Military Power is a series of related sites that originally started on April 17, 2006 as a forum on invisionplus but later moved to freeforums hosting (effectively July 25, 2007). October 13, 2006 saw the addition of the blog, which has remained largely unused since it's first creation. Early in October 2006 the main site was set up on a German site, but as the hosting was free and the idea was young, there were no complaints. Later, on June 5, 2007, the main Military Power site moved to it's current location of www.military-power.net and files begin being transferred from the previous hosting site. The newest major addition to the Military Power site came on September 13, 2007 when the Military Power Wiki was created.
The Dream
In early 2006, the Founder of Military Power, Chris Jones, was desperately trying to find a forum to discuss military history and weaponry from around the world. In his search he found several such sites, but they all seemed to be lacking at least one of the central components he was looking for, so he decided to create his own.
Central Components
The central components that seemed to be lacking in other sites, or that were seen in other sites and are being striven for in Military Power include:
- A multicultural venue for discussion
- A pleasant atmosphere
- Support of the soldiers and families, regardless of country
The Mission of Military Power
Military Power was founded for the following reasons:
- To provide information on the military of any country
- To provide information on declassified military hardware of any country
- To provide information on Military History
- To provide information on and discussion of Military Tactics
- To discuss potential future designs of military equipment
- To provide resources for finding and receiving access their benefits
- To help supporters of the military show their support
Important Dates
- April 17, 2006 - Initial founding of Military Power
- October 13, 2006 - Creation of now virtually defunct blog
- June 5, 2007 - Transfer of main site to www.military-power.net
- July 9, 2007 - Forum transferred to FreeForums servers
- July 20, 2007 - The Great Crash of 2007 - All forum information on FreeForums servers destroyed in data transfer/backup incident
- July 25, 2007 - Forum recreated on FreeForums servers
- August 3, 2007 - First International member, Chris.Globe (UK)
- September 13, 2007 - Creation of Military Power Wiki
- March 6, 2008 - Added a Facebook Page for Military Power
- April 15, 2008 - MilSearch created
- August 27, 2008 - Military Power Forums upgraded from phpBB2 to phpBB3
