Normally I don’t go around telling anyone to try things, but this is different.

Firefox 3.5 was released today and is much “Safer, Faster, and easier to use” then IE or the other web programs out there.

One of the newest things they have incorporated, you no longer have to get a plug-in to play video, the browser handles the overhead and the calls for video.

Give it a try:

Firefox 3.5

Today I wanted to enlighten you all to the business of our site and how it works.

To start, our site / family is run not only by myself, but several others who spend their valuable time helping shape / build Corpsman.com as well.

Da-Chief, Da-Anchorman

First the owner of the site is me, Da-Chief Crone a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer with 24 year of service to our Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Army team.  My Specialty was Aviation Medicine as well as I was a FTS/TAR Corpsman who took care of the Reserves. (Those are the services I have directly worked with during my 24 years.)

CrazyCajun, A Real Sailor

CrazyCajun, a Navy Chief petty Officer who is still serving with the Marine Corps with over 24 years of total service as well in the Navy, He has a diverse background in that he has served on Shore stations, Ships, as well as the Marine Corps.. His Specialty is “Bug Chasing” (He’s a PMT).

8404

8404, A Doc’s Dad as well as a Marine for life. 8404 served in the Marine Corps way back in the day, as well as the Guard for the reserves.  8404, came to our site to learn about the Corpsman program for his son to assist him with some decisions, and in the process was recruited (actually we kidnapped him) to help with our forums.  He has since made contacts through all the Military services, as well as becoming a specialist in the Navy Corpsman program.  Tony is in essence our “CAPT STEUBING” in charge of the shuffleboard tournaments on our site.  I “KID”, 8404 is the guy who keeps our forums running and has created several FAQ’s for those thinking about joining the service as a Doc.

DeeDee our editor Wear's her team on her sleeve!

DeeDee, a Doc’s mom, and editor of our newsletter “Scuttlebutt News”, and Moderator of our Tuesday night Chats in our Scuttlebutt forums, Coordinator of “Adopt a Doc” which has essentially turned out to be “ADOPT A SERVICE MEMBER” program here at Corpsman.com.  Dee is contastanly helping us out daily on our site.  She was one of the first volunteers who did volunteer and has walked the walk.

0311_Doc Somewhere in the world.. "Where's 0311???"

0311_Doc, Training P.O.. Always looking for schols and opportunities for Doc’s in all services, when he is not activated and doing time supporting our Navy and Marine Corps Team!

PegasusHM

PegasusHM, Is a Acitve Chief Petty Officer assigned to Naval Hospital Corps School and is our subject matter expert on all things NHCS.  He will be interviewed this next Wednesday night and you will be able to ask questions of him Wednesday night @ 2100 EST in our Talkshoe Room / Corpsman.com Live

8404, DeeDee, and 0311_Doc are all Co-hosts with me on our “Attack of Da-Chief”

All of us are in constant connection via our “IPhones, SMS, Twitter, Email” etc.. 24 hours a day.. I now since I got my IPhone am in constant contact with our team as well as our site.  I have a plug-in that actually lets me post to our site on Corpsman.com while on the fly anywhere anytime. (Best purchase I have ever made..)

As I alluded to last week on the Episode 37 of Attack of Da-Chief (Listen to be informed!), there is a new upgrade to our front end coming down the pike.  We are now in “ALPHA” testing, but we will give you fair warning when we go live.  I believe  you will like the new changes as it will make it easier for you to navigate and search for info on our site.

I am going to do this type of post every Saturday AM (As long as my kids don’t have me hog-tied) on updates to Corpsman.com.

I hope you join our team, not only here but in our forums as well!!

POW will be posted on Sunday Night for next week, stay tuned!

Da-Chief

We here at Corpsman.com are always creating content for you the users, and this weekend is no different.

So you all have been following my ongoing saga the “Blackberry Bold Vs. Apple I-Phone 2.0″.  It looks like we have a winner there. (Blackberry, but the bell has not rung yet.)
Now I am off doing research on a new laptop Computer for later this year.  I am thinking about getting a Apple Macbook Pro (mac.com)  and moving over to the “Grey Poupon” crowd, or maybe going to the Mod side and getting a “ALIENWARE” Lattop (alienware.com).

Both are comparable in price for the equal types of chipsets.  The one thing Alienware has though in its corner though is that you can also get the fastest stuff out there, but pay a price being the first with the fastest chip.
MAC Book Pro runs “OSX” which can be partitioned to run both “OSX” as well as “Microsoft Vista” Dual Boot.

The Alienware computer will only be able to run “Microsoft Vista”

Breakdown on prices..

MAC Book Pro:

2.5GHz Intel Core 2 duo,
2 gigs or Ram,
250GB HD,
17″ screen
all for $2799.00

Alienware Comparable chipset:
Area 51 m17×17

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
120GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
All for $2890.00

So the Apple costs a bit less, which is great right out of the store.  What Apple nails you on though is it is damn near impossible to do any upgrades on the system.

Steve Jobs, and rightly so, believes Apple should be the only ones working on their machines so if there is a problem, Apple can handle it.  The buck Stops there.  The problem with this is Apple is “HIGH PRICED” on anything they do.

To be honest, I think I am leaning Apple.

What do you think?? Comment below let me know..

Da-Chief

In a earlier article I wrote about the new GI bill and taxes .. I received this response today. I just thought you all should see my response.

From: Chris
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:37 AM
To: admin1@corpsman.com
Subject: GI Bill Comment

Are you insinuating that high earners don’t support the military and don’t pay enough in taxes by this comment?

(May 15)

Well I know we have plenty of Millionaire kids out there serving in the military. (HAH!).
They won’t support the military and they won’t pay for more taxes to support the military or the new GI Bill.

No I am not insinuating that High earners aren’t paying their taxes..

What I am saying is “High Earners” while loving your protectionism by us low paid “Service folks” are bickering about paying some more money “FOR” the GI Bill.

That is what I am saying..

Look I am not a Political Nut, really I am not, but the majority of the folks who are serving come from Middle to low income areas.  The old GI bill as it was written, you cannot go to College in this day and age with what we got.  You need a lot of help to do so.  I just think with the sacrifices we make (And believe me I have given up quite a bit during my 24 years) I think we have earned a bit of help.

That’s all.

Thanks for the comment Chris!

What do you think? Comments?