with posts and sometimes I don't; but, I have been favorably impressed with the respect that RallyPoint members usually display for each other and the quality of the discussions.
Does anybody know what happens when a person leaves RallyPoint? I expect their member number is "retired."
The easiest way to find your member number is on your profile page - the URL at the top includes RallyPoint member number -- military specialty.
[2015-07-10 Update - MAJ Yinon Weiss provided the link for each of us to see our own influence score - http://www.rallypoint.com/influence
Background: RallyPoint launched in beta mode on Veterans Day, in November 2012. It opened up to all service members and veterans on Memorial Day, in May 2013.
SGT (Join to see) SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA CPT L S CH (MAJ) William Beaver GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad CW5 (Join to see) SSG John Erny, 1SG Michael Blount SGT (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas
Does anybody know what happens when a person leaves RallyPoint? I expect their member number is "retired."
The easiest way to find your member number is on your profile page - the URL at the top includes RallyPoint member number -- military specialty.
[2015-07-10 Update - MAJ Yinon Weiss provided the link for each of us to see our own influence score - http://www.rallypoint.com/influence
Background: RallyPoint launched in beta mode on Veterans Day, in November 2012. It opened up to all service members and veterans on Memorial Day, in May 2013.
SGT (Join to see) SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA CPT L S CH (MAJ) William Beaver GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad CW5 (Join to see) SSG John Erny, 1SG Michael Blount SGT (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas
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LTC Stephen F.
Yes, Maj Chris Nelson, that is your member number. I have come to appreciate your comments and posts and the respectful way you treat other RallyPoint members.
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I can't communicate very well with strangers and civilians. I started looking for a professional military site. I accidentally stumbled on to RP, while surfing the web. I read the info about RP, and decided to give it a shot. I have not been disappointed. It has lived up to my expectations. I hit a few bumps in the road at first, with my temper and mouth. I soon learned to blow off those rude and uneducated jackasses. I'm happy with the star I received. I didn't expect to get that involved. I've met some awesome members here who have helped me along. Thank God they have patients and didn't write me off. Thanks to everyone who endorsed me and all of my contacts who accepted my invites. A funny thing happened a few weeks ago. I had tagged some members to connect with me. All of them accepted my invitation. I got a message from one of them asking me if we knew each other. I told him I don't believe so. He said he can't be a contact because he doesn't trust anyone except for the folks he served with. I wrote him back and told him it's his choice, have a nice life. He's still on my contacts list. I've wondered why he accepted my invitation if he knew he didn't know me. Oddball.
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LTC Stephen F.
Thanks SGT Keith Bodine, FYI your member number is 520,566. I am very thankful for your comments, responses and posts. You add a lot to the conversations in a very respectful manner.
How does a member receive a star? I have seen several members with stars like SFC Mark Merino, CW5 (Join to see), and SGT (Join to see) and was curious about the stars.
How does a member receive a star? I have seen several members with stars like SFC Mark Merino, CW5 (Join to see), and SGT (Join to see) and was curious about the stars.
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SGT (Join to see)
That just means you are a admin and are capable of doing things like merging questions, etc. You have to let them know that you are interested. When a spot opens up, they will put you in. LTC Stephen F.
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LTC Stephen F.
Thank you for clarifying SGT (Join to see). After I asked the question I went to the hyperlink MAJ Yinon Weiss sent http://www.rallypoint.com/influence where I was able to see who the Member Administrators and Member Ambassadors which provided an orderly way of looking at the information so that I could clearly understand.
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Not sure what my number is - don't care. I find a bunch of kindred spirits here that has no equal anywhere else
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LTC Stephen F.
1SG Michael Blount, your RallyPoint member number is 104,534. Your influence score is 4 out of 8.610 E-8s - you are very close to the top of your grouping. I asked a question on grouping in another thread. LTC Yinon Weiss provided the link for each of us to see our own influence score - http://www.rallypoint.com/influence
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LTC Stephen F.
1SG Michael Blount, I thought you might be but just in case I wanted to set the record straight :-)
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1SG Michael Blount
Record? I haven't any record -- that I know of -- unless the court didn't expunge them in time...lol
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Well, LTC Stephen F., I never knew I had a number (67,210) until this discussion thread! Thanks! I joined on 20AUG13, but only became truly an active participant in 4th quarter of 2014. 1LT Sandy Annala prompted me to become a more engaged and participatory RP member.
I enjoy the discussion threads. I'm able to stay engaged in the military culture and stay "current" even, to a certain extent.
Clearly, the opportunity to meet, know, contribute, converse with and learn from so many others of all the service branches, and of all ranks, ages, educational backgrounds and experiences, has become the reason to continue to participate.
I enjoy the discussion threads. I'm able to stay engaged in the military culture and stay "current" even, to a certain extent.
Clearly, the opportunity to meet, know, contribute, converse with and learn from so many others of all the service branches, and of all ranks, ages, educational backgrounds and experiences, has become the reason to continue to participate.
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LTC Stephen F.
Thank you LTC Stephen Curlee, I am glad you responded to 1LT Sandy Annala's prompting. I have benefited from your posts, comments and responses and I am sure many others have as well.
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I was side tracked here by Air Force Times but this site seems to be overran and controlled by Army folks. ijs
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LTC Stephen F.
Well Sgt Yolanda Sullivan things may seem that way. From my perspective Air Force and Army tend to dominate with Navy having fewer and as expected Coast Guard having the least participation. I think it largely depends on which groups you are involved in and how wide the participation is in the discussions we respond to. Hopefully you can influence some more of your Air Force friends to join. :-)
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LTC Stephen F.
I realized you were not complaining and just making an observation. Thanks for the clarification Sgt Yolanda Sullivan.
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I saw an invitation on FB. It took me a bit to get my profile straightened out, but got it done. It's been, shall we say, interesting.
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LTC Stephen F.
SGT Forrest Stewart, did you clone yourself or have you succumbed to what happens to me sometimes - double posting and trying to correct a post and sending it out by accident. :-)
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As someone who has recently had a successful transition, I'm here to help other veterans in the transition stage.
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I've not the foggiest what my RP number is or even where to find it. But I enjoy the discussions generally speaking and having access to a wealth of knowledge that is actually reliable. Sometimes I get irked by posts and comments so I take a break and then pop on a week later....if I didn't I may never discover if a 2LT is supposed to salute a 1LT (j/k)
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LTC Stephen F.
SFC Emily Wesemann your RallyPoint member number is 57,848. The easiest way to find your member number is on your profile page - the URL at the top includes RallyPoint member number -- military specialty. Another way to find it is to highlight "SFC Emily Wesemann" above a response you made and right click and select save link as or a similar choice [I am using Google Chrome] and after a moment you will see 57848-79r-recruiter-rochester-1n-syracuse.htm
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Saw it on Facebook newsfeed and thought it was for veterans employment network. Figured out later it's just social network, but with veterans and service members. Pretty cool how it verifies your service though. Sometimes I don't read all the way through, but I like reading the discussions every now and again. Facebook is for pictures and communicating with my family. I enjoy making family calendars for Christmas gifts. Which reminds me I have to get started on one for next year .....
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LTC Stephen F.
SGT Felicia King thanks for sharing your thoughts about your uses for Facebook and RallyPoint. In general I concur with you, the pictures I have shared lately or seen on RallyPoint have been of fallen comrades or pictures of airplanes, cars, tanks, etc.
As far as a veterans employment network that is part of the concept that seems to still be fleshed out. I have had employment offers sent to me. I recently learned that I was assigned to the "Veterans Available for Employment Group" I posted a question about the purpose of the group and received some interesting responses. I think that group is a step in the right direction.
As far as a veterans employment network that is part of the concept that seems to still be fleshed out. I have had employment offers sent to me. I recently learned that I was assigned to the "Veterans Available for Employment Group" I posted a question about the purpose of the group and received some interesting responses. I think that group is a step in the right direction.
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