Gibuddies. com Reunites Veterans
(PRWEB) April 24, 2000
[April 21, 2000, CLEMSON, S. C.] America's veterans now have their own home of the Internet designed to reunite service personell with long-friends and military buddies. This unique and powerful website is located at http://www. gibuddies. com (http://www. gibuddies. com) announces the opening of a new, unique, and powerful website to reunite Americans who have served their country in our Armed Forces. The site provides a instant opportunity for American servicemen and women to reunite with their long lost friends and military buddies.
The gibuddies. com website is the product of a collaboration between James Haltiwanger, Clemson undergraduate student and founder of highschoolalumni. com, Mark Malmgren, a Clemson businessman, Bobby McCormick, Professor of Economics at Clemson, LTG. Mick Kicklighter, USA (Ret.), and Caron St. John, Director of the Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership of Clemson University's College of Business and Public Affairs.
The gibuddies. com website allows men and women of the military to enter their names, current addresses, and former military units in order to find and to be found by others with whom they have served. Moreover, family and friends of deceased military veterans may find colleagues of their lost loved ones. There is no charge to veterans, their families, friends, or any visitor for use of the site.
Gibuddies. com hopes to repay in some small way the profound sacrifices made by millions of American gi's by bringing them together via the internet. We believe that reunion, while but a small payback, can provide gi's with the warm glow of glory past. This is a great opportunity for the information age to serve those who made it all possible. gibuddies is proud to recognize the contributions of these deserving patriots. It is the least we can do.
Ultimately the site will be a clearinghouse for unit reunions, information, and activities. The site expects extensive input and support from the Department of Defense and a large number of veterans organizations, and we will provide them space for news, announcements, calendars, and links to their own websites.
The collaboration demonstrates the commitment of Clemson University, the College of Business, and the Spiro Center to making education for today's students as nimble as the volatile world of the new internet economy.
For its role in the development of this entrepreneurial venture, the Spiro Center has an equity position in gibuddies. com. gibuddies. com has established a strong security system to prevent malicious and errant introduction of data and to prevent unauthorized use of the veteran's information.
Clemson, SC: April 7, 2000
