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MilitaryPlanet.Com, New Social Networking Site for the Armed Forces, Opens Its Virtual Door for Veterans Day

Posted on: Friday, 9 November 2007, 18:00 CST

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As America celebrates Veterans Day by honoring its men and women who have served in the military, MilitaryPlanet.com invites all veterans to connect within its newly launched social networking community exclusively for Armed Forces personnel and veterans.

"This is our way of honoring our brothers and sisters in arms, from active duty personnel currently deployed overseas to veterans of every age," said Ben Vanderneck, MilitaryPlanet.com Social Director. "Our big question is: 'Where Are You Now?' We realize that there are many differences in reconnecting veterans versus civilians, so we created this site with search tools different from any other social network. Members of the military community can search for former friends and colleagues in any number of ways, including branch of service, current or former duty stations, even past units."

Vanderneck expects that with the millions of active duty personnel and veterans throughout the world, these newly available search tools will readily connect service members who otherwise would not have found each other. Equally, he's confident that MilitaryPlanet will offer active duty members more flexibility in terms of use than other social networking sites do. Ads will be minimal and never intrusive, and what members are allowed to post and in what formats will fall within military guidelines.

"The Department of Defense has banned our service members overseas from many of the existing social networks due to incredible demands on bandwidth, constant streaming video, oversaturated advertising throughout the sites and sometimes questionable content," said Vanderneck. "Our site has a very streamlined overall design, which is critical for use by the online military community. MilitaryPlanet offers active duty personnel the ability to stay connected while deployed because we created the site with military installations in mind."

Social networks are here to stay, and MilitaryPlanet.com represents a revolutionary way for the military community to stay in touch -- and staying in touch with the people who served beside them is the number one thing many veterans wish they could do better.

About MilitaryPlanet.com

The newest and most far-reaching military social networking site, MilitaryPlanet.com offers active duty, transitioning and former military the ability to connect and re-connect with each other in all corners of the world. Utilizing unprecedented search tools, MilitaryPlanet.com members can search by branch, current or former duty station, and even unit, while not fearing they will be kicked off the site while on base or deployed. Please visit and create a profile for free at http://www.militaryplanet.com/, where veterans and Armed Forces personnel answer the question, 'Where Are You Now?'

Orion International

CONTACT: Ethan Grefe, Corporate Communications of MilitaryPlanet.com,1-800-775-1415, ext. 186; or Clare Littlejohn, +1-619-237-7712, or DellaSweetman, +1-619-237-7721, both of Fleishman-Hillard for Orion International

Web site: http://www.militaryplanet.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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