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Welcome to Rear Party - What's it all About
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:03 pm
(Thank you to CocoaKid for this article)
Welcome to Rear Party. A place where someone will know the answer to your question, be able to provide support - if that's what you're after - provide answers to housing, location or general forces questions that you have; a listening ear for relationship or tour queries; basically, a one-stop shop for removing the "no one understands this..." thought from your head. It is guaranteed to help you quicker than you'll get through to any organisation who tell you to "Press 1 for...." and put you on hold.
Search the site - the search facility is key; your question isn't stupid or pointless, and you're probably not the first person to ask it. If your subject has cropped up before (trust us, it probably has at some point), the answer may just well be sitting here for you. Don't be shy - have a look around first if you like, no pressure, it doesn't cost you anything but time to have a snoop - and you might find yourself joining in...
Join in the Forums - introduce yourself in the "Welcome" forum but remember a few key points:
This is an open site. Anyone can read it. Don't go posting things on here that go against PerSec (Personal Security -i.e. - your name, details of where exactly you live, telephone numbers, email addresses etc.etc.) of that of yourself or your "serving member". Have a good read of PerSec and OpSec rules (Operational Security) and remind yourself why they're there. Tis the internet, you don't want to hand out any compromising details of the serving member - if you want to hand out your own, then on your own head be it...but it's not advisable. Not that the members of RP aren't trustworthy, but people tend to forget that the internet is an open source...and can be reached by anyone.
If in doubt - try "Google" on your topic and put "army" at the end. A page from here might turn up in the search
Introduce yourself so people know your basic status - it'll help if you have an issue that you need a specific response on and helps direct an appropriate, and faster, response. If you don't have any questions and just want to natter, then there's more than room for that.
Current Affairs - all about wierd and wacky news articles from around the globe and a good place for a discussion. Always entertaining, at the least, and a place to swap opinions. If it gets too heated, then there's always Itch and Bitch
Go into the Jungle Drums and have a good giggle in there. There's a daily quiz - which gets competitively entertaining! - and various other bits and bobs that will help you.
If you're moving to Germany - check out the posts in here. Any information required is probably on the site, and if it's not, ask away. You never know, your new neighbour might be posting too and want to know the same, or might be able to say "I'll put the tea on for you when you arrive".
This doesn't just apply to Germany, it's just an example, and the other "location" threads are equally helpful. There is always someone who knows
Need to let off steam? We've got that covered too. The Rant and no Reply thread does exactly what is says on the tin. Sometimes it helps to be able to "scream" onto "paper" and get it out of their system without any comeback. Doesn't matter what it's about, get it out! Most people seem to feel better for doing it...and no response means no response. It doesn't matter what it is, better out than in.
...and its sister thread need a place to share what's made you happy? post is equally important. Both have no-one responding to them, which is the main point of it. Want to say you're feeling rather smug at having won a battle with MHS? Then go for it! Just got engaged? Tell the world! A few examples are (add link) here...can even be that you've managed to open a bottle of wine without breaking the corkscrew
Which in some people's lives is of the utmost importance. Naming no one... 
Succintly, the site is an online collection of varied levels of experiences forces families, ex serving members, wives, girlfriends, brothers, fathers, mothers, grandparents, serving members (they do pop on from time to time) and people who are friends or just plain interested in the UK forces for whatever reason. Each thread/forum room does what it says on the tinl; so read the label and decide if you want to join in. We hope you do.
RPers don't bite - much
- and give honest, personal opinions and share common experiences from across the country and around the globe. They laugh, giggle-and-point, cry and support each other regardless of their situation, and ALL are welcome.
Snoop around, take a peek, and we'll guarantee you that RP will have something to offer you...even if it's just an opportunity to ask one question that will make an immediate difference to what's going on in your life right now. The difference between knowing what a Tour means, what's involved in someone going away; training, how it'll impact on you, your family, your friend, whoever's serving...an insight, if you will, to what it's like on the Other Side of it all.
We'll promise you'll come back...and who knows? You may even make some lifelong friends
_________________
Dating for those into uniforms - our own Olive dating
Last edited by Good_CO on Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:29 pm; edited 2 times in total
Welcome to Rear Party. A place where someone will know the answer to your question, be able to provide support - if that's what you're after - provide answers to housing, location or general forces questions that you have; a listening ear for relationship or tour queries; basically, a one-stop shop for removing the "no one understands this..." thought from your head. It is guaranteed to help you quicker than you'll get through to any organisation who tell you to "Press 1 for...." and put you on hold.
Search the site - the search facility is key; your question isn't stupid or pointless, and you're probably not the first person to ask it. If your subject has cropped up before (trust us, it probably has at some point), the answer may just well be sitting here for you. Don't be shy - have a look around first if you like, no pressure, it doesn't cost you anything but time to have a snoop - and you might find yourself joining in...
Join in the Forums - introduce yourself in the "Welcome" forum but remember a few key points:
This is an open site. Anyone can read it. Don't go posting things on here that go against PerSec (Personal Security -i.e. - your name, details of where exactly you live, telephone numbers, email addresses etc.etc.) of that of yourself or your "serving member". Have a good read of PerSec and OpSec rules (Operational Security) and remind yourself why they're there. Tis the internet, you don't want to hand out any compromising details of the serving member - if you want to hand out your own, then on your own head be it...but it's not advisable. Not that the members of RP aren't trustworthy, but people tend to forget that the internet is an open source...and can be reached by anyone.
If in doubt - try "Google" on your topic and put "army" at the end. A page from here might turn up in the search
Introduce yourself so people know your basic status - it'll help if you have an issue that you need a specific response on and helps direct an appropriate, and faster, response. If you don't have any questions and just want to natter, then there's more than room for that.
Current Affairs - all about wierd and wacky news articles from around the globe and a good place for a discussion. Always entertaining, at the least, and a place to swap opinions. If it gets too heated, then there's always Itch and Bitch
Go into the Jungle Drums and have a good giggle in there. There's a daily quiz - which gets competitively entertaining! - and various other bits and bobs that will help you.
If you're moving to Germany - check out the posts in here. Any information required is probably on the site, and if it's not, ask away. You never know, your new neighbour might be posting too and want to know the same, or might be able to say "I'll put the tea on for you when you arrive".
This doesn't just apply to Germany, it's just an example, and the other "location" threads are equally helpful. There is always someone who knows
Need to let off steam? We've got that covered too. The Rant and no Reply thread does exactly what is says on the tin. Sometimes it helps to be able to "scream" onto "paper" and get it out of their system without any comeback. Doesn't matter what it's about, get it out! Most people seem to feel better for doing it...and no response means no response. It doesn't matter what it is, better out than in.
...and its sister thread need a place to share what's made you happy? post is equally important. Both have no-one responding to them, which is the main point of it. Want to say you're feeling rather smug at having won a battle with MHS? Then go for it! Just got engaged? Tell the world! A few examples are (add link) here...can even be that you've managed to open a bottle of wine without breaking the corkscrew
Which in some people's lives is of the utmost importance. Naming no one... Succintly, the site is an online collection of varied levels of experiences forces families, ex serving members, wives, girlfriends, brothers, fathers, mothers, grandparents, serving members (they do pop on from time to time) and people who are friends or just plain interested in the UK forces for whatever reason. Each thread/forum room does what it says on the tinl; so read the label and decide if you want to join in. We hope you do.
RPers don't bite - much
- and give honest, personal opinions and share common experiences from across the country and around the globe. They laugh, giggle-and-point, cry and support each other regardless of their situation, and ALL are welcome. Snoop around, take a peek, and we'll guarantee you that RP will have something to offer you...even if it's just an opportunity to ask one question that will make an immediate difference to what's going on in your life right now. The difference between knowing what a Tour means, what's involved in someone going away; training, how it'll impact on you, your family, your friend, whoever's serving...an insight, if you will, to what it's like on the Other Side of it all.
We'll promise you'll come back...and who knows? You may even make some lifelong friends
_________________
Dating for those into uniforms - our own Olive dating
Last edited by Good_CO on Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:29 pm; edited 2 times in total
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