Access to .mil

Author Message   Richard Vohsberg Member Username: Finedon Post Number: 43 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 71.100.252.106 Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 04:06 pm:    I've had an AKO address since 1996, active and retired. The problem encountered is with attachments or URL links. About two (2) years ago AKO security concerns began blocking access to same most of the time. As a result I have moved most of my subscriptions to .com, .gov, and .org newsletters, etc to my commercial ISP.   John R Garrison Senior Member Username: Majorg Post Number: 2553 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 208.81.157.86 Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 09:23 pm:    Ben: I am retired USAF (and the individual Leland referred to). The only way I could get a .mil account was to have my son (AD USArmy) add me as a "family member" at www.us.army.mil. I now have my own us.army.mil account, which has to be reauthorized/reconfirmed by my son every six months. It does seem strange for a USAFer, but I appreciate having the .mil account. Happy travels, John   Leland Senior Member Username: Leland Post Number: 6158 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 98.218.147.237 Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 08:46 pm:    Oh, I forget to provide the process if you are retired Army. Go to www.us.army.mil, accept the security warning, then click on "new user" - "register without a CAC".   Leland Senior Member Username: Leland Post Number: 6157 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 98.218.147.237 Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 08:38 pm:    Each service runs their own IT. Army retirees can get an account at AKO (Army Knowledge Online) and that, in turn, gets you a dot-army-dot-mil address. Family members of soldiers can also get an account - one member of this board reported he got one on the basis of his son being in the Army. Why the other services won't fund something like that - you'll have to ask them.   Jack T. Paxton Senior Member Username: Jpaxton Post Number: 822 Registered: 07-2003 Posted From: 24.27.231.67 Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 08:24 pm:    Leland: Why Army only?   Leland Senior Member Username: Leland Post Number: 6155 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 98.218.147.237 Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 07:44 pm:    It depends on which service you retired from. Army, yes. Others, no.   Ben Powell Member Username: Eaglelead Post Number: 46 Registered: 09-2007 Posted From: 150.176.9.254 Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 06:54 pm:    I am sure this has come up before on this forum, but I will ask the question anyway. Is it possible for a retiree to get access to .mil, or, better yet. an email account at .mil? If so, what is the process?