As you know, ServicePals.com is one of the largest and most well-established Armed Forces websites; originally launched in 1997, tens of millions have visited ServicePals.com and it has been applauded by both media and military charities.
Last month, we teamed up with Forces365.com, another military website, praised by the British Army as an ‘Outstanding portal for communications between ex and serving soldiers, airmen and sailors’. The Sun, Daily Mirror, Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes have also commended the site.
Forces365 members are now apart of ServicePals.com, as are the team behind Forces365 - ready to answer any support queries and develop the ServicePals.com website. To access the site members should now use their email address and password.
Ross Williams, Founder and non-executive Director of ServicePals.com Ltd said: “I have really enjoyed helping the site develop so consistently well over the years. This latest development which integrates the fast growing Forces365 business, will certainly ensure it remains the best site around.”
Jack Knowles, the Managing Director, added:
“I will be working closely with the ServicePals.com development team and military organisations and charities to ensure that the site grows and develops in the correct manner. We want to maintain our status as the most popular Armed Forces website in the UK”.
The Daily Mirror had this to say about the re-launch:
“The focus Jack gave to Forces365 was fantastic - the site was one of the fastest growing websites of the year. Now, integrating both sites, with ServicePals.com as its ‘home‘, I can only see an excellent future. Watch out Friendsreunited and Facebook!”
The Royal British Legion:
“This technology, under the direction of Jack Knowles has already proven to be a winner, with a significant number of the British Armed Forces personnel registering and connecting up with former colleagues”.
Many thanks to our moderators Dai and Glyn, and please welcome on board to the moderation team, Thika - all the best Thika. Thika based in Australia, makes sure that the site has 24/7 moderation, which is needed as we move the site forward.
You can contact us via e-mail at:
support@servicepals.com
We also like to receive postal mail - Please send us any correspondence (or pressies) to our new Headquarters:
ServicePals.com Limited
Packwood House
Guild Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 6RP
United Kingdom
We look forward to a wonderful and exciting year!
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10 reasons ServicePals.com is the #1 Military community
- The only website to be fully endorsed by the Royal British Legion.
- Hitwise put us in the top 10 community websites, no other military website has managed this.
- Help for Heroes officially supports the website.
- The forums are always active and comradeship is outstanding.
- ServicePals is the oldest military community, dating back to 1997!
- The website has raised nearly an incredible £100,000 for the Royal British Legion to date.
- Former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff has praised the online service.
- Over 134,000 members have joined the website.
- And over 603,000 forum posts have been made.
- Full membership is completely free!
Enjoy,
ServicePals.com team
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Apologies for not updating this more often – there has been a lot going on behind the scenes at the ServicePals.com Limited headquarters and the future is very promising for the website.
We are working even closer with the Royal British Legion (we are the only Military website to be endorsed by the charity), Help for Heroes, the Ministry of Defence and papers such as the Sun and the Daily Mirror as we look to improve our service to the incredible amount of 130,000 plus members.
The team behind the website are committed to maintain ServicePals as the best Armed Forces reunion and social networking website on the net.
Thankyou also to our moderators whom continue to give the website 24/7 support.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year
All the best for 2010,
ServicePals.com team
PS: If anyone’s on Twitter, ServicePals now has an official page at: www.twitter.com/servicepals - please follow.
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As we have promised we are implementing an IM and chat facility into ServicePals.com. Chat has been one of the most requested services on ServicePals.com since its relaunch, so we have now added both chat and IM. We hope to improve site “stickiness” and repeat visits but ultimately compound the already successful user experience .
Users will be able to use the chatroom to communicate with other members who are not necessarily added pals. Who knows, friendships may be created and ultimately connections made from pals of pals. We hope the service will go down a storm and it will be monitored closely for usage so that we can assess its value which will lead to further development. The chat itself includes an audio video option too, enabling users not only to text chat but video chat as well, a great way to get in touch with old pals who you haven’t seen since the “good old days”. We hope you enjoy the chatroom facility and IM , our main mission is to connect servicepeople and we think chat and IM will enhance our aim.
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ServicePals.com director Gus Goodall features in a recent interview with Mark Brooks from the definitive Social Networking News provider Social Networking Watch. The interview recorded just after the launch of the new ServicePals.com focuses on the future of Servicepals.com and its foundation. The full interview can be found here .
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ServicePals.com is now promoting the sale of the book called My Daddy Is A Soldier, a new book that helps a small child come to terms with constant operational tours.
“The children of our soldiers are missing their fathers more than ever as they serve Britain on more frequent tours across the world. My Daddy Is A Soldier aims to support young children and families dealing with soldiers’ deployment overseas.
The Afghan Appeal Fund (AAF) launches a picture book aimed at the youngest members of the Army community whose small lives are invariably turned upside down when Daddy disappears on duty. Very few books exist which focus on a soldier’s absence within the family. This unique storybook explains, in simple text and photographs, that Daddy will be ‘going far away to work’ but will, most importantly, return.
Speaking at the launch of the book, President of the Afghan Appeal Fund, Lady Caroline Richards, said:
“I love this book. Anything that helps a small child understand and come to terms with deployment and the absence of a parent is invaluable. Indispensable….why hasn’t this been written before?”
ServicePals.com Product Director Gus Goodall an ex REME WO2 said ” If you know anyone with young children who has a parent in the Military then this book is a must. I wish my children could have had things explained to them like this when I was away on operations”.
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ServicePals members can now upload and view videos on the all NEW ServicePals.com YouTube channel. Following in the footsteps of the British Army we wanted to add more to the community and give added functionality.
YouTube is the popular video sharing site that allows members to upload and air their own videos. It will also serve those ServicePals members who have videos they want to show to friends on ServicePals.com by allowing them to upload their video and then embed the video on their post. more proof of ServicePals.com’s commitment to making it the Best Military Social Networking Site online!
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ServicePals has successfully deployed its software so that it is listed as a safe site over the DII (Defence Information Infrastructure). Social Networks by default are not allowed through the firewall of DII due to excessive javascript and bad programming. As Servicepals is not an out of the box solution it has been able to cut down on unnecessary use of ajax and javascript while maintaining a fresh user interface.
Product Director Gus Goodall, himself the former Senior Webmaster for the British Army took DII and its use of the IGS (internet gateway service) into consideration during the build which has lead to ServicePals being one of the only Military Social networks that troops can get whilst deployed on operations or indeed in barracks. ServicePals.com has also streamlined its interface so that it loads pages faster when in operational theatre who don’t always have the luxury of broadband.
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As ServicePals affirms its ties with the Remount Programme it has recently been recognised for both its affiliation and ServicePals director Gus Goodall’s involvement in the successful advancement of giving the troops what they require post operations and on leaving the services. ServicePals has made provision on its website for The Programmes’ continuation scheme called the 15 minute Club.
General Sir Antony Walker KCB a Former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff has said:
“I am delighted to endorse ServicePals and its association with Remount and the 15 Minute Club and look forward to both going from strength to strength. I shall follow their development with great interest.”
Former WO2 Gus Goodall has been involved from the start with Remount and was heavily involved in the publicity and promotion of the programme to both soldiers and civil servants alike whilst serving and continues to promote Remount having left the Army in September.
More information on The Remount Programme can be found here.
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As the year draws to a close I would like to highlight the splendid efforts of the Service charities over the past 12 months and to thank you all for the remarkable support that you have given them. Service charities have been very much in the public eye this year and this has enabled Help for Heroes (H4H) to raise more than £14 million from public donations.
Much of this money has already been targeted to improve the standard of care that our wounded soldiers receive. But Help for Heroes is not the whole story. The Royal British Legion (RBL) Poppy Appeal is on track to at least match 2007’s all time high of over £30 million; the Sailors Soldiers Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) appeal has delivered Norton House next to Headley Court and will open similar accommodation at Selly Oak early next year; and the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) annual donor appeal is proving to be their most successful ever – they expect to exceed their annual target.
This demonstrates increased levels of public awareness of the huge contribution made by the Armed Forces, their service to the Nation and the sacrifices service personnel have made in the course of their duties. We must never, however, take the support of Service charities for granted, so as 2009 begins, I would ask you all to keep up your efforts and to spread the focus of your fundraising activities across the work of H4H, RBL, SSAFA and the ABF.
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