Both US Armed Forces News Service (USAFNS) and Web Independent News Service, L.L.C. are independent organizations, and are not part of, nor endorsed by, any agency of the United States government.
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US Armed Forces News Service Website is wholly owned by Web Independent News Service, L.L.C. The organization was incorporated under the laws the State of North Carolina on 30 December 2002. It was created for the sole purpose of creating a platform for the publication of news items about our servicemen and service women.
USAFNS Contact information:
Web Independent News Service, LLC.
P.O. Box 3603
New Bern, NC 28564
Phone Number (252) 633-0161
admin@usafns.com
For many years, the US Navy's Fleet Home Town News Center of Norfolk, Virginia has created news releases about US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard service members for publication in hometown newspapers. The The Army and Air Force News Center of San Antonio, TX does the same thing for USAF and US Army service members. Unfortunately, many of our service members do not receive hometown newspapers. Hopefully, our servicemembers will have access to the internet so that they can view the news releases about themselves.
We Support our Troops by publishing news releases that report the activities and accomplishments of active duty service members of our Armed Forces. This site is dedicated to the members and families of the Armed Forces of the United States of America. This includes the US Army and the US Air Force (For information regarding USN, USMC and USCG, see Notice below). Releases are published for all 50 states, plus 9 US Territories and Possessions. Please remember:
"They also serve who only stand and wait" - John Milton, 1655
All releases are received via email, thus saving the US taxpayer the reproduction and mailing costs associated with hardcopy sent through the US Postal Service. The automated posting process takes place three times each day, at 11:55 AM, 4:55 PM, and 9:50 PM (all times Eastern). Currently, all releases are left on this website for 60 days, after which, they are deleted at 5:00AM through another automated process.
Media Representatives: Please note that releases posted by AFNEWS or FHTNC have been released for publication and are public domain. Also, you are encouraged to contact AFNEWS and FHTNC using the contact information below:
NOTICE - Information regarding USN, USMC and USCG releases:
On 12 June 2003 Chief, Office of Naval Information Office (CHINFO) ordered FHTNC to cease sending USAFNS news releases. The reason cited was security concerns for our servicemembers and their families. Newspapers have published FHTNC releases since WWII, and on the internet for about the last ten years. I have been, and will continue in my efforts to get the US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Coast Guard releases from FHTNC.
2007-10-01: RSS.XML & Technorati links added to all State Hometown News Release Pages - all 60 of them.
2006-11-28: Major Revision Completed
2006-07-11: Major Revision Partially Completed - New Features:
1 - Added "Link to US" webpage.
2 - Added "Friends of USAFNS" window on most webpages.
3 - Changed source for news feeds for Army, Navy, USMC, USCG, USAF, AAFNG, US DOD, Iraq, Mideast, War on Terrorism, and Top headlines.
4 - Updated page design to make website more readable.
5 - Updated Email Bag, From Our Troops, From the Pentagon, Gunner's Blog, and all hometown news release pages (60 total, 50 states, 9 territories/possessions and 1 page for APO-FPO addresses).
2005-10-27: Changed All Pages to New Header See 2005-07-29 entry. New graphic requires 17KB vs. 60KB.
2005-10-22: Revised Individual News Release Pages News Release pages have a new look. I changed appearance of the news. The font and color have been changed to help the reader distinguish between the news and the other information on the news release pages. It should be easier and more enjoyable to read them now.
2005-10-21: Added Stan's Roll Call Blog Stan is a cyber buddy that I have never met. We met through "Slow Bell" (www.slowbell.com) website several years ago. Stan and his friends from Slidell, LA are valiantly trying to maintain contact following the ravages of Katrina & Rita. Visit the blog to learn of the hardships and disappointments that they are experiencing trying to get their homes repaired, or simply to find living accommodations anywhere. Truly heart rending.
2005-07-29: Revised Home Page The page has a new look. The objective of the change is to reduce the size of the "Header." Google indexes only the first 101K bytes per page. The graphics of the five seals used over 60K bytes, so many of the pages were not completely indexed.
2005-07-27: Updated Military Humor The page has a new look, and the ability to post and maintain is much easier. We plan to post a new joke daily.
2005-05-15: Added Random Images From Friends. If you have any photos of military subjects that you wish published on the "Friends" page, send them to Webmaster. Please, NO PHOTOS OF MINORS!
2004-06-10: Added Google Search capability to all USAFNS webpages. Set to default to searching www.usafns.com pages only.
2004-05-18: Added Google advertisements to produce an income to help pay for server rent and software.
2004-03-11: Added ICRA PICS Label to identify website as appropriate for children. Also, installed homegrown visitor counter. Visitor counter now displays visitors to page being viewed, as well as the total visitor page count for website.
2003-12-19: Removed the capability for visitors to leave messages for the troops. Unfortunately, this action was necessary due to abuses.
2003-12-18: Awarded Military.Com's Distinguished Site Award for 2004.
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