I've received a request/suggestion to create a new forum, which would be opt-in and only available to current and ex-military personnel.
One of the primary reasons for this is forum would be that it would allow active and reserve military more freedom to discuss and express their opinions on political and current events, which they often are not comfortable doing in the open forums. It would also allow them to discuss some subjects that only members of the military could relate to or offer advice on.
If we create this forum, we would choose a couple current/ex-military posters, whose responsibility it would be to approve opt-in requests. It would be their job to only give access to current and former members of the military, with no exceptions being made. As we have several current or former members of the military on the mod team, they would be the moderators that would both have access to the forum and moderate it.
The mod team has talked this over and discussed the pros and cons of creating this forum, and decided the best way to proceed would be to open up a community discussion to see if you guys feel we should or shouldn't have it.
Please post whatever thoughts or feedback you have related to this idea.
Thanks
T